What Makes a Course Design Effective? Much of the work of teaching happens before we enter the classroom. Course design is the process through which we plan what students should learn, what they should do in order to learn it, and what methods we’ll use to collect evidence of their progress. Whether a whole course […]
Just Tell Us the Right Answer
Why Developmental Stages Matter for Teaching If you’ve ever felt frustrated that your students seem to think in black and white, or that they seem reluctant to do their own reasoning and expect you to provide the “right” answers to every question, you might be reassured to know that what you’re noticing is not intellectual […]