Students whose STEM courses are taught using active learning perform better than those taught with traditional lectures. That was the top-line finding of a widely cited 2014 meta-analysis, and it ...

Bio: Laurie McNeil is the Bernard Gray Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having retired in July 2025 after ...

This supports active learning through individual assessment of learning and formative feedback. Simulation: Incorporation of simulations into pre-clinical education can greatly break up the monotony ...

Active learning teaching strategies in K-12 education encompass dynamic approaches that engage students in the classroom learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention. When we examine ...

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 ...

Technology’s pivotal role in education can’t be denied, and it will remain a constant in classrooms. Many schools are turning to active learning environments to effectively use technology to help ...

Class discussions are a common technique used to produce active learning in a classroom. However, in large classes we often find that class discussions are dominated by only a few students whereas ...

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.

According to an international team of educators, active learning methods, such as problem-based learning, project-based learning, and challenge-based learning are necessary to provide engineering ...

Broadly defined, active learning requires "students to construct knowledge, integrate new knowledge with prior knowledge, and organize information in their memory," as Amedee Martella, a cognitive ...