Asking a question in a college classroom can be intimidating. And a recent study suggests that how professors respond to students’ questions matters, both to how students think about themselves and ...

How instructors respond to college students’ questions in introductory STEM settings can motivate those students to pursue further research in science, technology, engineering and math courses — and ...

Psychologists from Washington State University identified a relationship between how an instructor communicates with students following exams and how first-generation students engage in learning ...

Instructors cracking a joke here and there could make students feel better about the class as a whole, according to new research from the University of Georgia published in the Journal of Microbiology ...

Elementary school teachers often play a special role in their students’ lives, wiping away their kindergarteners’ tears when they’re missing their parents or supporting their fourth graders through a ...