Imagine you are a mountaineer. Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on ...

How can teachers help students develop problem-solving skills when they themselves, even though confronted with an array of problems every day, may need to become better problem solvers? Our ...

A large, international study shows that problem-based learning is more effective than standard instruction in math and science, and a national survey confirms that students, parents and teachers all ...

As educators, our charge is to impart knowledge onto our students, open new doors for them, and encourage them to stretch beyond their comfort zones. We try to show them every day that they are ...

This article is part of the collection: From School to Shining School: 52 Stories from Educators Across the U.S. From yesterday’s one-room schoolhouse to today’s virtual classroom, from high school ...

In this article, I present a longitudinal study comparing problem-solving performance for medical students trained using 2 different approaches to medical education. The first approach is the ...

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Last week’s question was: What are the best ways to practically implement what we know about how the brain learns into our teaching? I’ve seen the phrase “brain-based learning” used often, and ...

Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize the way we learn and teach. As a tool in the classroom, AI can provide students with personalized learning experiences, automate repetitive ...

Like a jazz dance performance, active learning combines doing, movement and impromptu variety in a way that gets students and faculty up and out of their usual positions in the classroom. The room and ...

The landscape of K-12 classroom management is fraught with various challenges. Educators encounter difficulties in maintaining order, addressing diverse classroom learning needs, and fostering a ...