Sandra Correa, assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, records a class lecture in Mitchell Memorial Library’s MaxxSouth Digital Media Center. Although the library ...

The concept of "professional development" begins the moment an educator wakes up in the morning. It's an ongoing, thoughtful approach to the way in which students are taught, as well as a willingness ...

Teaching techniques refer to the diverse array of strategies and methodologies employed by educators to engage students and facilitate effective learning experiences. What are some examples of ...

Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) explains how learning is influenced by the limited capacity of working memory. By understanding and managing different types of cognitive load, faculty can design more ...

(Today’s post is the final post in a three-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) The new question-of-the-week is: What are effective instructional strategies to use when teaching ...

Teaching methods are the broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes, while activities are the different ways of implementing these methods. Teaching methods help students: ...

Researchers found that beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading. Beginning readers who focus on ...

Designing effective instruction starts with clarity about what you want students to learn and choosing the right methods to help them get there. The Seven Ways of Learning framework provides a ...

In 2022, Rafael Nadal approached the baseline and began horizontally abducting his right arm to loft a tennis ball approximately 5 feet. He abruptly contacted the inferolateral aspect of the tennis ...

“I can’t tell you the number of kids who have gone from class clown to school captain just because they learned to read,” he tells Inquirer. “We focus on direct instruction when it comes to teaching ...

Bill Louden was a member of the Rowe Review into the teaching of reading in Australia. Direct Instruction is a teaching method developed in the United States in the 1960s, focused particularly on the ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are effective teaching strategies for newcomers? Newcomers to the United States often have low-proficiency in English but, depending upon their age, might have ...