A central assumption that I make about student engagement is that students have to find value in the course assignments in order to become engaged in the course. Without understanding that value, the ...

UB undergraduate engineering students are learning to solve complex, open-ended engineering problems as part of their required coursework. One goal of assigning these types of problems is to better ...

The Common Core State Standards’ final draft settled upon this phrase: “Scaffolding, as needed.” How best can a teacher gauge students’ “need” when dealing with complex text? Part One featured ...

Teachers who spend time actually thinking through assignments that align with the learning outcomes of a course are the most effective at assessing the learning that has taken place. Now, however, ...