Many schools are closed through the academic year. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Bree Dusseault of the Center on Reinventing Public Education about how distance learning varies across the U.S.

Western Michigan University touts itself as a student-centered research university. As such, students are the main focus of our mission. We must be continually concerned with what our students learn ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

Teaching methods are the broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes, while activities are the different ways of implementing these methods. Teaching methods help students: ...

Capstone courses integrate knowledge, concepts, and skills associated with an entire sequence of study in a program. This method of assessment is unique because the courses themselves become the ...

Dr Naomi Winstone has received funding from the Society for Research into Higher Education. david.boud@deakin.edu.au has received funding from the Australian Research Council. University of Surrey ...

Most of the grading methods and practices referred to as “alternative” today fall under the umbrella term “ungrading.” Ungrading is the practice of wholly removing grades from all formative and ...