In elementary school, students are told what they need to learn. In high school, they receive some choices with electives. In college, students take full ownership of their learning and choose the ...

Both Alfie Kohn (“Feel-Bad Education,” Commentary, Sept. 15, 2004) and Massachusetts Commissioner of Education David P. Driscoll (“Mass. Schools Chief Offers ‘Feel-Bad Education’ Cure,” Letters, Oct.

No one has ever washed a rented car! Tom Friedman and Lawrence Summers have used this statement often to emphasize the importance of ownership. It originated in 1985 from the response of a military ...

An Achievable Dream puts a twist on traditional parent-teacher conferences. Teachers encourage Dreamers to take ownership of their learning and become facilitators during student- or Dreamer-led ...

Students need clear boundaries, but they also need to feel that they belong during an activity and that their ideas shape their learning.

Ownership and use of intellectual property created by UAB employees, including faculty (which includes Credentialed Course Instructors), are governed by the ...

At its core, personalized learning is about recognizing that no two students learn exactly the same way. It moves beyond the one-size-fits-all approach by focusing on each student’s strengths, needs ...

Assessment has always been an important part of learning but lately, we’ve grown to rely on quizzes and tests that are artificial, expensive, single-purpose, uninformative, and inequitable. Our ...