Is having students calculate their own environmental impact an empowering way to give them some control in the face of climate change? Or a problematic activity that puts too much of an emphasis on ...

Daniel D. Pratt presents five perspectives on teaching gathered from several years of research across five different countries. These perspectives are presented in both theoretical and practical forms ...

College students are habituated to a classroom norm sociologists call civil attention: creating the appearance of paying attention (sitting still, looking awake, scribbling or typing) while ...

"Active learning" is a general term that describes any time that students get to learn something by performing an activity in class—such as answering a poll question, think-pair-sharing, working in ...

The Center for Teaching and Learning fosters a collaborative faculty community that builds on current best pedagogical practices across all disciplines and teaching modalities at Pratt: classroom, ...

Using technology inside the classroom can significantly enhance student engagement and participation. Digital tools like audience responses systems (ARS), interactive whiteboards, and real-time ...

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 ...

A student at an Alabama elementary school completes a social and emotional learning exercise. “If you aren’t implementing SEL practices throughout the day, you aren’t fully committed to SEL at all.” ...

Even in schools offering face-to-face instruction this fall, one “class” of students likely won’t be the coherent unit that it was in past years. Within one 5th grade class, for example, students may ...