Learning is supposed to be messy. Ideally, it is challenging and full of conversation. However, in most classrooms dominated by lectures, this is not the case. Students will not learn… Read more »
Have you ever come up blank while generating ideas for a presentation, lesson, or research topic? The Google the alphabet technique is a useful strategy for generating ideas that make… Read more »
Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, the “father of the Military Academy,” developed an active learning method that the academies have used for over 200 years. It was perhaps the best instruction I… Read more »
The lecture, while an important tool, is an abused tool when it comes to learning. We need to redesign our classrooms to accentuate active learning strategies. Learning is about dialogue.
Do you have some students who struggle to properly cite their sources? Perhaps they do not know why they need to give credit to others in their papers. In this… Read more »