A new way of teaching reading, already in wide use in the U.S., is challenging the “look-say” method that took over the field beginning 40 years ago. Look-say, best known through the “Dick and Jane” ...

If you’re reading this and grew up going to Western schools, you might remember your teachers following this basic formula: Explain a subject from the blackboard, ask the kids questions that test ...

Teaching methods are the broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes, while activities are the different ways of implementing these methods. Teaching methods help students: ...

New research has found that mnemonic images and explicit sound contrasting help Japanese children learn more effectively the sounds of the English alphabet. New research by Professor Emmanuel Manalo ...

Active-learning pedagogies have been repeatedly demonstrated to produce superior learning gains with large effect sizes compared with lecture-based pedagogies. Shifting large numbers of college ...