Collaborative learning environments capitalise on collective knowledge construction, where learners engage in joint problem solving and discussions to enhance understanding. Social annotation ...

Leah Zitter is a technical writer who covers high tech. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology research and a master’s in philosophy and advanced logic. Going back to school is stressful for students in the ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Cassada shares and makes sense of K-12 education practices. Apr 19, 2024, 04:20pm EDT Apr 20, 2024, 12:58pm EDT In 2020, the ...

When we talk about learning methods, most of us hark back to the days when we were either referred to as audio or visual learners, and that would be the end of the discussion. However, as more and ...

The debate over online versus in-person classroom learning in K-12 education rages on, driven by concerns over student engagement, academic performance, and social-emotional development. Advocates of ...

Planes is a multi-user VR experience that facilitates anonymous teamwork, exploration and paper puzzle-solving to help intertwine collaboration and learning. It came from a desire to fulfill a novel ...

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’ ...

When challenging student behavior arises, the instinct in many schools is to turn to discipline: assigning detention, suspension, or removal from class. But John Gasko, chief well-being officer at ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are the best ways you are incorporating social-emotional learning in your classroom and what are you doing to ensure that it is culturally responsive? Many ...

Wendy Turner sees social and emotional learning as central to everything she does in her classroom, from how she welcomes her second-graders each morning to how she guides them through math activities ...