Having good learning goals (also called "learning objectives" or "learning outcomes") is key to taking an evidence-based approach to education. This means faculty members laying out learning goals for ...

Language programs in the 21 st century must help students gain the language and literacy proficiency they will need to succeed in the real world. This means that relying only on traditional ways of ...

The increase in conversations about how to serve the overall needs of students, including their social and emotional needs, is one of the silver linings of education during the pandemic. While the ...

Each activity will start with a list of learning outcomes and goals. Learning outcomes tell students what they need to be able to master in order to succeed on exams and homework. Learning goals tell ...

Institutional Graduate Learning Goals for Doctoral Programs All of the above Institutional Graduate Learning Goals for Masters Programs, with the addition of: Research: Conduct independent research ...

Learning outcomes and objectives are the fundamental elements of most well-designed courses. Well-conceived outcomes and objectives serve as guideposts to help instructors work through the design of a ...

Blogger's Note: Service learning has become increasingly popular, and I want to initiate a discussion of service learning and the ethical issues involved. To do so I've asked some noted experts in the ...

This semester, there is a new phrase haunting professors’ syllabi: artificial intelligence. Each course seems to have a different statement on AI: For some classes, the use of AI is defined as ...

Describe the basic principle of mitosis (why do cells undergo mitosis?). Diagram how an exact replica of the genetic material is made, including the numbers of chromosomes present at each phase of ...

The learning goals articulated below provide our students a framework for contextualizing and learning the fundamental knowledge needed to complete the biology major and to become prepared for future ...