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’ ...

Collaborative learning has emerged as a pivotal educational approach that harnesses the collective expertise of learners to enhance understanding and problem-solving capabilities. Recent advancements ...

Academic instructors, hired for their content expertise, are rarely trained in skills like classroom facilitation or community-building. But successful collaborative learning requires a degree of ...

Collaborative assignments and projects are group learning experiences with specific goals or end-products that students achieve or create together to master one or more learning outcomes. The ...

Debbie Zacarian ([email protected]) is known for her work in advancing student engagement and achievement. She is an education consultant and the author of many books, including two ...

Collaborative group work is increasingly prioritized across higher education, particularly in the life sciences and STEM-related fields. But how students communicate within these smaller groups is key ...

EVERETT — The mothers are in class, working on a better life. Their children are on site, so why not teach them, too? That’s been the thinking for about three years at the nonprofit Casino Road ...

The gifted group. The slow group. The behavioral issues group. Grouping in schools fell out of favor partially because educators—and parents—felt like kids were getting labeled and that groupings didn ...

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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 ...