We have a saying where I work at the Van Andel Institute for Education: “We believe learning should be memorable, meaningful, and fun!” It’s a quote that I earnestly believe in, but I also recognize ...

The teacher lights the fire of learning by filling the school bucket with positive psychology principles and practices. The positive psychology teacher helps children and adolescents learn to use ...

Why the most meaningful learning happens outside your comfort zone—and three ways to build the cognitive capacity to handle ...

Children and adolescents will intuitively choose options meaningful to them and pursue excellence at their own pace. Lessons that teach tolerance, helpfulness, fairness, resilience, peace, ...

Planning for the fall semester is upon us. Or, at least, some kind of planning for some kind of semester that may or may not be online or at a distance or a HyFlex. And the lamentations over ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are effective instructional strategies to use when teaching an online class? This new series continues a 25-post “blitz” that began on Aug. 1 supporting teachers ...

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the world of higher education into turmoil. Somehow, it was only a few weeks ago when a flurry of articles discussed the ins and outs of the transition to remote ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Editor’s note: Each year, Xpress publishes its Kids Issue series, which includes original artwork and writings by local students, K-12. As part of the special two-part edition, we also feature a ...

Throughout my education, I have always been frustrated by busy work–the kind of homework that felt like an obligatory exercise rather than a meaningful learning experience. What puzzled me even more ...

Multimedia learning describes learning through the use of pictures and words. Examples of multimedia learning include watching a PowerPoint presentation, watching a pre-recorded lecture or reading a ...

Today’s post is the third in a series on how teachers can structure lessons so that students see them as relevant to their lives. “Why do I need to wear a seatbelt? What style of seatbelt protects me ...