To help students see the value of what they’re learning, show them how the curriculum connects to the real world.

Teaching suited my natural need to organize and orchestrate. The inherent excitement about planning a new year’s course of study with a blank planner and a pack of colored highlighters, pens, and ...

Why authentic learning? There are so many reasons to choose from, some of the most important being: providing deep purpose for learning, empowering students, providing differentiation and choice ...

There is great interest in redesigning classrooms for next gen learning but it’s often difficult to know how to proceed. Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA), a high school that embraces ...

The ubiquity of technology has increased the demand for people who are both interested in pursuing work in STEM fields and have the knowledge and competencies to be successful in them. Research on ...

Your authentic assessment may be assessing irrelevant student characteristics instead of learning outcomes. Authentic features such as an emergency room setting or board meeting may create additional ...

As we begin redesigning our programs and courses for a semester-based academic schedule, many of us are taking this (rare) opportunity to reflect on our current offerings and to experiment with fresh ...

Authentic assessment and adult learning principles link to real-world learning, so lean into that. Andragogy principles imply assessments could include a workshop, report or oral presentation, where ...

Explore the ins and outs of having students complete real-world assessment tasks. From the guiding principles to how to implement authentic assessments, this page supplies you with what you need to ...