Test Critical Thinking? Yes, You Can
If you made a list of the crucial abilities you would want your colleagues to have, critical thinking skills would be near the top of…
Principles of Assessment
At all levels of education, we need to know what works and what doesn’t. We need to know who has achieved the relevant learning objectives…
The Promise and Challenges of MOOCs
There’s something to be said for small classes. For many of us, our most memorable and meaningful educational experiences came in small seminars that provided…
Educational Assessment and the Crisis in Higher Education
Imagine an educational program that takes 4 or more years of full-time effort, costs four times the typical annual salary of its graduates, has a…
Is Standardized Testing Killing Creativity?
Ken Robinson is not a fan of the current US educational system. In his popular and often-hilarious TED talks, he makes a passionate, witty, and…
The Thinking Behind the Flipped Classroom
Like many other educational innovations, the flipped classroom began with the recognition of a problem with the traditional way of teaching. To understand the potential…