Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Many educators are wondering about whether grading policies should be relaxed because of how stressed everyone is, and with so many students facing tough life circumstances of tech access. Ken Bain, the author of “What the Best College Teachers Do,” talks about this a lot—this idea that failure is a part of learning.

Failure 148

Failure Feedback Students Exams 148

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

A Rising Tide of Inequality Edtech efforts at broadening access to opportunity often falter when running up against entrenched forms of inequity and discrimination. This was despite the fact that all three schools had the same levels of technology access. Equitable: An analysis by John Hansen and Justin Reich of U.S.

Culture 146

Culture Failure Exams Attention 146

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

To test this out, the institution partnered with researchers from Brown University and edtech company Mainstay to select an online political science course that has high enrollment—and high rates of failure—because every student is required to take it. It’s not getting them the answers when taking the midterm exam.

Student Engagement 200

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Students 200

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

Study 164

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 164

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

To support their professional growth, teachers will also have continued access to the AI Coach platform , which enables them to watch and reflect on videos of their classroom instruction, set professional goals, and receive personalized observation tips, coaching, and resources from a virtual, computerized AI coach.

Schools 333

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 333

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2023

Students are required to work with me if they are on probation due to a course failure, and they are recommended to see me if they fail an exam or are deemed to be at risk for failure. I would also review individual exams with students to determine why they weren’t being successful.

Coaching 98

Coaching Exams Failure Learning Styles 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2023

Students are required to work with me if they are on probation due to a course failure, and they are recommended to see me if they fail an exam or are deemed to be at risk for failure. I would also review individual exams with students to determine why they weren’t being successful.

Coaching 98

Coaching Exams Failure Learning Styles 98

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2017

NCLB asked districts to invest in supplemental interventions for students who were at-risk of not achieving grade-level proficiency, according to the state’s math and reading exams. Failure to do so is a failure to rebut the administration’s argument that these funds are unnecessary.

Failure 106

Failure Education Secondary Education Exams 106

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Here’s how to create a widget Access the Gallery (use this link ) and search the available widgets; select one like these related to the holiday (you may have to query ‘holiday’) or another of your choice. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments.

Activities 171

Activities Learning Art Attention 171

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Access the Gallery (use this link ) and search the available widgets; select one that provides a holiday countdown clock. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success.

Activities 174

Activities Learning Attention Failure 174

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Yet, after seeing data from the California School Dashboard and learning that close to one-fifth of McClymonds’ students were not graduating, he mentally shifted some accountability to the school, seeing a systemic failure to meet the needs of all students. Everything is online now,” Bey said.

Local Government 140

Local Government Schools English Exams 140

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2018

From the start, access has been the defining achievement of online learning. Reading initial coverage of the research, I worried that virtual access may not be accomplishing all that was it promised. Work and family obligations often undermine their studies, leading to a cascade of failures and dropouts. Or so I thought.

Education 143

Education Students Hybrid Courses Blended Courses 143

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

That will continue the cycle of failure. For those of us tasked with overcoming massive learning gaps and bringing success to at-risk students who have known nothing else but failure, this type of compromise might be the only way to do it. This experience pushed me to look at data in a different way. Suddenly there were silver linings.

Failure 108

Failure Learning Testing Assignments 108

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Or, in an Italian Studies class, students could create an open access eBook that teaches younger students about the Italian language and culture (see “ Empowering College Students to be OER Creators and Curators ”). Students can often learn more from productive failure than from success (Sinha & Kapur, 2021).

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Or, in an Italian Studies class, students could create an open access eBook that teaches younger students about the Italian language and culture (see “ Empowering College Students to be OER Creators and Curators ”). Students can often learn more from productive failure than from success (Sinha & Kapur, 2021).

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

The engaging video summaries of textbook material provide access to more than a thousand full-length college courses. Depending upon the level of service subscribed to, students can view videos, take practice quizzes and exams, and get credit for classes passed through a proctored exam. How to get started. Things to know.

Exams 74

Exams Quizzes Textbooks Mobile Devices 74

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Schoolzilla claims its tools help address issues like absenteeism, course failures and disproportionality in suspensions. The company said afterward that it found no evidence that any information was improperly accessed. Brekhus says Schoolzilla will gain access to his 180 sellers worldwide, 155 of them in the U.S.,

Schools 96

Schools Failure Learning Exams 96

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008).

Teaching 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

We often feel pulled in multiple directions – with service commitments and research projects on top of teaching responsibilities – so finding time to grade student papers, exams, projects, and in-class work can feel challenging. The important thing to remember is to consider your time, energy, and focus.

Grades 114

Grades Interdisciplinary Evaluation Feedback 114

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The most common way to do this is with some kind of a test, which traditionally happens at the end of a unit — a final exam of some kind. ” Marshall shares an acronym used by educator Jeff Howard to normalize mistakes: “He has a thing called FADAF: Failure and difficulty are feedback. That’s kind of incredible.”

Multiple Choice Questions 129

Multiple Choice Questions Culture Questions Grades 129

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

We often feel pulled in multiple directions – with service commitments and research projects on top of teaching responsibilities – so finding time to grade student papers, exams, projects, and in-class work can feel challenging. The important thing to remember is to consider your time, energy, and focus.

Grades 111

Grades Interdisciplinary Evaluation Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

But this came with a constant fear: the fear of failure, of disappointing my parents, and of falling short of expectations. In my confusion, I began reading for curiosity rather than exams. I have never used traditional tests in my classes because I dont believe that teaching ability can be measured through exams.

Grades 90

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 90

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

With increasing access to different types of AI chatbots, and increasing advances in AI technology, “preventing student cheating via AI” has risen to the top of the list of faculty concerns for 2023 (Lucariello, 2023). Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? for the free version and GPT-4 for premium users.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

With increasing access to different types of AI chatbots, and increasing advances in AI technology, “preventing student cheating via AI” has risen to the top of the list of faculty concerns for 2023 (Lucariello, 2023). Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? for the free version and GPT-4 for premium users.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

Study 99

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 99

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Access the Gallery (use this link ) and search the available widgets; select one that provides a holiday countdown clock. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success.

Activities 122

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Attention 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008).

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Access the Gallery (use this link ) and search the available widgets; select one that provides a holiday countdown clock. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success.

Activities 71

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Attention 71

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Access the Gallery (use this link ) and search the available widgets; select one that provides a holiday countdown clock. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success.

Activities 71

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Attention 71

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Noticing the AP classes on his current schedule, I suggested that if he passed his diagnostic exams, he would have the freedom to accelerate through the curriculum at his own pace on his own schedule.I He asked for access to all of the classes he needed to complete to graduate and began moving through them more independently.

Schools 152

Schools Students Testing Coaching 152

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

All the complex reasoning and storytelling abilities that we have involve brain structures that are literally built on top of that other structure, and they don't have great access to what's going on in the motivational system. But actually, learning is failure driven; it's when surprising things happen that you're forced to learn new things.

Teaching 148

Teaching Laboratory Motivation Testing 148

k12 Online Schools

MAY 6, 2025

Instant Entertainment Access to tablets, phones, and TV makes fixing boredom too easy. Parental Pressure We often feel guilty when our kids are bored, interpreting it as a failure to engage them. In highly structured, exam-focused systems, any form of “free time” is viewed as wasted time.

Intelligence 52

Intelligence Evaluation Interdisciplinary Writing 52