My course evaluations are in. They are mostly encouraging — except for the ones that say I should lecture more. “Lessen the amount of reading per week and just lecture more,” reads one comment.

Active learning strategies engage students in the learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention. By encouraging participation, collaboration, and critical thinking during classroom ...

In K-12 education, three prominent active classroom learning strategies engage students dynamically: Think-Pair-Share encourages collaboration; Hands-On Experiments immerse students in scientific ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Heather’s excellent post on fostering on active online discussion got me thinking about analog ...

I first began writing for The Chronicle in the fall of 1999, in a series describing my search for a tenure-track job. Back then, readers sent me actual, physical letters, although it wasn’t long ...

Below, you'll find a Bingo card filled with active learning techniques. Think about your teaching style and check off the activities you've tried before or are interested in exploring. Can you get ...

Last night, as we drove to our first class of the new year, my husband and I deconstructed the syllabus and expectations of our latest class. Headlining our concerns was a mandatory participation ...

In their course syllabi, many psychology professors grade students on one other thing besides their performance on quizzes, examinations, papers, and similar assessment instruments—that thing is class ...

Raise your hand in a classroom with 70 students and chances are you will not get called on. Raise your hand in a seminar with 15 students and chances are much better that you'll get called on. So if I ...