Online teaching and learning is a form of distance education. While distance education has been offered since the early 1700s, the first online courses were offered in the late 1960s. Original ...

Studies have shown that after asking students a question, most instructors wait between 0.7 and 1.5 seconds for a response before answering it themselves. However, in an anxious, sound-saturated, fast ...

Rachel C. Syrja, a teacher on special assignment for the office of instruction in the El Monte City, Calif., school district, has designed districtwide staff development in assessment for learning, ...

Lou Edward Matthews is founder of the InspireMath, and focuses on STEM learning, teaching, and leadership: Culturally responsive teaching prioritizes academic success, intellectual and cultural rigor, ...

Summative assessments are implemented at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period to evaluate how well students have achieved the learning objectives, such as knowledge, skills, and ...

When I began my teaching career two decades ago as an adjunct instructor, I cared a lot about my end-of-course student evaluations—but quite frankly—they mostly served as a means to job security. Over ...

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

Technology and artificial intelligence can vastly improve the types of assessments teachers use to guide students in their learning. Despite the often-negative discussion about testing in schools, ...

In our current information environment, artificially intelligent, algorithm-driven technologies mediate essentially all information and communication, and they demonstrably influence our ...

Academic and Instructional Technology supports the teaching and learning process at UMass Lowell by offering a wide variety of services for students, faculty and staff, including the university’s ...

In the dynamic landscape of learning in the digital age, K-12 educators are increasingly leveraging technology tools to enhance teaching and learning experiences. These tools, ranging from interactive ...

Arts education is often an afterthought in schools, but Erica Rosenfeld Halverson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, thinks ...