The findings suggest that older adults can enhance memory, maintain emotional well-being, and gain a renewed sense of purpose ...

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 ...

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 ...

Associate Teaching Professor Cecil Joseph remembers the first time he taught physics in one of UMass Lowell’s Technology ...

Active learning, or instructional methods that actively engage students in their own learning, is on the rise. So, too, are physical spaces dedicated to this kind of teaching. These are positive ...

Active learning in classrooms is associated with narrower achievement gaps in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses compared with traditional lecturing, a ...

Colleges are investing significant time and money to create active-learning classrooms that support a new generation of pedagogical practices. Although institutions may be taking a cue from K–12 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of learning, work and human development. The flexible spaces facilitate project-based learning and ...

The use of active learning strategies offers educators proven approaches to advance student learning. Trends in the literature point to a continued focus on the benefits of unique student projects, ...

The social media app has become an unlikely hub for teachers and students. The reasons for its success illuminate the trends driving the future of learning, writes an education startup founder. Even ...

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 ...

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 ...