In a few weeks, we will be starting a new academic term. With each new group of students comes a new batch of names to learn. While some instructors are able to master a large number of student names ...

Addressing students by name is a powerful way to help build community in a classroom by helping students to develop a sense of belonging in the classroom and helping students learn each others' names.

When Michelle D. Miller leads faculty workshops, she often does what she calls a “party trick” that she uses on the first day of class with her students: learning everyone’s names. As professors have ...