Category: Featured
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Learning Lessons Series by Beckie Supiano
These stories describe promising approaches professors have found for getting students to buy into the project of learning. How to Show Students a Gen-Ed Course Matters By Beckie Supiano October 17, 2025 For one science professor, it’s about connecting to what motivates students. … Professors teaching gen-ed courses don’t always take a step back to ask why…
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Mid-Semester Student Feedback Questionnaire Ideas (Bowdoin instructors and others)
October and our upcoming fall break offer an opportunity to pause and think about what is working in our classes, and what small adjustments might support student learning for the months ahead. Seeking feedback from students, LAs, colleagues, and the BCLT can provide multiple sources of information to inspire our teaching practices between now and…
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7 Keys to Effective Feedback by Grant Wiggins
Full article available here. Excerpts below. Advice, evaluation, grades—none of these provide the descriptive information that students need to reach their goals. What is true feedback—and how can it improve learning? … Decades of education research support the idea that by teaching less and providing more feedback, we can produce greater learning (see Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 2000; Hattie,…
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Why I Stopped Starting Class with Content—and What Happened Instead
Full article here. Excerpts below. Let me tell you something no one wants to admit: content is boring. There. I said it. It’s not that the ideas themselves aren’t important—it’s that we’ve turned teaching into a conveyor belt of information. Slide decks. Learning objectives. Case summaries. I did it for years, starting every session with…
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Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin Pedagogy Matters
Move to Learn: Leveraging brain-body connections to increase academic performance with Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown August 22, 2025, Bates College Includes: Light breakfast, lunch and reception snacks Register here Intellectual and somatic ways of knowing are intertwined. How can we leverage this connection to impact more significant learning? Many students today spend much of their time in a screen-dominant world.…