Traditionally, students submit their work on an assignment, after which the teacher gives feedback on that work and assigns that student a grade. Every once in awhile, we build reflection into the ...

Oliver Friedfeld (COL ’15) is the founder of the Treehouse Project, which seeks to broaden student’s perspectives about college life. As founder of the Treehouse Project, Oliver Friedfeld (COL ’15) is ...

Instructors should take the time to ask themselves what they can do differently when students struggle on an assignment. If there are pain points in the courses they are teaching, and students ...

Supporting students in developing self-regulation, executive function skills, and self-agency can improve their ability to succeed in school.

Whether we like them or not, grades are an important part of being a student. Grades can determine success rates, accessibility to schools and resources, and overall satisfaction. But how grades are ...

This week’s question is: How can we incorporate reflection in the classroom? I always feel so guilty when my students are quietly reflecting. As if the mere act of having students think to themselves ...

Failed assessments can lead to self-doubt and low confidence, which can, in turn, affect future attainment. Students who fail assessments are less likely to reach out for support and are at risk of ...

About 1,000 former Bristol students got a walk, of sorts, down memory lane, all paved by a former teacher with a lifelong impact. “She was a great educator, a great mentor and certainly a great friend ...

Guest Blog by Allison Bashe, Ph.D. Dr. Allison Bashe Blogger’s note: Dr. Bashe co-led a session on Making Ethical Choices for a conference of ethics educators sponsored by the Pennsylvania ...

A reserved German exchange student in America, the peculiar land of stretchy pants and preservative-filled junk food, resorts to a full-body banana costume to charm his host’s daughter, a nonchalant ...