As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

Education technology has a profound impact on student learning by enhancing engagement, fostering personalized education, and providing access to vast resources. How does technology impact student ...

Learning strategies for students encompass diverse approaches and techniques aimed at optimizing the classroom learning process, enhancing comprehension, and promoting academic success. These ...

Summative assessments are implemented at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period to evaluate how well students have achieved the learning objectives, such as knowledge, skills, and ...

When Michelle D. Miller leads faculty workshops, she often does what she calls a “party trick” that she uses on the first day of class with her students: learning everyone’s names. As professors have ...

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 ...

Scaffolding is an instructional practice where a teacher gradually removes guidance and support as students learn and become more competent. Support can be for content, processes, and learning ...

Assessment is a key part of the student learning process, but sometimes exam pressures can limit the growth students gain from the exercise. Many students feel some level of text anxiety or discomfort ...

The extent to which COVID-19 has disrupted students’ learning—and the questions of how schools will provide the support students need as a result—can feel too big to grasp. To understand how schools ...

While the concerns around AI in higher education were once focused on how it might lead to academic misconduct, the attention is shifting to how AI can support the process of learning. “We’ve seen a ...