Lab to Class

JULY 3, 2025

We have all seen the stereotypical portrayal of the traditional school setting where a teacher stands at the front of the classroom and spends the entirety of class time giving a lecture and asking questions of the students. No matter how interesting the teacher, sometimes it can be hard for students to focus for very long on a lecture.

Lecturing

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

This often includes IT classes, science, advanced mathematics and economics or technology, whichever your school offers. Have Online Education Systems Replaced Traditional Lectures? This will give you the right foundations on which to build toward a degree in this field. This will be further outlined below.

Lecturing

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Key learning outcomes from a Liberal Arts Curriculum include: A liberal arts curriculum fosters a comprehensive understanding of human cultures and the physical and natural world through diverse fields such as sciences, mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts. Bellam Sreenivasulu earned his Ph.D.

Art

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

From Curiosity to Campuswide Inquiry The project began in two large general education courses I teach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: FSHN 101: The Science of Food and FSHN 120: Contemporary Nutrition. Textbook format and cost mattered. Students appreciated transparency and choice when it came to required materials.

Disabilities

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. Janell Blunt teaches a course on LinkedIn Learning called Strategies to Learn and Upskill More Effectively Dr. Michelle Rivers runs a blog called cogbites that offers bite-sized research summaries in cognitive science.

Multiple Choice Questions

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing. 2001, University of Vermont) is a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar and Professor of Psychological Sciences at Kansas State University. He said that college instructors are not needed to give information to their students, at least not the foundations, definitions, etc.,

Instructors

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience. However, many educators still rely heavily on lecture-based formats, which can lead to disengagement.

Hybrid Learning

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

And it doesn't necessarily have to be robust movement either: one study found that when people doodle while listening to a lecture, they retain nearly 30 percent more of the information. In other words, our bodies can know stuff through movement for which our brains aren't yet ready.

Learning

Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 25, 2025

I don't want to embarrass anyone, so I won't share the title with you, but it's ostensibly a book about children acquiring STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning through play. It's a game that involves science, technology, engineering, and math, among other things. Not long ago, I receive one such book.

STEM

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

A native Spanish speaker, she was taking a political science course at San Bernardino Valley College and got a zero on an assignment along with a curt message from her professor saying she had used ChatGPT. Adam Kaiserman lectures during his English class at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita on May 6, 2025.

Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Relaxing our commitment to a separate self reflects what behavioral science tells us about effort. Brett Whysel is a lecturer in finance and decision-making at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, where he integrates mindfulness, behavioral science, generative AI, and career readiness into his teaching.

Teaching

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Relaxing our commitment to a separate self reflects what behavioral science tells us about effort. Brett Whysel is a lecturer in finance and decision-making at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, where he integrates mindfulness, behavioral science, generative AI, and career readiness into his teaching.

Teaching

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

In 2017, this was especially true while taking a computer science course on data structures and algorithms. I had a very knowledgeable teacher, but lecture slides were available online, and they covered almost all of the material for the course. Factor in the chances that I am going to be ready to learn at precisely 4-5:30 p.m.

Study

Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 4, 2025

Upon finishing a public lecture on cosmology and the structure of the solar system, James was accosted by a "little old lady." This story has been used to make points about everything from the tension between faith and science, to the futility of argument and persuasion, to the so-called "problem of infinite regress."

Science

eSchool News

MAY 9, 2016

Despite recent advances, women remain underrepresented in the workforce in many science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. K-12 schools have been working to cultivate and encourage girls’ interest in STEM, and narrow the gap in girls’ participation in science courses. I, too, used to have that mindset.

Science

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading.

Science

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Lately, there has been movement toward codifying science-based literacy learning practices into law, but it took 16 years before the first state to do so, Mississippi, took such action. Unfortunately, the math instruction most students receive is not based in the science of math—but it could be. Being Lectured at Doesn’t Work.

Math

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

To help her eighth graders better understand how infectious diseases such as the coronavirus spread, science teacher Christine Witcher adapted a lesson from an unlikely source: a baby shower game. It’s a complete sea change from when she was in school, learning mainly through passive lectures.

Science

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

So in 2014, the senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government decided to test that assumption. The difference may be more pronounced in science classes. Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions.

Lecturing

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2019

deLaplante: I started creating videos as an extension of my classroom teaching—some version of the flipped classroom where you're doing lectures all the time, you're doing the same intros to this figure, or whatnot. I'm a philosopher of science by training. Back in the day I was a complex systems philosopher of science.

Lecturing

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

BOSTON, ZURICH and COPENHAGEN – Wednesday, December 8, 2021 – Ten educators across the globe that have blazed a trail of innovation and creativity in schooling the next generation have been recognized for their transformative course stewardship work by Labster , the world’s leading platform for virtual labs and science simulations.

STEM

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Two birds with one stone.

Lecturing

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities? Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them.

Lecturing

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2015

science teacher Christopher Landry spends most of his time crouching down like a catcher, talking to his students one-on-one, instead of standing in front of the board. At Memorial Middle School in Fitchburg, Mass., Supporters say the method is growing in popularity, but Landry is the only one who uses it in his school.

Teachers

Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

We can indeed cover more ground when we present information in a traditional lecture format, but that doesn’t mean students understand the information. For example, if a science teacher wants to present information on biodiversity, they can offer students multiple options to engage with the concept of biodiversity.

Blended Learning

eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. This year’s 4th most-read story focuses on blended learning’s role in the wake of the pandemic.

Blended Learning

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

And can science unlock secrets of the learning process that can help teachers and professors be more effective in their classrooms? EdSurge: Is teaching an art or a science? We actually wrote a post for our Teaching Center’s blog with that title, “Is teaching an art or a science?” Just how do humans learn? I think it’s both.

Art

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities? Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them.

Lecturing

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

K–12 Schools Work to Incorporate Computer Science into Curriculums. Forecasts report that computer science skills will be essential for the future workforce, creating a need for K–12 experts to work harder to incorporate such lessons into the curriculum. . Engage Students in Data Science Through Activities. eli.zimmerman_9856.

Science

eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2015

As an educator, it’s hard to please today’s tech-savvy students with PowerPoints and lecture-on-video—but those are exactly the kinds of tools available for educators who don’t have time to learn online learning design 101. A new, intuitive platform lets educators design their online courses—easily. That is, until now.

Teaching Methods

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

This is the mission of Michael Kasumovic and Arludo who are bringing gaming to the natural sciences. Kasumovic: I'm a university lecturer and I really wanted to get my students a bit more excited about learning. From parents, I've been told our program has excited and made young girls excited about science. What is beauty?

Science

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2018

Consider, for example, four of the most robust research-based strategies from the science of learning: 1) Retrieval practice boosts learning by pulling information out of students’ heads (e.g., Yes, many of us are already using strategies based on the science of learning. But we have the power to do so much more.

Science

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But TikTok, and social media more broadly, continues to capture curiosity and attention, and it’s not all just dance videos–Indiana science teacher @ChemteacherPhil commands an audience of more than 3 million followers on the app. Is there a lesson in that? Or, if you’re Maynard Kereke (Hip Hop M.D.),

Teaching Methods

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. Then classroom time can be used to fix student misconceptions, with a mix of a short lecture and student activities.

Lecturing

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

If we need to transfer information, like science notes, vocabulary, and writing tutorials, we use the flipped classroom model so students can control the time, place, and pace of their own learning. We intentionally don’t use our valuable time together in class to lecture. Marika and I rarely stand at the front of the room and talk.

Learning

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). At least, that’s according to a randomized study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. That the traditional lecture method of teaching calculus isn’t as effective as active models. Its conclusion?

Instructors

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2015

When thinking back to the moment that made him a flipped classroom convert, Lee Graves, a high school science teacher at ISD 15 in Minnesota, recalls a quote he heard from an ISTE 2012 keynoter: “If the kids aren’t learning, it’s not them, it’s you.”

Lecturing