Assignments: Make Them Effective, Engaging, and Equitable. At their best, assignments are one of the most important learning experiences for students in a course. Students grapple with course content, ...

Many instructors approach assignment design with a "product" focus—that is to say, the choices they make about their assignments (frequency; genre; difficulty; grading scheme; etc.) are oriented ...

In education–and particularly with my graduate students in higher education–students occasionally focus on the individual points of an assignment rubric instead of stepping back and looking ...

Generative AI is reshaping how students read, write, problem-solve, and generate ideas across disciplines. Some faculty try to “AI-proof” assignments, while other faculty design with AI in mind: ...

Effective course design begins with understanding the process of thinking and learning. These processes are commonly termed "metacognition." Metacognition includes a critical awareness of one’s ...