Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods are the structured strategies, techniques, and approaches educators use to facilitate learning, ranging from didactic instruction to interactive, participatory, and technology-enhanced models. In educational psychology, the choice of teaching method is studied for its effects on cognitive function, …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 10 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 28× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2644-1101 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Teaching methods are the structured strategies, techniques, and approaches educators use to facilitate learning, ranging from didactic instruction to interactive, participatory, and technology-enhanced models. In educational psychology, the choice of teaching method is studied for its effects on cognitive function, motivation, engagement, social interaction, and learning outcomes, since different approaches activate distinct processes of attention, comprehension, and retention. Active and learner-centred methods, including flipped classrooms, problem-based learning, and collaborative tasks, are frequently contrasted with traditional lecture-based instruction to assess their relative impact on understanding and performance. Research relevant to this topic includes studies of student motivation and actions in teaching and learning, the introduction and diversified assessment of new teaching methods during disrupted instruction, and statistical analysis of the influence of flipped-classroom teaching on learning effect. Work on teacher efficacy and the factors underlying effective teaching, and on curriculum adaptation under constraints, illustrates how instructional design and educator competence shape results. Sub-areas include pedagogy and instructional design, assessment and feedback, blended and online learning, motivation and engagement, and teacher effectiveness. By examining how methods of instruction interact with learner characteristics and context, research on teaching methods seeks to identify approaches that improve achievement, psychological development, and equitable educational outcomes across diverse settings and disciplines.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 10 articles above have been cited 28 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Human Psychology (ISSN 2644-1101).

Journal editorial board
Christopher Mesagno · Australia Larkin Lamarche · canada Giuseppe Lanza · Italy

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