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’ ...

What’s been lacking in education up to now? From secondary schools to master’s degrees, educators often adopt a unidirectional approach, where information flows solely from teacher to student. However ...

The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine will establish an Action Collaborative within which science education stakeholders at the national and state levels will develop ...

The Collaborative Learning Lab is a learning space specifically designed for hybrid and active learning. Its flexible seating/furniture includes seven individual learning pods, each equipped with a ...

Plenty of homework, small classroom sizes and a long school day are often seen as the mark of a successful school—but research shows the number one factor that impacts learning is engaging teaching.

Students participate in projects that encourage exploration across multiple disciplines, including mathematics, science, ...

How, when, and why do we learn best? How can we anchor our teaching in evidence-based principles to enrich student learning across our campus? How can we best assess the learning outcomes we seek in ...

Collaborative education is a pedagogical approach centered on students interacting and learning together. This approach goes against the traditional format of information flowing one way, from teacher ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Editor's Note: This is the sixth in a series of posts in which past LEAP Action Grant recipients report on their projects. Melissa E. Schindler Melissa E. Schindler is an Assistant Professor of ...