With the education industry going through a paradigm shift, more and more university educators are realizing the value of active learning strategies – a broad range of pedagogical processes that emphasize the importance of student ownership and level of engagement – as against passive learning which largely involves sitting in a classroom and taking notes. Read […]
Active learning-based methods are a teaching strategy that engages students to participate in the teaching and learning process. They include: peer instruction, cooperative learning, self-directed strategic study and questioning techniques. These methods help students to develop skills such as relative comprehension rates, good memory and analytical ability, higher interest in study and higher achievement scores. […]