Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). This is exactly what our colleague in Spanish chose to do through a group work activity.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The “groups do” allows students to work collaboratively in small groups (in-class, online, or mixed group composed of in-person and online students) to practice a strategy or skill without the teacher’s guidance or support.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Discussions 546

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

As a former social studies educator and current learning specialist, my idea of nirvana is to help grow students who can examine issues from multiple perspectives. Group work vs. cooperative learning. When we conduct professional development (PD), we rarely have a teacher who doesn’t give the trainer the highest marks.

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Learning Social Studies Participation Group work 279

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

When I look at the various articles and comments in the Teaching Professor collection, group work continues to be a regular topic. From a well-designed and well-implemented group activity, students can have rich encounters with the content and learn the value of working collaboratively. How Does This Apply to Group Work?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2017

Some classrooms accomplish the flexible learning environment with a variety of seating options, while other may use traditional desks to create group work tables, help stations and quiet study areas. However, we do not prescribe the layout, nor do we require uniform furniture.

Study 112

Study Schools Communication Math 112

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

When I look at the various articles and comments in the Teaching Professor collection, group work continues to be a regular topic. From a well-designed and well-implemented group activity, students can have rich encounters with the content and learn the value of working collaboratively. How Does This Apply to Group Work?

Group work 59

Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 59

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2019

Instead, we designed our own units of study and pulled in supplemental materials to align to our state’s standards. We brought in close-reading strategies, started an academic coaching program for teachers, and launched reading interventions and guided reading groups. 1:1 devices, renovated classrooms.

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Achievement Students Coaching Math 252

eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

Using Gizmo in partners or groups has really aided in providing students with a voice, confidence, and an eagerness to learn more. They are ready to share their group work with the other students, and their discussions flourish. This sparks their curiosity for what is to come in the new unit of study.

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Teachers Learning Science STEM 308

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2024

Many undergrads come to study or to track down academic resources, but there’s a social pull as well, another trend flagged by the ALA survey. She recalled one undergraduate who liked to study there because “you can see who's there and they can see you and they can know you're smart.” They might be coming in for coffee.

Study 218

Study Disabilities Accessibility Group work 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 9, 2018

I don’t post enough about high school so I’m thrilled with her article: Some students study more productively in groups, working with their peers. Here are 10 of the most helpful forums and study group websites that encourage students to work and learn together. General Study Help.

High School 68

High School High School Study Confidentiality 68

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

McKinsey found that in 2022, “technologies that enable connectivity and community building, such as social media–inspired discussion platforms and virtual study groups, saw [a 49 percent] uptick in use, followed by group work tools, which grew by 29 percent.”

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Internet Art Group work Discussions 266

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

A meta-analysis of 29 studies including 80,879 youth worldwide, published in 2021 , showed that just one year into the pandemic, the prevalence of depression and anxiety doubled from pre-pandemic rates. COVID-19, and the isolation and uncertainty that accompanied it, only exacerbated this disturbing trend.

High School 297

High School High School Knowledge Motivation 297

eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2016

. “I’m the guy who’s fortunate, because I got some kids who really want to learn, who take it seriously and make it easy for me to come to work every day and do what I do,” Hines said. No matter what he is teaching, Hines said that he makes sure all of his students are on the same page. “It’s been great.

High School 258

High School High School Exams Schools 258

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Group work is a great tool in a STEM teacher’s arsenal, and one of the most important ways that modern teaching is deviating from the traditional lecture (Freeman et al., Unfortunately, managing group work as a teacher is a honed skill that requires time, practice, and initially involves some risk.

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Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Tavares Perkins , a fourth grade math and science teacher at Classical Studies Magnet Academy in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been teaching for 12 years and was nominated by the parent of a student. Perkins hosts an annual math carnival for the school and leads a group of students who perform community improvement projects around the city.

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Math Group work Science Teaching 188

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2021

While we have been able to use these tools in that way, most educators would readily point to what is missing from the current video platforms that could improve online teaching: tools to better facilitate student interactions, including enhanced polling and quizzing features, group work tools, and more.

Education 211

Education Quizzes Internet Art 211

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

Through their devices, students can transform the cube into the Earth, to study weather patterns; the human body, to explore anatomy; a customizable aquarium, to study marine life; and even the solar system. . Immersive technology is advancing, moving away from independent work toward collaborative exercises. .

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Participation Evaluation Attention Study 166

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Synchronous learning is best for class discussion, small group work and social-emotional learning exercises. Asynchronous learning is better for independent study and when students are completing their individual assignments. There is a place for both, the authors argue.

Learning 218

Learning Internet Writing Failure 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Guidebooks to structure group work. These active learning strategies can work in any course—for any major, in any discipline. Course Hero is an online learning platform where you can access course-specific study resources contributed by a community of students and educators. A study of Hollywood divas. The result?

Active Learning 164

Active Learning Activities Teaching Multidisciplinary 164

Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In a separate study , Lin used models to determine that students’ final grades began to suffer once class sizes reached 45 students—a number he uses as an upper limit. If classes are too small, say 5-10 students, classroom discussion and group work may be more difficult.

Online Learning 218

Online Learning Attention Learning Hybrid Learning 218

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

Alexandra Pickett Pickett is not alone, in a study conducted in 2014 by Ithaka S+R at University System of Maryland , researchers found that when students took new MOOC courses, they expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the programs, saying they felt they learned less than their peers in traditional classes. I have had students tell me.

Lecturing 154

Lecturing Course Evaluations Students History 154

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Over the years I tried more classwork, less classwork, having students take notes, not having students take notes, working in groups, working alone, more homework, no homework, less homework, extra help sessions and everything in between. Yet nothing I tried had a lasting impact on learning.

Teachers 149

Teachers Feedback Math Assignments 149

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded. I just love the energy group work brings into the classroom; I witness vibrant discussions coupled with cooperative understanding. Here are a few outcomes: Group Final?!?:

Exams 116

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2018

This framework allows for students to use knowledge from all areas of study to complete a project or task, a process that prepares them for the challenges that they may have to overcome in a future career. Some of these topics include agriculture, communication and information studies, human services, and health science.

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Grades Lecturing Assignments Study 147

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

When Marc Watkins heads back into the classroom this fall to teach a digital media studies course, he plans to make clear to students how he’s now using AI behind the scenes in preparing for classes. If students are required to make clear when and how they’re using AI tools, should educators be too?

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Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

A study was published by IDEA, a non-profit organization that focuses on academic success in a higher education context, which explored whether class size is a factor in perceived learning. Employing prediction as a means of deepening learning through a series of interrupted case studies.

Learning 163

Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded. I just love the energy group work brings into the classroom; I witness vibrant discussions coupled with cooperative understanding. Here are a few outcomes: Group Final?!?:

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Research studies don’t provide strong evidence that synchronous learning universally leads to better student engagement and learning outcomes than asynchronous learning or vice versa. Each approach is best suited to different contexts.

Lecturing 218

Lecturing Disabilities Learning Assignments 218

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The social environment of the group can be enjoyable and exciting for several students compared to independent study or traditional classroom or online lecturing. Lack of planning, preparation, and support can lead to chaos, unproductive, and disorganized group work. Form groups strategically. Gutiérrez, I.,

Collaborative Learning 115

Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 115

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2021

Studies have shown that young children ages 4 to 9 have an attention span of only 8-27 minutes, ages 10-13 of only 20-39 minutes, and ages 14-18 of only 28-54 minutes. And since children in the United States attend school anywhere between 6-7 hours each day, it’s only logical that they get continuously distracted.

Attention 130

Attention Quizzes Group work Participation 130

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What exists in Arabic in terms of Sunday school curricula, youth work materials, and home Bible studies is largely translation from English, often poorly translated and culturally inappropriate. Throughout these regions there is a paucity of original materials suitable for local church use. I have never seen students so motivated!

Assignments 131

Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Some said the video was never posted, others told me the link didn’t work but I had checked that link multiple times. For the past 13 years, I have been a social studies teacher at the middle school level. AJ Bianco is a middle school social studies teacher at Harrington Park School District in Harrington Park, New Jersey.

Teachers 138

Teachers Textbooks Lecturing Social Studies 138

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

This is the fifth and final profile in a series from the EdSurge Research team, which has spent the past six months studying the market of service providers that support schools through the redesign process. CA Group works best when school leaders and teachers have a good degree of autonomy.

Blended Learning 116

Blended Learning Schools Group work Evaluation 116

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2024

It’s one of the reasons why some teachers advancing their studies choose to use dissertation writing services. Further, you can group similar tasks to promote efficiency and reduce the stress of switching between different activities. These services help them free up time for personal engagements while ensuring they graduate.

Teachers 166

Teachers Attention Achievement Activities 166

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Participants gathered online each week for seminar-style conversations, case study discussions and peer critiques. It is strikingly hard to pivot between large-group instruction and small-group work on online platforms. In the noisy hubbub of the MOOCs, these people probably never would have found each other.

Online Learning 158

Online Learning Instructors Learning Quizzes 158

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2018

Common design ideas were: Small group work. Case studies. Group quizzing. We brainstormed how to provide access to appropriate technology, while detailing supports for teachers to give students flexibility around physical space, learning time, and instructional methods. Presentations. Journaling. Role playing.

Blended Learning 107

Blended Learning Quizzes Learning Discussions 107

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Computer science can be added to any core curriculum—math, science, language arts, social studies, history, or even art. Collaboration and group work is fundamental. But as students work on more advanced projects, the tasks can quickly get difficult. In LASD, computer programming using MIT’s.

Science 168

Science Art Social Studies Languages 168