Teaching methods are the broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes, while activities are the different ways of implementing these methods. Teaching methods help students: ...

One half would get a standard lecture. The person teaching the other half would use the same slides and class materials but lead these students through an active learning process during the class.

Clinical Teaching Methods Between Peyton’s four steps, George’s five steps, and Sawyer’s six steps, it may seem there is a lack of consensus regarding teaching approaches. However, these methods all ...

Chris Christensen described case method teaching as "the art of managing uncertainty"—a process in which the instructor serves as "planner, host, moderator, devil's advocate, fellow-student, and judge ...

Shaping the Learning Environment The ideal case method learning environment requires a climate that is supportive, challenging and conducive to risk-taking. In such an environment, every comment can ...

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.

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Shor and Freire discuss here the dialogical method of liberatory education. Dialogue is not a mere technique to achieve some cognitive results; dialogue is a means to transform social relations in the ...

His method of questioning is now known as “Socratic Questioning” and is the best-known critical thinking teaching strategy. In his mode of questioning, Socrates highlighted the need in thinking for ...

Whether learning to master decoding or encoding of words, students using the Orton-Gillingham method do so by seeing, saying, sounding out, and writing letters.