Sure, students in the classroom have to remember facts, but they also have to apply them. Some research efforts to enhance learning zero in on methods to strengthen memory and recall, while others ...

PROF. J. KENNER, of the Manchester College of Technology, recently opened a discussion on the “Historical Method in Teaching Science” at a meeting of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.

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: ...

Just as school kids get to test their hands at science in earnest, they may come face to face with entrenched teaching methods, coded language and a no-error culture ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In September 2019 ...

Teachers must be able to combine several important kinds of knowledge in order to successfully implement classroom science instruction for concept learning. These include knowledge of science content, ...

Geoscience education research (GER) furthers our understanding of how people learn geoscience and how instructional practices can enhance learning. The central premise of this line of research views ...

The “science of reading” movement is sweeping through state legislatures. Over the past several years, more states have passed laws or implemented other policies requiring schools to use ...

Science understanding and expertise are essential to the function of modern society and are foundational within science education. Understanding scientific concepts and processes, especially in ...

If you’re reading this and grew up going to Western schools, you might remember your teachers following this basic formula: Explain a subject from the blackboard, ask the kids questions that test ...