Please note that for purposes of this research, the term "lecture" is used in a limited sense. According to the researchers: "Following [Donald A. Bligh, author of What's the Use of Lectures?], we ...

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 ...

Scott Freeman hopes his new study will do for evidence-based teaching methods what the surgeon general’s 1964 report did for research on smoking—shift the conversation. Freeman, a biology lecturer and ...

Fortunately, actively learning can become part of an instructor’s lectures in small steps. Incorporating one of these activities into your already created lectures is a great step in getting students ...

Think back to when you learned how to ride a bike. You probably didn't master this skill by listening to a series of riveting lectures on bike riding. Instead, you tried it out for yourself, made ...

“But in college, a lot of the learning happens in lecture halls, with professors talking behind a lectern and students taking notes. We need to prepare our students for that reality.” As I’ve ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Matthew R. Tobin ’27, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a double concentrator in Government and Economics in Winthrop House. Falling asleep in lecture? You aren’t alone. According to a report by the ...

ESA’s Four-Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) framework challenges educators to integrate multiple dimensions in the teaching and learning of ecology. One way to accomplish this is using active ...

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 ...

Fortunately, actively learning can become part of an instructor’s lectures in small steps. Incorporating one of these activities into your already created lectures is a great step in getting students ...