Over the course of Lau’s teaching career at CU, which spans an MA in Spanish Literature and now a doctoral degree in Ethnic Studies, they have taught a range of courses including Contemporary African ...

When you get students talking, moving, and creating, they’re more likely to actively apply the skills you’ve taught.

Assignments and the associated grades represent one of the most powerful tools in our teaching repertoire. It takes great care and precision to design assessments, and how we measure and translate ...

Simple instructional shifts can help students learn and practice behaviors that help them more actively engage with content.

After 40 years studying how college affects students, and after reviewing more than 7,000 studies published since 1970, a deceptively simple question still nagged: “So, what did you learn?” The answer ...

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Pressures from parents, administrators, communities, and policymakers keep the education profession in a state of flux. It has been said that the only constant in teaching is change. Fortunately, the ...

Parthena Draggett provides a menu of actions to encourage participation and enthuse students Human communication is a vital tool that enhances our lives personally and professionally, leading to ...

Calls for active learning have been persuasive, but for many faculty members, abandoning lecture feels unrealistic, even ...

When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...

Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate improvements. Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate ...