Education Development Center: Hands-on, Minds-on - Addressing Both Sides of Active Learning
November 22, 2025
November 22, 2025
WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 -- The Education Development Center issued the following news on Nov. 20, 2025:
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Hands-on, Minds-on: Addressing Both Sides of Active Learning
By Megan Silander and Daniel Light
In one classroom, students crafted models of flowers from recycled plastic bottles, identifying and labeling petals, stems, and roots. In another, groups created simple machines--hoes, bottle openers, levers--using spoons and sticks. . . .
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Hands-on, Minds-on: Addressing Both Sides of Active Learning
By Megan Silander and Daniel Light
In one classroom, students crafted models of flowers from recycled plastic bottles, identifying and labeling petals, stems, and roots. In another, groups created simple machines--hoes, bottle openers, levers--using spoons and sticks. . . .