By tracking academic conversations with a visual map and sharing it in class, teachers can encourage more students to contribute.

Students and instructors are co-creators of class participation, and the stakes may be quite high, not only for collective and individual learning, but also for performance evaluation. (For example, ...

What is Inclusion in the Classroom and Why is it Important? Inclusion in the classroom means that all children, no matter their racial, religious, or ethnic background, gender, learning style, or ...

Sipos: If we want students off their cell phones, we need to give them a reason to put them down—not by force, but by making ...

As of Spring 2011, Purdue University will report Initial Course Participation (ICP), a Financial Aid requirement mandated by the Department of Education, for all campuses. ICP records student presence ...

Description: Student class participation, namely the extent to which a student participates in class discussion and analysis, is a common component of MBA courses at business schools and particularly ...

Technology provides instant accessibility to information, which is why its presence in the classroom is so vital. Smart phones, computers, and tablets are already an omnipresent element of everyday ...