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AUGUST 23, 2023

How do teaching methods influence understanding? Teaching Methods and Learning Tools Learning environment in the classroom can influence perception and comprehension on many levels. Here are a few examples of how different methods can enhance cause-and-effect skills. Find the answers here. Read on to find out.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

When using whole-brain teaching methods, Byl turns to a toolbox of strategies intended to tickle different parts of the brain. Chris Biffle is a former college instructor who started the movement back in 1999, along with its accompanying organization, called Whole Brain Teaching.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

When I attend professional gatherings on open education, however, instructors like myself are often the minority. Yet open educational materials impact faculty and students alike, and many instructors are using these resources today. That is not appealing to instructors,” argues Skidmore. To me, using OER felt like a no-brainer.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

“A skilled teacher can re-direct instruction based on feedback that they are receiving from their students throughout the flow of a lesson,” writes Alexis Roesser, an English teacher and department chair at Salamanca High School in New York.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This can be an advantage for instructors. In today’s fast-paced academic environment, instructors are often hard-pressed for time to provide comprehensive feedback to each student. As such, educational institutions do not need to invest heavily in new platforms or drastically alter their established teaching methods.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This utilization is often compared to utilizing Grammarly, or meeting with a writing tutor. Like Grammarly or writing tutors, students can take time to learn from AI’s corrections and suggestions. Instructors can use AI for editing as well. Students and instructors were learning to ask new questions in new ways.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The authors focus on Google Classroom in particular, not just as a piece of software, but as a means of enhancing the traditional teaching methods. I’d love to hear your thoughts on books that made a granular difference in your teaching. She writes for several educational resources, including HuffingtonPost.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

Utilize a multitude of learning activities and methods to engage students Instructors should utilize a multitude of learning activities and provide students with assistance as they become more proficient using learning styles within their comfort zone. This offers a valid explanation on why teaching with one style is counterintuitive.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

I selected OpenStax because of the many resources they provided, such as PowerPoint lecture slides, instructor solution files, and even LMS cartridges for online classes. Now the reason they are confused could be due to an error in the writing rather than a shortfall in their understanding.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

I selected OpenStax because of the many resources they provided, such as PowerPoint lecture slides, instructor solution files, and even LMS cartridges for online classes. Now the reason they are confused could be due to an error in the writing rather than a shortfall in their understanding.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

Utilize a multitude of learning activities and methods to engage students Instructors should utilize a multitude of learning activities and provide students with assistance as they become more proficient using learning styles within their comfort zone. This offers a valid explanation on why teaching with one style is counterintuitive.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Instructors can broaden community and connection, going beyond traditional classroom boundaries while retaining academic standards by leveraging social media. They are deeply involved in role-play writing communities, finding them central to their social life. The Write Center. link] Montgomery, B. Digital Learning Innovations.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

Classrooms using effective teaching methods that create engaging activities and promote active learning and critical thinking are more likely to result in deeper learning (Fink, 2013). Journaling Begin class with a few quiet minutes of writing to help students center their focus.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

Classrooms using effective teaching methods that create engaging activities and promote active learning and critical thinking are more likely to result in deeper learning (Fink, 2013). Journaling Begin class with a few quiet minutes of writing to help students center their focus.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Instructors can broaden community and connection, going beyond traditional classroom boundaries while retaining academic standards by leveraging social media. They are deeply involved in role-play writing communities, finding them central to their social life. The Write Center. link] Montgomery, B. Digital Learning Innovations.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

Here are some things I have tried: Games : It is no secret that people enjoy playing games and it is no secret that many instructors have already successfully employed games in their classes. At my local pub, we do trivia where the Quiz Master calls out questions, and the teams write their answers on a small dry-erase board.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

Here are some things I have tried: Games : It is no secret that people enjoy playing games and it is no secret that many instructors have already successfully employed games in their classes. At my local pub, we do trivia where the Quiz Master calls out questions, and the teams write their answers on a small dry-erase board.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

While many schools are looking at the ramifications of students using AI to “cheat” or “avoid” classwork and writing papers, it is important to note that teachers themselves will be thrust into the AI world. AI will become a powerful tool for writers, especially those learning to write and facing writer’s block.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

While many schools are looking at the ramifications of students using AI to “cheat” or “avoid” classwork and writing papers, it is important to note that teachers themselves will be thrust into the AI world. AI will become a powerful tool for writers, especially those learning to write and facing writer’s block.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

At a time when 9 out of 10 new jobs are going to those with a college degree, a teaching method that would help underprepared students whiz back on track academically could boost the prospects of millions and raise global productivity. The company’s research shows that this Socratic approach leads to the most lasting learning.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

One cannot have a community of learners without having a positive instructional climate,” writes Alexa Darby, a psychology professor at Elon University. Instructors help to create this climate by everything that they do, from the way they respond to student questions to the arrangement of the classroom chairs.”. by Eli Zimmerman.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Only later did movie makers begin to write and edit their own narrative scripts, creating what we now regard as the modern motion picture. Lectures work, especially if the instructor is particularly compelling. But laboratory instruction is harder—as are other hands-on teaching methods.

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