What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

In conversations about improving student engagement in the classroom, there always comes a point when the mythic college student makes an appearance. That perfect student of the past was always on ...

Similar to attending a physical campus and learning in person, there are advantages and disadvantages of attending a virtual classroom and learning online. Among the many benefits of online learning, ...

Many college students see teaching style as a barrier to their success, but which class formats and active learning methods do they prefer? In a Student Voice Pulse survey of 1,250 undergraduates, ...

"What enables a student to be a successful learner in school, while others struggle?" I recently asked. As I wrote in a previous post, part of the answer may have to do with trusting that a student ...

To prepare students for a lifetime of learning, empower them with choice in how they consume and learn content. Imagine all that a child learns from birth to age 18. Do you think that knowledge will ...

When Elizabeth Self starts teaching her 11 a.m. class via Zoom, she has to remember that it isn’t 11 a.m. for all of her students. She’s in Tennessee—where she is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt ...