Instructors should take the time to ask themselves what they can do differently when students struggle on an assignment. If there are pain points in the courses they are teaching, and students ...

Contracts sometimes attach a requisite number of professional development hours before teachers can receive salary bumps. In these ways, teachers don’t really have a say in their professional ...

“The only way to be sure that students are learning is through varied and frequent assessment.” At least that’s what we were told at a teaching conference we attended in February 2011. If we ...

The Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation is pleased to offer Best Practices in University Teaching (BPUT), a multiday workshop for Johns Hopkins faculty. The workshop will present pedagogical ...

As the demand for real-life skills in the workforce intensifies, higher education institutions are increasingly turning to modular education to bridge the gap between academic learning and practical ...

The Higher Learning Commission (UW’s accrediting body) offers this definition of assessment: “Effective assessment is best understood as a strategy for understanding, confirming, and improving student ...

This guide was created from the perspective of a student who wanted to share insights from her role as a full-time student, a Technology CoPilot, and a Student Technology Consultant working for the ...

Vanessa Peters Hinton, Ph.D., is a senior learning sciences researcher at Digital Promise. Her research focuses on digital learning in K–12 and higher education. Imagine this scenario: An office at ...

Engage students curiosity through authentic and relevant content and help them develop the specific skills integral to good studentship. Organize your class to teach these skills. For example, while ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of education and entrepreneurship. Alejtin Berisha is a serial entrepreneur from Kosovo who is changing ...

A panel of experts told EdSource on Tuesday that for English language learners, it’s important to balance phonics and other reading skills all students need with opportunities to grow students’ ...