Description: Learning out of context is of exceedingly limited value, yet students seem to memorize “information” in patchwork fashion, out of context and with little deep understanding. In BISC 302 ...
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. Rather than passively receiving ...
When students work in teams to examine a real-world problem, the result offers a means to bring teaching and research together. Here, Kate Black and Jonny Hall explain how this pedagogy benefits ...
Description: The purpose of this TLDG project is to investigate and assess how student reflection and feedback can enhance students’ learning and improve teaching. I have been using a half-page ...
At Ash Mount School, learning is designed to do more than deliver knowledge. It is intentionally structured to help children understand how they think, how they learn best, and how to make thoughtful, ...