If you stumble when you need to talk to someone in a language that isn’t your native language, do you think: “I just don’t have the knack for languages” or “Maybe I am not cut out to learn another ...

Janet B. Walton is Senior Research Scholar at North Carolina State University’s College of Education. She is a co-editor of the STEM Road Map curriculum series, a series of books that provides project ...

What if we told you that artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT don’t actually learn? Many people we talk to are genuinely surprised to hear this. Even AI systems themselves will often ...

You have probably heard of them - you fill in a questionnaire to be told that you a 'visual learner' or an 'auditory learner,' a 'reflector' or a 'pragmatist,' a 'diverger' or a 'converger'? But ...

Engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, or interest that a student shows when they are learning something new. Engagement can be fostered by different types of motivation—external and ...

The world is full of things to learn. Where to start? How to choose what to pay attention to? What motivates someone to seek new knowledge? The desire to learn is partly a preference for novelty: we ...

Technology in the classroom has transformed how students learn and how teachers teach. What once was a space filled with lectures, textbooks, and rigid routines has evolved into a dynamic, interactive ...

L ast year Dan Myers and Anne Murdaugh introduced generative AI in several courses at Rollins College. But they did more than tell students it was OK to use those tools in assignments. They required ...

A common ineffective way teachers check for understanding in the classroom is by asking a variation of the question, “Does everybody get this?” If not that, then what? Today’s post will offer a number ...