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An Active Learning Exploration: Two-Stage Exams

Research on active learning is moving beyond the “does it work better than lecture?” question to explore how particular kinds of active learning experiences influence learning. How appropriate and welcome! Do some of its many techniques promote learning better than others? Which ones? And what kind of learning results from their use? The answers to those questions give teachers the information they need to make more informed choices.

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