Academic instructors, hired for their content expertise, are rarely trained in skills like classroom facilitation or community-building. But successful collaborative learning requires a degree of ...

Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. The future of learning is collaborative, and the modern classroom is starting to reflect ...

From ‘getting to know each other’ activities to outdoor learning and ongoing check-ins, Jamie Heywood offers strategies for ...

The debate over online versus in-person classroom learning in K-12 education rages on, driven by concerns over student engagement, academic performance, and social-emotional development. Advocates of ...

The use of education technology in the classroom has revolutionized the way teaching and learning occur, offering new opportunities to enhance educational experiences. Integrating digital tools such ...

Indrani Dey is a PhD student in Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying under Dr. Sadhana Puntambekar. At iSAT, she works with Dr. Puntambekar to investigate how students’ ...

The pedagogical strategy of cooperative learning is an effective way to achieve the goals of feminist teaching. The cooperative-learning approach, including its advantages and risks, is illustrated ...

The Science Teacher, Vol. 70, No. 4, Inquiry-Based Activities: Encouraging student discovery (April 2003), pp. 25-29 (5 pages) ...

During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 10 years. You can see all those collections from the first nine years here.

Discusses how charts created by teachers and students can enhance creativity and facilitate cooperative learning in the classroom. It highlights the benefits of using charts for clarity, adaptability, ...

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 ...