Far too many faculty members still think a challenging course should be like an obstacle race: You, as the instructor, set up the tasks and each student has to finish them (or not) to a certain ...

This essay is a collaboration with Robert Hoffman and is based on a report by Klein et al. (2021) that was prepared for the Defense Advanced Research and Projects Agency. This essay is about ...

The U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, or AMEDDC&S HRCoE, developed a standard definition of "rigor". By establishing a common understanding of this ...

Remember the three Rs – reading, writing and ’rithmetic? Get ready to add a fourth: rigor. It’s the buzzword in education. From presidents to principals, billionaires to school board members, ...

“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” - Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride “Rigor” is so central to current conversations about education that it’s commonly ...

It’s a word that made one teacher post on Facebook that she wanted to “throw up in her mouth.” Pretty strong reaction, but when I asked people on my private Facebook page to provide a word that they ...