Think-pair-share (TPS) is the black dress of active learning: a highly flexible tool that can take as little or as much time as needed, and serve a number of pedagogical purposes including ...

K-12 educators sometimes use the terms “collaborative learning” and “cooperative learning” interchangeably when discussing students working together in the classroom. But the two terms carry distinct ...

While it might be tempting to view “active learning” as another educational buzzword, a large body of research demonstrates that active and collaborative classrooms produce deeper and more ...

Indrani Dey is a PhD student in Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying under Dr. Sadhana Puntambekar. At iSAT, she works with Dr. Puntambekar to investigate how students’ ...

Cutting-edge learning spaces are designed with flexibility and collaboration in mind, right down to the modular tables and chairs. This story appeared in the November 2012 digital edition of Campus ...

Diana Laurillard presents ideas and tools for students to create their own digital products as part of a collaborative learning task An effective way of supporting students learning through discussion ...

Collaborative learning draws its sources from the constructivist theory which places the learner as the master of his learning. As such, the learner will not only be the actor in the process of ...

Online learning often includes paired or group work, but research has found this can often provoke anxiety in students. Here’s how to listen to what they want and build the skill of collaboration To ...