A new study in Active Learning in Higher Education (see reference below) motivated me to take another look at the research on student self-assessment. It’s
The research is clear: students can learn from and with each other in groups. But that learning is not the automatic, inevitable outcome of small
I’ve been doing some work on resources related to group work and have been impressed yet again by the amount of scholarship being done on
Most courses are reaching or have reached their midpoint. So how are they going? We have our opinions, and they do matter. But what would
Every fall now I cull my large teaching and learning article database. Yes, it’s a filing cabinet full of paper copies. Copies were the only
The need for inspiration came up in a conversation that started with a sigh. “Yeah, the always exciting start of the academic year is over.
Classroom climate “profoundly shapes” the experience of both instructor and students. That’s a claim made by two authors of a study that looked at syllabi
Interest in group exams and quizzes continues to grow, as does the research on how they affect learning. The process of having students take an
Imagine this scenario: students taking physics—one group with a faculty member who lectures effectively, the other with one who uses active learning extensively. In both
Most of us teaching at the college level like to read. We read professional materials and sometimes even read for pleasure. Much about teaching can
