Another core idea for helping students grasp critical concepts in chemistry is to incorporate examples to which students can relate. This is a central strategy in culturally responsive teaching, which ...

University educators working in a time of austerity rarely have the time for introducing wholesale revisions to their courses—but any educator can implement what James Lang famously calls “small ...

Dr. Karin Jakubowski is sharing her best, bite-sized tips to help parents better understand their children!

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 lot of things are done in the name of social-emotional learning. Here are some SEL strategies that teachers vouch for having worked in their classrooms. Michelle Makus Shory, Ed.D., is a career ...

Educational technology, or edtech, has reshaped how educators teach, offering opportunities to create more sustainable and impactful learning environments. Using edtech in teaching, educators and ...

CTL is developing resources to help students maximize their learning. We encourage instructors to share these materials, either in class or within their Canvas course sites. To suggest a resource or ...

Managing student behavior is a perennial teaching challenge—and one novice teachers invariably feel unprepared to face, amid rising reports of class disruptions, student mental health problems, and ...

A new Monash University study has analyzed the association between positive teacher-student relationships and well-being in middle and secondary school teachers. Published in Educational Psychology ...

Having Black teachers and other educators of color improves students’ classroom experiences, research shows. They often serve as role models, set high academic expectations and teach material that ...

At the beginning of my full-time student teaching semester, my field instructor from the University of Michigan provided us with a bingo board for our upcoming experience. Squares included goals like, ...