Listen and learn, the saying goes. But are students and teachers these days fully listening to each other? What, exactly, is good listening, and why does it matter when it comes to learning? Is "close ...

A few years ago, as a teacher at a New York City middle school, in Brooklyn, I was administering the listening portion of a standardized test. “Listen,” I read aloud from the teacher’s manual. I ...

Four teaching academics discuss effective approaches to keeping students focused and engaged inside and outside the classroom How can educators ensure students remain focused and engaged in their ...

Teachers can collaborate with students to identify shared values that establish a foundation of respect and a positive ...

Even though my focus is on writing, one of my valued sources of thought-provoking insights about teaching is a math professor, Robert Talbert, who works at Grand Valley State University and writes and ...

In recent years, teachers have been pummeled, shamed, cajoled, enticed, even humiliated, under the relentless pressures to conform to the profusion of dictates emerging from Sacramento and Washington.

Listening to students' wants and needs throughout their interactions with a college or university can help uncover the moments that matter — the intervention points that can make or break the student ...

Man listening music and using a phone while sitting on stairs outdoors. Walk into any classroom today, and chances are you’ll see students with earbuds in their pockets or playlists open on their ...

Technical skills are important, of course, and not easy to develop. Textbook problems are mighty hard to solve when you’re first learning analytics methods. After graduation, though, additional ...