A RCT for assessment of active human-centred learning finds teacher-centric non-human teaching of evolution optimal

• Published in: NPJ science of learning Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 19
• Main Authors: Buchan, Loredana, Hejmadi, Momna, Abrahams, Liam, Hurst, Laurence D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 04.12.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 706/689/160; 706/689/477; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Drug development; Drug interaction; Educational Technology; Elementary School Curriculum; Evolution; Homology; Learning; Learning Modalities; Life Sciences; Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks; Neurobiology; Neuropsychology; Neurosciences; Student Participation

Current educational discourse holds that effective pedagogy requires engagement through active student participation with subject matter relating to them. The lack of testing of lessons in series is recognized as a potential weakness in the evidence base, not least because standard parallel designs...