July half gone, this is the time of the year that one’s thoughts may first turn toward the fall semester. Hopefully not too many thoughts. It is only July, after all. Unfortunately, I think the ...

Rigorous, differentiated, student-centered classrooms. For many educators, that’s the ideal. The trick is actually creating such classrooms, much less doing the work well. And that challenge has never ...

In successful high-poverty and high-minority schools in California, the predominant teaching method is direct instruction, where student learning is directed by and centered on the teacher. But a ...

Student-centered pedagogy has become a central priority of teaching and learning articulated by the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and the Teaching Academy. As numerous ongoing programs ...

Professors are warming to new methods of teaching and testing that experts say are more likely to engage students, a UCLA survey found last year. Below are percentages of faculty members who said they ...

A small Catholic school in Honolulu, Hawaii, has discovered the transformative power of putting students in charge of their own learning. Cathedral Catholic Academy, which serves just over 100 ...

I am reflexively wary of buzzwords. Any mention of “adaptive software” sets my teeth grinding. Whenever I hear the phrase “college and career ready,” I’m tempted to light myself on fire. Even ...

University Undergraduate Academic Advising defines student-centered advising as: "...an advising practice that emphasizes mutual respect, dignity, self-awareness, and authenticity. Student-centered ...

Perhaps you’ve heard some of the buzz about a recent Wired magazine article about a “radical new teaching method.” It tells the compelling story of a young girl in Mexico living near a trash dump ...

With recent NSF support, Lehigh science, engineering and education faculty will develop a new approach to graduate education centered around a stronger collaboration between academia and industry than ...