Assignments: Make Them Effective, Engaging, and Equitable. At their best, assignments are one of the most important learning experiences for students in a course. Students grapple with course content, ...

The Wake County school board's effort to put the rubber of community-based schools to the road hit slippery patches Wednesday as the board's Policy Committee began to try to craft a new assignment ...

Many instructors approach assignment design with a "product" focus—that is to say, the choices they make about their assignments (frequency; genre; difficulty; grading scheme; etc.) are oriented ...

Superintendent Crystal Hill (right) presents plans on August 13, 2024, for changes to magnet programs and boundaries for 2025-26. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board has begun the second phase of ...

Despite controversy surrounding a recent eighth-grade history assignment requiring students to draw cartoons about Hitler, Woodland School District 50 officials announced Thursday night they support ...

Effective course design begins with understanding the process of thinking and learning. These processes are commonly termed "metacognition." Metacognition includes a critical awareness of one’s ...