We guide students to understand the world around them and to ask questions. Our goal is to help students learn how to think critically, regardless of the content or subject area, so that they may take ...

Although lecturing can be an efficient way of delivering information, it's not always the best way for students to learn. Instead, use a learner-centered approach to learning. Use shorter lectures in ...

Ask an adult who is not an educator to describe a classroom, and you might still hear something like this: “A teacher is standing in front and lecturing to students seated neatly in rows. Everyone is ...

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from a chapter of the book, “Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools,” published by ASCD in June. The authors and publisher have given ...

Inquiry-based learning has been gaining more attention in classrooms across the world. Teachers often ask, What does it look ...

https://www.jstor.org/stable/bullecosociamer.95.3.281 Copy URL AAAS. 2011. Vision and change in undergraduate biology education: A call to action. Washington, D.C ...

A new report from the Clayton Christensen Institute offers unique insights and recommendations for education as schools strive to move toward student-centered learning practices. In the report, author ...

When students take a course, they experience more than just an interaction with course content. The learning environment includes the intellectual, social, emotional and physical environments of a ...

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Increasingly, parents and educators are recognizing that a student-centered approach provides the grounding young people need ...

Have you or your program conducted and completed the analysis steps? Then, you are ready to begin the Backwards Design process for creating your course and developing learning goals, objectives, and ...

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from a chapter of the book, “Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools,” published by ASCD in June. The authors and publisher have given ...