Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Like many university instructors, Steven Jackson knows his way around a lecture hall. The rows of seating, the balcony above, the lectern centered carefully at the front — all part of the traditional ...

Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn. (Lovett et ...

Farmington Middle School has named longtime art educator Courtney Shumock assistant principal, highlighting her ...

Matthew R. Tobin ’27, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a double concentrator in Government and Economics in Winthrop House. Falling asleep in lecture? You aren’t alone. According to a report by the ...

Higher ed students using Pearson AI tools are 4x as likely to engage in active and efficient studying More students report AI is helping them get better grades and study more efficiently 77% of ...

A randomized controlled trial found that a custom AI tutor, designed with active learning principles, enabled college students to achieve greater learning gains in less time than in-class active ...

Online polling can be a great way to keep students critically engaged throughout class. By asking 1-3 questions per class, a professor can keep their students actively involved in the learning process ...

U.S. college students have an increasingly positive perception of AI and are applying it to study more actively and efficiently, while educators see new opportunities to enhance instruction, according ...

Step into most college classrooms today and you will likely see a familiar scene: slides glowing at the front, a professor lecturing, students scribbling notes or staring at laptops. Despite decades ...

Amidst teacher shortages and growing class sizes, pandemic learning losses and mounting behavioral issues, it can feel overwhelming trying to incorporate one more thing into the school day. But the ...

Associate Teaching Professor Cecil Joseph remembers the first time he taught physics in one of UMass Lowell’s Technology Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) classrooms. Instead of facing rows of students ...