November 3, 2022

Sleep is essential for learning Our students need it, but often don’t get enough of it Maybe that’s true of us faculty, too Especially near the end of the semester, it’s...

September 29, 2022

The opportunity to ask questions of experts is one of the advantages of in-person instruction at Cornell But this is also a limited resource, especially in large classes How can...

August 25, 2022

At the start of the semester, your students are novices at solving the kinds of problems they will study in your course Research on problem solving shows that novices approach...

August 17, 2022

Students learn better when they feel they belong — they are more likely to persist and succeed Here's a summary of some pedagogical research on belonging, and some ideas to try...