While it might be tempting to view “active learning” as another educational buzzword, a large body of research demonstrates that active and collaborative classrooms produce deeper and more ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University has received a four-year $2.3 million federal Department of Education grant to study why active-learning strategies help student retention, success and ...

“I wish he would just lecture instead of all this active learning stuff. I just want to sit back and take notes.” I overheard this walking behind two students exiting a large lecture class. The ...

A new study published by University of Minnesota researchers found that working in groups can help students better understand classroom material. The study, published last month, found that within ...

Five years after the Covid-19 pandemic began, HR teams are still being pushed to the brink of exhaustion. They're dealing with ever-changing, uncertain environments and challenges that require new ...

Have you ever left a lecture or finished reading a chapter with pages of neatly written notes, only to realize later that you barely remember the material? For decades, note-taking has been hailed as ...

Student feedback on teaching is a key tool for college instructors, informing both their teaching practices and also their tenure process and professional evaluations. Students privately and publicly ...

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