Through innovative teaching methods, students are provided with opportunities to learn by doing. Examples of active learning include hands-on exposure to engineering tools, technologies and materials, ...

Sacramento State’s Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department is taking a new approach to some of its key courses as it aims to reduce equity gaps, increase enrollment and improve ...

How long have you been teaching at WMU? I have been teaching at WMU since 2009. I received my Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, in 2007, and ...

Calculus is the study of change. Calculus teaching methods, however, have changed little in recent decades. Now, FIU research shows a new model could improve calculus instruction nationwide. A study ...

"Active learning" is a general term that describes any time that students get to learn something by performing an activity in class—such as answering a poll question, think-pair-sharing, working in ...

Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn. (Lovett et ...

This month’s Faculty Fellows spotlight features mari jaye blanchard, Faculty Fellow for The Arts, Mario Gomes, Faculty Fellow for Engineering, and Jessamy Comer, Faculty Fellow for Humanities/Social ...

Sharon served as the Graduate Advisor in Mechanical Engineering for 7 years and has been in her current role as the Director of Active Learning for 6 years. She graduated from CU with a diploma in ...

Fortunately, actively learning can become part of an instructor’s lectures in small steps. Incorporating one of these activities into your already created lectures is a great step in getting students ...

Active Learning has been referred to as many things, including “project-based learning” and “flipped classes.” The fundamental premise of active learning is the replacement of passive class time with ...