It’s easy to switch into automatic pilot mode when it comes to planning a course. It goes something like this: (1) we look at the topic of the course we’re ...

When Mamie, a 12 th grader, has a long-term project ahead of her, she starts by making a list of everything she needs to do to finish the assignment. At some point in the day, she takes out her ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Research consistently shows that a ...

Achieve your best final exams yet—use backward planning and active learning strategies. Backward planning means identifying your goal and choosing impactful learning strategies and actions that are ...