Motivation is connected to concepts dear to higher education – intellectual curiosity, grit, resilience, persistence, achievement, ambition. Whether the aim is to motivate first-year undergraduates to ...

Research has shown that people put in extra effort on their goals after meaningful time markers like the start of a new year. The good news is, teachers can engineer these markers for students.

Getting students to stay engaged during a 50-minute class session is one of the main challenges faced by lecturers and, indeed, the students themselves. Maintaining their motivation over the course of ...

For decades, educators have wondered how to best recapture students’ traveling eyes or prevent their heads from slumping onto their desks. Student engagement is a perennial challenge in the classroom, ...

Watching a medical professional remove bedbugs from a patient’s body isn’t most people’s ideal afternoon. But it was a highlight of Morgan Pipkin’s summer internship at a walk-in medical clinic.

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. An unmotivated ...

Chris Jones is a fourth-year religious studies professor at Washburn, but on Twitter, he may be most passionate about pedagogy — or the manner of thinking intentionally and strategically on how to ...

Imagine you're crafting the perfect welcome message for an international student taking your online class. In a few sentences: Greet your student warmly. Reassure them about time zones and internet ...