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 ...

Scott Freeman has assembled the evidence: When STEM courses are taught using active-learning techniques rather than a standard lecture, students perform better, according to a widely cited ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study shows that, though students felt like they learned more from traditional lectures, they actually learned more when taking part in active learning classrooms. For decades, there has been ...