The Difference a Good Teacher Makes
It’s hard to overstate how much difference the right teacher can make in students’ confidence and engagement. Many people know this to be true from anecdotal experience, and now...
Why Giving Students Autonomy Makes Them More Engaged
I’ve written before on here about how giving students more autonomy is one of the biggest favors teachers can do both for their students and themselves. When teachers structure...
Math Teachers Get the Worst Student Evaluations
Customer satisfaction is important, and if you work in higher education, you know that schools are no exception. At colleges, student evaluations of teachers often factor into hirings, firings,...
Should We Replace Math Classes With Chess Classes?
Chess is a game that involves critical thinking, focus, spatial reasoning, and a whole range of complex cognitive skills. It’s also a game that’s just plain fun. Put those...
When Do Students Succeed?
There’s a lot of appeal to the idea that we can do scientific studies into how people learn, then use the information from those studies to develop better teaching...
5 Teaching Tips to Encourage Active Learning
We all know students learned better when they have a chance to get actively involved in the learning process. After all, it’s not so hard to see that students...
Want to Be a Better Teacher? Use Gestures
When we hear someone talk, we don’t just listen to their words. We combine what they’re saying with their body language and any other information we have to put...
