Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Experiment Design for Validity : Designing experiments or studies to test hypotheses and validate theories is a key skill. Experiment Design for Policy: Designing experiments to test policy interventions helps students understand the practical applications of their studies. Bellam Sreenivasulu earned his Ph.D.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

In the above context, I saw my pandemic classroom as a laboratory to prototype and test new pedagogical moves, and where unexpected issues are expected to come to light. Write them down and have it with you as you start the lecture. During the lecture, focus on reflection-during-action.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

I grew up in Vietnam at a time when education was often delivered through rigid lectures and rote learning. The future of education lies in our ability to balance advanced technology with deep humanity, to teach across disciplines while nurturing inner resilience, and to prepare learners not just for tests—but for life.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

But if you’re new here, I’ll give you a very quick overview: Retrieval practice is the act of trying to recall something you learned from memory by doing things like taking a test on it or using flashcards instead of just looking at, rereading, or reviewing the information. “So basically, why did you pick that response?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

No matter what subject you teach, spend time showing students how to take notes, how to study for tests and quizzes, and how to balance their time between homework and other after-school activities. Find new ways to assess learning Reluctant learners often suffer from test anxiety , especially by the time they reach high school.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

She became one of the first Turnitin users at the large community college north of Los Angeles, testing out the software before campuswide adoption. Adam Kaiserman lectures during his English class at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita on May 6, 2025.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Pros: This classroom desk configuration is great for lecture-based teaching or if you do a lot of board work because it ensures that all students can easily see the teacher and the board at the front of the classroom. Teacher-created classroom setup resources can give you new ideas that have already been tested out by other educators.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

A professor lectures students during class at Sacramento State University on Oct. Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said. The following year 29% of incoming students started at the lowest writing level. There were vital pieces that were missing.”

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2016

However, in high school, my science classes were primarily comprised of lectures and worksheets. I merely memorized facts in order to do well on tests. I enjoyed science in elementary and middle school. I made straight As, but I never understood the concepts. At the time, I thought that meant I wasn’t good at science.

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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. Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2022

The traditional sequence of teaching using lectures, discussion, projects, and testing was upended during the pandemic as teachers adapted to digital classrooms and students took on more responsibility for their learning. In many traditional classrooms, the majority of class time is spent in a lecture-and-listen format.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Between budgetary constraints, bandwidth crunches, and a constantly changing syllabus, teachers have their hands full when it comes to structuring and building their class’s lessons and lectures. By distilling a lecture’s knowledge into a set of handy flashcards, teachers can ensure their students’ progress and performance.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2018

Whether students are best suited to a traditional lecture, independent reading, or working with peers in a more visual environment, it’s well known that no two learn in the same manner. results from standardized tests, school rankings, and percentiles), they often neglect the process.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2024

“STEM is incredibly important, specifically for skills like critical thinking and problem solving,” said Dr. Erika Neuman, CEO of iSTEMmentors and a lecturer at the University of Texas at San Antonio, during an ISTELive 24 session. Test your design or prototype 6. Design, such as putting a pencil to paper or using a program 4.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite new technology solutions, teachers are still burned out, test scores remain sluggish, and pedagogical innovation is stifled. Yet, most classrooms today are still dependent on live lectures and fixed-paced learning. This isn’t a new question, but one that is likely to take center stage this year.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2021

As the pandemic has forced more teaching online, plenty of instructors have been trying to figure out the best way to keep students’ attention and interest with lecture videos or Zoom sessions. One of the things we do as researchers is we test ideas,” says Stull. “We We don’t just assume, or say, ‘that’s cool let’s use it.’”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

If traditional teaching methods reliant on textbooks, lecture, and rote memorization have proven anything, it’s that one size definitely does not fit all. We do that by ditching the lectures and embracing experiments, multimedia, discussions, and hands-on activities that resonate with most learners. Try, fail, learn, repeat.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2017

Further, what if this mindset change led to an increase in student achievement on tests? The technique involves testing students twice: once individually and once in groups. In fact, he has seen achievement gains that are three times greater than what he experienced when he used to lecture. Achievement Gains x 3.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2018

Consequently, students are not interested in sitting through lectures only to be required to regurgitate information back to the teacher on a test. Today’s students believe technology should be seamlessly connected to their academic experiences.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

times more likely to fail a class that was primarily lecture-based as opposed to interactive. When students can touch things and interact, as opposed to watching a teacher write notes on a chalkboard and copying it into their notebooks, test scores improve.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He argues that the traditional lecture method for teaching physics and other STEM fields has been proven ineffective, and that shifts to more active methods can greatly improve learning outcomes to make sure the next generation of researchers can make the next Nobel-worthy breakthroughs. You’ve famously compared lecturing to bloodletting.

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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.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What new technology is out there and being tested in the classroom? As a result, we’re seeing a variety of new technology being tested and used in the classroom to support different learning styles. Active learning Lectures and memorization are taking a back seat to active learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

When her district first went one-to-one, McMullan was expecting testing scores to flatline, as research predicted. “I would not want to stand in front of a group” and lecture, McMullan said, recalling her time as an eighth-grade teacher. “So you flip it, and you let the students be your driver.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

Creativity, leadership, innovation, and collaboration matter as much as standardized test scores and have a much greater impact on their future careers. The emotional impact: Confidence first, grit second Grit and perseverance dont come from lectures or motivational posters. They come from believing that effort leads to success.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What this means is that if a teacher distributes test scores or other information (including courses attended and information of attendance, contact number, awards, etc.), As classes went fully online, it has become incredibly difficult for school IT administrators and teachers to keep track of all the elements of compliance.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2021

Studies have shown that students learn better from instructors displaying positive emotions—in other words, an upbeat lecturer is more effective than someone delivering in monotone. The research group is testing what it calls their newly-proposed “Cognitive Affective Model of e-Learning.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2018

Districts around the country are moving away from teaching models based on lectures and textbooks—but transition isn’t always simple. A few years ago, this question inspired me to begin exploring a route for K–4 and 5th- and 6th-grade students that would allow us to stray from the traditional model of lecture and testing.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

It’s not just about test scores and whether people learn, she argues, but there’s an ethical issue that sometimes gets lost in discussions about teaching. Apple’s iPod had only recently come out, and Duke became one of the first to experiment with putting out free lectures online that people could listen to on these digital music players.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Live lecture classes are back at most colleges after COVID-19 disruptions, but student engagement often hasn’t returned to normal. To see what teaching is like on campus these days, I visited Texas State University in October and sat in on three large lecture classes in different subjects.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Listening to a lecture, writing notes, filling out worksheets, and taking tests will almost surely not be enough.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s a game-changing shift,” says Marc Watkins, a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing. New AI tools can make audio recordings of lectures and automatically create summaries and flashcards of the material.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Here are some examples: Practice Retrieval : Self-testing or using flashcards to actively recall information from memory strengthens memory recall and retention. Interactive Lectures : Incorporating interactive activities like polls, quizzes, or discussions into lectures keeps students engaged and reinforces key concepts.

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