In the last 30 years, a series of innovative findings in neuroscience, metacognition, and learning have inexorably changed how we think about educating students. The notions that learning is ...

Vol. 14, No. 2, Symposium: Third-Party Government, Service Learning, and Civic Engagement in the Public Affairs Curriculum (Summer, 2008), pp. 205-217 (13 pages) Published By: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.

Classroom simulations can make a significant contribution to learning outcomes in political science courses, provided that they are firmly linked to course content and learning objectives. This ...

With its emphasis on simplicity and collaboration, Google Classroom could be a conduit for in-person classrooms and learning management systems. Contrary to popular perception, faculty are not ...

What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

Identified by EDUCAUSE as a top strategic technology, active learning classrooms (ALCs) go beyond just outfitting learning spaces with technology. These engaging, dynamic spaces provide new ...

It’s 9:38 on a Friday morning, and I’m standing in front of a classroom full of students, trying to convince myself that I belong there. I’m a teaching assistant for my university’s history department ...

Multimedia learning tools play an important role in classrooms in a number of ways–including, but not limited to, boosting creativity, encouraging student engagement, and helping students learn to ...

The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) at CU Boulder offers free and confidential classroom observations for educators at all levels. Whether you’re a tenured professor, teaching professor, lecturer ...