We have a saying where I work at the Van Andel Institute for Education: “We believe learning should be memorable, meaningful, and fun!” It’s a quote that I earnestly believe in, but I also recognize ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

In “Teaching in an Age of ‘Militant Apathy’” (The Chronicle, February 15), you ask if immersive education can become the norm when traditional curricula ignore students’ lived experiences. You make an ...

Children and adolescents will intuitively choose options meaningful to them and pursue excellence at their own pace. Lessons that teach tolerance, helpfulness, fairness, resilience, peace, ...

Editor’s note: Each year, Xpress publishes its Kids Issue series, which includes original artwork and writings by local students, K-12. As part of the special two-part edition, we also feature a ...

How can digital tools help educators to foster meaningful learning experiences with museum objects? How can museum- and school-based practices inform each other? What role can technology play in this ...

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing right things. In education, efficiency is covering syllabus and ...

As faculty plan for experiential learning in a course, there is much to consider since this approach is quite different from what is involved in preparing traditional academic lectures. Experiential ...

Throughout my education, I have always been frustrated by busy work–the kind of homework that felt like an obligatory exercise rather than a meaningful learning experience. What puzzled me even more ...

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 ...