In their course syllabi, many psychology professors grade students on one other thing besides their performance on quizzes, examinations, papers, and similar assessment instruments—that thing is class ...

The class is a walkthrough of many issues related to Internet regulation, structured as class discussions of readings by many of the big thinkers in this space. In order for these to be informed ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about a professor who changed his approach to class participation because he found the traditional model arbitrary. Is the number of times you talk in class really a fair ...

I first began writing for The Chronicle in the fall of 1999, in a series describing my search for a tenure-track job. Back then, readers sent me actual, physical letters, although it wasn’t long ...

Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions. So in 2014, the senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University ...

As faculty and students across the University adjust to this fall’s online academic model, some are turning to a web app developed by a team of Harvard affiliates to promote inclusive classroom ...

Raise your hand in a classroom with 70 students and chances are you will not get called on. Raise your hand in a seminar with 15 students and chances are much better that you'll get called on. So if I ...