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Direct linkSuzanne Dorée; Jennifer Quinn – PRIMUS, 2024
This paper is a practical how-to guide to help you start using active learning or to have greater success and more fun with it. We categorize active learning techniques as Think, Pair, Share, Composite, Group, Move, or Lead and discuss how to implement activities in each category, along with advice on creating engaging, effective, and equitable…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Sequential Approach
Lin Zhang; John Sweller – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
The use of investigations in science teaching is both common and commonly advocated for in science education literature. We suggest that the use of investigations should differ depending on the complexity of the subject matter. That complexity can vary depending on both the nature of the information and students' expertise levels. The present…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Inquiry
Maynard H. Schaus; Victor R. Townsend Jr.; Shane Boyd; Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson; Eric E. Johnson; Soraya M. Bartol; Marielle Postava-Davignon – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
In 2017, the Department of Biology at Virginia Wesleyan University modified its two-course introductory sequence in response to high DFW rates (>50% scoring a D, F, or withdrawing) in the first semester. The revised curriculum created a new third course and moved content that many students struggled with from the first semester to the third…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Science Education, Success
