Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

The traditional sequence of teaching using lectures, discussion, projects, and testing was upended during the pandemic as teachers adapted to digital classrooms and students took on more ...

The evolving landscape of education has seen a significant transformation with the adoption of flipped classroom methodologies and active learning strategies. This approach reallocates traditional ...

“Flipping” the classroom is a new pedagogical approach that promises to re-energize learning. Instead of focusing on lectures during class time, it asks instructors to treat classrooms as hubs for ...

A flipped classroom flips the traditional teaching model on its head. Instead of spending class time listening to lectures, students are introduced to course content before coming to class. This can ...

In the early 2000’s, then-high school chemistry teachers Aaron Sams and Jon Bergmann taught in adjoining classrooms. Sams recalled their impromptu brainstorming sessions on how best to convey complex ...