eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2017

Problem-based learning through Discovery Education and NextLesson are changing the way students learn and teachers teach at Cox Middle and across the district. — Through Twitter chats, book studies, conferences, and more, we as educators devour lessons of our own. Student engagement is high.

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Middle School Middle School Learning Disabilities Learning 257

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

In 2013, the STEM and Computer Science (STEM+CS) team was created to implement an interdisciplinary grades K-12 STEM program outside the grade-level core disciplines of ELA, math, science and social studies, and separate from the standard Career Technical Education (CTE) programs to reach all students.

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STEM Interdisciplinary Education Science 204

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

This step was taken especially since it became more difficult for me over the years in the classroom to keep todays device-driven students focused beyond 10 seconds or less on an assigned major concept for each of my fifty-minute classes.Retained learning was there but not at the expected levels.In

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Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 81

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

This strategy promotes active participation, collaboration, and peer learning. Problem-Based Learning (PBL): PBL tasks students with solving real-world problems or case studies, requiring them to apply knowledge and critical thinking skills to develop solutions. What are some active study strategies?

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Active Learning Activities Critical Thinking Quizzes 141

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

reference interviews, counseling inquiry, engaging lectures, classroom discussions, case studies, scenarios, role-play, problem-based learning, inquiry based learning, etc.); as an example, let’s look at teaching with case studies. Case studies are a common teaching strategy.

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Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

reference interviews, counseling inquiry, engaging lectures, classroom discussions, case studies, scenarios, role-play, problem-based learning, inquiry based learning, etc.); as an example, let’s look at teaching with case studies. Case studies are a common teaching strategy.

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Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2019

KQED has classroom resources like Engineering for Good that support teachers as they bring engineering design (which involves researching and brainstorming solutions) into the classroom, as well as KQED Learn , where students build media literacy and critical thinking skills while researching and discussing contemporary issues.

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Critical Thinking Testing Evaluation Science 148

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

After months of research and a successful pilot, the district chose enVision to be that core mathematics curriculum because of its rigor, digital learning components, and engaging lessons. enVision offers an innovative math curriculum that helps educators teach with confidence and inspires students with hands-on, problem-based learning.

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Education Elementary School Elementary School Math 325

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

We see many students in their twenties who are choosing to go to work and have lives that are complicated by full-time work, full-time study. The nature of jobs changing over time has created some changes in the adult learning population. At our own institution [we] see a bi-modal population of adult learners.

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Students Testing Knowledge Assignments 159

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Active learning involves engaging students in activities that require them to participate actively in the learning process, rather than passively receiving information. One effective teaching technique within active learning is problem-based learning (PBL). What are the six effective teaching strategies?

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Teaching Textbooks Learning Styles Teaching Methods 130

Teach Hub

APRIL 3, 2025

Problem-Based Learning: Engaging Students as Problem Solvers Much like real-world scenarios, problem-based learning challenges students to apply their knowledge to real-life situations. Students dont just connect concepts to real life, they work through an actual problem to find a solution.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Critical Thinking 67

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

And if I can find an opportunity that allows me to further my learning without sacrificing my summer vacation—or better yet, enhances it—you can bet I’m going to be the first to sign up. The nice thing about summer learning is choice. Designing for the 21st Century Classroom. Digital Citizenship.

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Problem-Based Learning History Motivation Study 95

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2017

As she met with them, she realized how much college was designed for 18-year-olds who had nothing to do but study. What is it that they believe is the way that students should learn best, given what they want the outcomes to be for their students? A kind of combination of problem-based learning and project based learning.

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Textbooks Teaching Students Problem-Based Learning 119

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Effective instruction in college classrooms: Research-based approaches to college and university teaching (New Directions for Teaching & Learning, No. Why problem-based learning?: A case study of institutional change in undergraduate education. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 15(1), 99-110.

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Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

This step was taken especially since it became more difficult for me over the years in the classroom to keep todays device-driven students focused beyond 10 seconds or less on an assigned major concept for each of my fifty-minute classes.Retained learning was there but not at the expected levels.In

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 52