Quick, predictable, and consistent activities provide a foundation to get students thinking and ready to learn.

L ectures are boring. Assignments are busy work. And all of that tuition is for this? When Justin Shaffer hears these kinds of complaints from students, he thinks they have a point. He also thinks ...

To continuously improve the course and maintain student engagement, the "If I Knew..." exercise is a valuable tool. At the end of each term, students are asked to reflect on their expectations at the ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Students in Susanne Lohmann’s small seminar classes at the University of California, Los Angeles ...

Over time, every teacher makes small changes that have a big impact on how their classes run. A veteran teacher shares the ...

Last school year, Massachusetts teacher Andrew Swan started to feel like the assignments he had long relied on to illustrate how government works for his students were falling short. In one, his 8th ...