Student success

Those who interact with me on a regular basis would not likely call me a quiet person. However, earlier in my life, this was not the case. I was much quieter in many of my interactions as a student and as an early professional.   There are many learners who similarly self-identify as quiet. This is …

The policy has significant benefits for both the instructor and the students, who appreciate being incentivized to do something that actually helps them, writes Zachary Nowak.

A practice where teachers write a kind and self-compassionate letter to themselves about a challenge they are facing.

Being self-critical comes naturally for a lot of people. It's easy to focus on the one bad review or the tiny flaw in an otherwise perfect presentation. Psychologist Joy Harden Bradford walks us through some strategies to quiet down those negative thoughts, including how to monitor and interrogate your negative self-talk and replace it with positive self-talk.

With the end of the semester within sight, we feature a small strategy that makes a big impact on student learning – based on decades of cognitive science research . In scientific lingo, we call it "free recall."

In education many students and staff report experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges at some point in their studies or their work - often for prolonged periods. The pandemic has contributed to the burden on mental health many students and teachers were already facing…

Our son has a new habit. He points at something he hasn't seen before and says, "Whaaaaaaaassssshhaaaatttt?" For many parents, I know this stage is frustrating. I also recognize that there may well…

When we feel fatigued most of us focus on sleep problems. But proper relaxation takes many forms. I spent a week exploring what really works

Are you getting your seven or eight hours of sleep a night — yet you still feel exhausted? Here’s why that could be happening, according to physician Saundra Dalton-Smith.

Rebecca Midles shares a toolkit on how to create a learning culture that embraces a growth mindset that honors all learners.

It’s the environment where students reap the most educational and social-emotional benefits, write Hannah L. Schacter, Shanique G. Brown, Ana M. Daugherty, Susanne Brummelte and Emily Grekin.

Dr. Laurie Santos, a professor of psychology at Yale and the host of the popular The Happiness Lab podcast, joins me to talk about what we can expect when we return to the workplace, as well as evidence-based strategies for how we can use this moment to create and cultivate meaningful connection at work.

Mindfulness seems to cultivate emotional balance, kindness, and compassion, and these qualities enhance the learning process.

Compassionate higher ed teacher friends, did you add flexibility to assignment deadlines this fall? Automatic extensions or "best by" dates or no questions asked I'll accept anything anytime kinds of policies? Honest question if so: how's it working for you and your students? 1/2

This summer, I recommended to everyone I encountered that they take an hour and listen to this podcast conversation between Ezra Klein and Annie Murphy Paul about her new book The Extended Mind. Th…

Rather than just blaming the students, educators must consider why course materials are not being read and develop strategies to tackle the problems students face.

Luvvie Ajayi Jones isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says th...

Sound therapies have long been used to help us cope.

Faculty members have a key role to play in retaining students, to the benefit of both.

Been thinking about the perfectionism I see some of my students. Trying to read more to define it and think more intentionally about ways to support these students. Here’s what I’m learning…1/

COVID-19 has created widespread trauma. Experts offer guidance on how to lead with more awareness and compassion.

The terms “mind map” and “concept map” are often used in similar contexts. However, as I learned when researching for my contribution to What School Leaders Need to Kno…

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By James M. Lang