In Ken Bain’s 2004 study of college faculty, he found that highly effective instructors believe that their students want to and are able to learn. These faculty build trusting relationships through ...

Consider the following scenario when giving student feedback. Dr. Walker has read hundreds of student comments over the years, but this one made her think a bit more about her feedback. “This is my ...

Does thinking about spending hours grading student writing fill you with dread? It doesn’t have to! Writing is an essential activity for developing higher order thinking ability such as critical ...

In our experience, peer-feedback or peer-review exercises offer a distinct opportunity in the classroom: students can benefit from both giving and receiving written input from others in all ...

After 40 years studying how college affects students, and after reviewing more than 7,000 studies published since 1970, a deceptively simple question still nagged: “So, what did you learn?” The answer ...

As a writer and scholar yourself, you probably know firsthand that feedback from informed peers is invaluable in clarifying and extending a piece of writing. Similarly, students can benefit from peer ...

The end of every Duke semester follows a familiar pattern: exams, papers and a flood of emails urging students to complete course evaluations. Course evaluations aim to “help instructors identify ...

This is the first part of a two-part story about changing classroom culture. Read part two to learn what change this teacher made to help students value growth over grades. Over winter break in 2015, ...