We began our 50 Great Teachers series with a look at Socrates, which raised a question: Do educators focus enough on teaching students how to listen? Listen and learn, the saying goes. But are ...

When children have a role in creating class agreements, they begin to see themselves as active participants in shaping their ...

Speaking and listening account for the overwhelming majority of how we receive information in our daily communications. Yet, average listeners may understand and recall as little as 10 percent of what ...

Walking through campus, one sees all kinds of students making their way around. While they all have different goals, majors ...

Monica Brady-Myerov's company "Listenwise" uses curated public radio and podcast excerpts to help students hone their listening skills. Listen up! New book explores how students can improve learning ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Clark County School District will welcome back Grades 6, 9, and 12 for face-to-face instruction under the hybrid instructional model on March 22. The school district is hosting ...

All language instructors teach their students the four communicative language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Recently, greater emphasis on the discrete skill of listening ...

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 ...