Transforming education with community-developed teaching materials: evidence from direct observations of STEM college classrooms

Effects of Technology Immersion on Teaching and Learning: Evidence from Observations of Sixth-Grade Classrooms

Innovative Teaching Techniques and U.S.-Developed Materials

In common with many other universities, we recently introduced some innovative teaching techniques in two introductory physics courses at the University of Toronto [1]. These included Peer Instruction, Interactive Demonstrations, and Activity-Based Tutorials. For many of these, we used classroom-tested materials from U.S. universities, and found that they were often insufficiently challenging f...

The Feasibility of Dynamic Assessment in EFL Classrooms: Evidence from an Iranian Context

The present study aimed at investigating whether two types of assessment strategies, namely Dynamic Assessment and Non-Dynamic Assessment had any significant impact on elementary and pre-intermediate Iranian EFL learners' performance on their final achievement test including reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and language functions. The participants of the study were 81 learners studyi...

Community-produced materials for health education.

Considerations for Teaching Integrated STEM Education

Quality Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education is vital for the future success of students. Integrated STEM education is one way to make learning more connected and relevant for students. There is a need for further research and discussion on the knowledge, experiences, and background that teachers need to effectively teach integrated STEM education. A support, teach...