Drexel University

Active Learning and the Science of Learning

College students are habituated to a classroom norm sociologists call civil attention: creating the appearance of paying attention (sitting still, looking awake, scribbling or typing) while ...
Michigan Technological University

HighScope Active Learning

HighScope uses the term active learning to describe our philosophy. In the early childhood years, learning is not simply a process of adults giving children directions or information to memorize. The ...
Purdue University

Active Learning Strategies

What is considered an Active Learning Strategy? An active learning strategy is any type of activity during class (face-to-face, online, or outside of class) that engages learners in deep thought about ...
Michigan Technological University

Active Learning Classrooms

Active Learning Classrooms (ALC) are student-centered spaces that support engagement, group collaborations and instructor-student interaction. The technology and seating arrangements in these rooms is ...
Purdue University

Wilmeth Active Learning Center to offer advanced learning environment

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Thomas S. and Harvey D. Wilmeth Active Learning Center, which will serve as a new centerpiece in the heart of Purdue University’s campus and as a daily destination for ...
Times Higher Education

Active learning: what can we learn from secondary teaching?

As an educator bringing 17 years of secondary school experience to a higher education context, I have continued to develop my interest in pedagogy through my work on a postgraduate course in learning ...
Saint Louis University

Active Learning in the Pre-Clinical Environment

Have you ever given a lecture to a group of adult learners? If so, you may have noticed their eyes losing focus and phones appearing as you moved through your session. This is because the traditional ...
Edutopia

Simple Swaps for Moving From Passive to Active Learning

These tips demonstrate that planning for active learning experiences doesn’t have to be time-intensive or difficult.
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Which Is Better, Active Learning or Lecture? It’s Not So Simple.

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 has ...
University of Wyoming

Active Learning Spectrum

There are many active learning modalities informed by different teaching and learning traditions. We envision these modalities on a spectrum. This spectrum can be rearranged depending on the quality ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Active Learning Workshops

Active learning is not a new concept. Though coined by Bonwell and Eisen (1991), aspects of active learning can be found in studies by Piaget, Vygotsky, and Dewey*. Active Learning is a broad set of ...
Drexel University

Active and Collaborative Learning Strategies

Active and Collaborative Learning Strategies The classic: think-pair-share Think-pair-share (TPS) is the black dress of active learning: a highly flexible tool that can take as little or as much time ...