Students whose STEM courses are taught using active learning perform better than those taught with traditional lectures. That was the top-line finding of a widely cited 2014 meta-analysis, and it has ...

After nearly a thousand years, it might be time for universities to rethink how professors convey wisdom and information to their students, Science magazine reports. A meta-analysis of 225 studies ...

Scott Freeman hopes his new study will do for evidence-based teaching methods what the surgeon general’s 1964 report did for research on smoking—shift the conversation. Freeman, a biology lecturer and ...

Many teachers see digital learning games primarily as a way to help students review information they’ve already learned in a more conventional way. But when it comes to improving how deeply students ...

Please note that for purposes of this research, the term "lecture" is used in a limited sense. According to the researchers: "Following [Donald A. Bligh, author of What's the Use of Lectures?], we ...

The Meta University initiative is expected to encourage innovation, research, and entrepreneurship among students and ...