Unprecedented disruption in the workplace is creating havoc throughout organizations. Are you struggling to get a grip on the chaos? Researchers study it, and journalists write about it, while ...

How do you know if a curriculum is working? In the absence of some sort of assessment, too often, the answer was “because the people teaching it say so.” One would think that the conflict of interest ...

Cindy Cogswell is a postdoctoral fellow for Assessment and Evaluation at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL). Cindy has graciously agreed to answer any questions that you might ...

Students often draw upon a diverse set of prior understanding and experiences when attempting to explain phenomena. Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative ...

The role of a facilitator, whether it's at an international training conference or an in-house discussion group, is to provide leadership in a meeting by guiding others to take the lead. Because the ...

Georgia Miller previously worked for community group Friends of the Earth on nanotechnology issues. She receives an Australian Postgraduate Award in support of her PhD candidature, and has previously ...

Criminal investigators use various investigative tools to determine if someone is telling the truth. Asking direct questions does not always arrive at the truth, so investigators developed alternative ...

So you're feeling stuck in your job or career; you're unhappy and unsure what to do about it. To get unstuck, take the first crucial step and conduct a thoughtful self-assessment. Accurately diagnose ...

On Tuesday, the intelligence community published its “Worldwide Threat Assessment,” which concluded—in sober, measured tones—that President Donald Trump is lying: North Korea is not abandoning its ...