Editor’s note: This article is part of Teaching the Adult Learner: Practical Strategies for Higher Ed Success, a six-part series exploring how colleges can better support nontraditional students.

Dozens of studies have come out over the past months concluding that the pandemic had a negative—and uneven—effect on student learning. National analyses have shown that students who were already ...

Jenny Gore receives funding from the Paul Ramsay Foundation, NSW Department of Education, Australian Research Council and the Australian Government. Andrew Miller receives funding from the Paul Ramsay ...

There’s a consensus in science education that science should be something students actually get to do—that learning how to employ investigative methods to test hypotheses is just as important as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Vitasek covers how to crack the code on collaboration Students needn't pursue a career in academics to understand the innate ...

Student success is a critically important issue for school districts–and not simply because districts want students to perform well. Improving student learning and student success is necessary for ...

Design an explicit, three-part learning sequence: The learning sequence starts with a pre-visit phase, followed by an outdoor visit phase, followed by a post-visit phase. Each part of the sequence ...

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 ...

A new study reveals that students learn best through prediction activities, even though they don't realize it. This idea is at the center of new research published in CBE—Life Sciences Education from ...