In large college science classes, active learning interventions improve achievement for everyone, but especially black and first-generation students, according to a new study from the University of ...

Longtime professor Cathy Davidson is on a mission to promote the practice of active learning. And she says the stakes for improving classroom teaching are higher than many people realize. It’s not ...

In the past 10 years an active-learning course, called Active Physics, has gradually displaced lecture-based introductory course in physics at an American university. But are active-learning ...

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 ...

Active learning engages students in purposeful tasks that promote analysis, collaboration, and reflection. In online courses, it transforms learning from passive content delivery to active ...