During the spring semester of 2020, Edu Montes Romero (Spanish and Portuguese) taught SPAN 1150: First Year Intensive Spanish. After teaching the course during previous semesters, Edu was worried that ...

This excerpt from our upcoming book, The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide, highlights student reflection as a tool for assessing the learning of English-language learners. However, we’ve found these ...

Failed assessments can lead to self-doubt and low confidence, which can, in turn, affect future attainment. Students who fail assessments are less likely to reach out for support and are at risk of ...

Peer reflection on microteaching plays a crucial role in teachers' training programs as it equips novice teachers with ...

Instructors should take the time to ask themselves what they can do differently when students struggle on an assignment. If there are pain points in the courses they are teaching, and students ...

Oliver Friedfeld (COL ’15) is the founder of the Treehouse Project, which seeks to broaden student’s perspectives about college life. As founder of the Treehouse Project, Oliver Friedfeld (COL ’15) is ...

Annarose Jowenson honed her understanding of the value of self-reflection as a graduate student in the M.S.W/M.A. dual degree program at BC. Now she relies on the practice as the campus minister for ...

Some students strengthened their relationships with faith by dedicating extra free time amid the COVID-19 pandemic to self-reflection and religious practices. Ben Michelson, a third-year psychology ...

What to do when students either dislike writing or feel it isn’t relevant for their future careers? What if they have low confidence in their ability to write well and little motivation to improve?