Safely Reopening
How to Support Active Learning During a Pandemic
Active learning techniques that ask students to fully participate in their education by thinking, exploring, discussing, creating, and sharing what they have learned can lead to deeper engagement and understanding than if students just sit passively and listen to instruction — and these techniques have also been shown to boost achievement.
However, engaging students in hands-on activities, collaboration, and other active learning strategies could be hard to do when schools reopen.
New guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that students be kept six feet apart when they return to school and that educators limit the sharing of materials to prevent the spread of the…
