Student success

Good teaching is inclusive by design. It values each student, regardless of their complex diversity, equally. But how can we design more inclusive learning?

The latest Student Voice survey reveals perceived barriers to academic success and the top actions students think professors should take. Mixing up teaching styles and being more flexible rank high.

Students say one of the most intimidating things about college is talking one-on-one with professors. But developing that relationship can be key to college success.

This professor, whose father died when she was an undergrad, supports her students as she wishes she had been

Experts have described this as a 'golden age' of discovery in the area of learning science, with new insights emerging regularly on how humans learn. ...

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Students have immediate access to their work on a smartphone. According to Pew research [1] , 85% of Americans own a smartphone, with that large number increasing to 96% for adults ages 18-29. College students universally own smartphones. Kara Sage in her research on college student use and …

Where we bring instructors and teachers inspiration, energy, and creative strategies that they can utilize in their everyday teaching.

One of the challenges to studying the effects of prior knowledge on learning is that it is difficult to control in an experiment … This highlights one of the trade-offs that happen when we conduct research on complex topics. Prior knowledge takes a long time to develop, and our development of that k

The world will never be the same since we own digital devices. Indeed, the Internet can alter cognitive processes (1), for example, by promoting continuous division of attention - which in turn reduces our ability to maintain concentration on a particular task.

Interleaving, which consists of mixing up study topics within one studying session, is an effective learning strategy because of three main factors.

"Friends without Pens" gives students time to chat about the exam before starting.

Many classroom environments favor a certain kind of thinker, usually the students who are quick to recall a fact when the instructor asks a question. ...

Harvard experiment reveals the psychological grip of lectures

Rachel Toor explores what can happen if you confess something real and vulnerable about yourself to your students that’s relevant to your teaching.

Cake, cake, cake! This sweet delight illustrates how we can best support learning in the classroom: with retrieval practice, formative assessment, and summative assessment . But how are these ingredients similar and different? Why isn't learning a bake off, cupcake war, or throw down? And why isn’t

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 …

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."