Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2024

How do assignments made by online professionals get good scores? Here are tips to make your assignment look professional, from the Ask a Tech Teacher international team: Top Tips And Tricks To Make Your Assignment Look Professional Introduction One of the most important aspects of an assignment is how you present your report.

Assignments 158

Assignments Plagiarism Essay Attention 158

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

When I was in college, I started writing a holiday newsletter to include with my Christmas cards. As I began to write, I realized that 2020 for me was a year of extremes. These goals are hard, if not impossible, to achieve with traditional, teacher-led, whole group lessons. It is a tradition I have continued through the years.

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Learning Blended Learning Assignments Feedback 544

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

AI-generated writing, currently centered around ChatGPT, already is a disruptive force in education. However, there are a few indicators that can help you identify whether a piece of writing has been generated by an AI system. Consistency: One of the most noticeable features of AI writing is its consistency. Pretty good?

Writing 167

Writing Plagiarism Evaluation Intelligence 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For English Language Arts (ELA) teachers, AI-powered writing tools help to provide immediate feedback, guiding students through the writing process and fostering a more personalized approach to learning. So, introducing AI was relatively easy because my students were used to the writing process and going through revisions.

Writing 205

Writing Art English Students 205

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?” Some teachers do not assign homework. Despite these potential pitfalls, flipped instruction retains its value even when videos are not assigned for homework. Simply showing an instructional video is not enough.

Lecturing 433

Lecturing Knowledge Assignments Writing 433

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Academic tracking” is a common practice in high schools through which lower-performing students are clustered with others of similar academic achievement. In addition, AVID males experienced lower stress and higher self-efficacy, determination and engagement with school than their peers who were assigned to the usual tracked academic program.

High School 342

High School High School Schools Peer Review 342

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Unlike text-based online spaces, which may be more challenging for younger learners or students who struggle to articulate their ideas in writing, FlipGrid allows students to share their ideas in a video recording. for a unit or text. FlipGrid creates a virtual space perfect for sharing ideas asynchronously.

Learning Spaces 545

Learning Spaces Student Engagement Learning Students 545

Catlin Tucker

MAY 23, 2017

If a teacher uses percentages, then the student may not even understand why a particular assignment impacted their overall grade in the way it did. In John Hattie’s work, he states that “self-reported grades comes out at the top of all influences [on student achievement]. That’s a problem. This makes no sense to me.

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Grades Assignments Skills English 420

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Agency is a key element in personalizing education, and research has found that students who have agency in their learning are happier in school and more likely to achieve success. As Pink writes in the book: “Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.”

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Students Motivation Achievement Assignments 348

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Moving from essential to “renewable” assignments means that the students see the tasks as sufficiently meaningful to be kept and even passed on to others. What a waste!

Assignments 131

Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

I invited Rabbi Elchanan Poupko , a middle school teacher, to write a guest blog and share a strategy for pairing and grouping students for after school work. Last week it dawned on me that I can assign homework to be completed in pairs and groups virtually. Growing up, once we left school at the end of the day, it was over.

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Assignments Schools Middle School Middle School 318

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Educators can even tap student enthusiasm for new technology by assigning–and assessing student learning using–multimedia projects. Secret 1: Multimedia assignments. These types of assignments are also harder to farm out to AI! Motivate students to act by incorporating action planning into assignments.

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Teaching Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 344

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

Key points: Students who feel supported feel empowered to learn and achieve 3 critical areas necessary to boost student motivation Expanded learning can improve student well-being For more on student achievement, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Every student should get to feel brilliant at school. But too often, they dont.

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Failure Math Achievement Beliefs 296

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

On the first day of classes two years ago, I had students in my professional and technical writing course send me an email with their goals for the semester. Their attempt to write specific goals demonstrates an inability to effectively move from essay and reflective language to professional language. © Magna Publications.

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Writing Teaching Assignments Essay 116

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Preventing students from using AI can often limit their abilities to achieve and feel good about themselves, Clark said. Guiding questions for an AI-infused classroom include: How do we inspire students to value authentic expression in an era where AI often does the writing for them? Many teachers only know ChatGPT, and maybe Gemini.

Ethics 337

Ethics Feedback Evaluation Assignments 337

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It is the time of year where we analyze the data from the first two months of school, tweak instruction to meet student needs, and accelerate our efforts to help our students achieve as much growth as possible. You can create quizzes for the books your students are reading and assign collections to your students.

Elementary School 341

Elementary School Elementary School Schools Quizzes 341

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

Each assignment has 1-10 points, with a total of 100 points. In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester. I especially wanted students to understand that the final assignment was anything but.

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Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 68

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

It covers reading, writing, vocabulary, language, math, fact fluency, number sense, and science. The program automatically assigns lessons to students based on their skill level, ensuring that students practice the skills they need to work on without spending time on skills they’ve already mastered.”.

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Curriculum Skills Elementary School Elementary School 275

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2022

Schools are confronting vast achievement gaps among students and an exhausted teaching force. After nearly two decades of teaching, leading, researching and writing—all with a focus on personalized learning—Smith is taking another step forward in his life’s mission to better understand students and help them learn.

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Achievement Teachers Learning Blended Learning 168

eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2019

Haggen said he liked to use writing portfolios with comments on each assignment. Both Haggen and the student could see how their writing improved over time as well as areas where the student still struggled. Related: 6 steps for using data to improve instruction. Related: 6 steps for using data to improve instruction.

Writing 273

Writing Assignments Achievement Reading 273

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These forms of feedback often focus on assignments and homework prior to college, where feedback becomes scarce. Setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) goals helps students focus on achievable steps. Say a student is having difficulty pulling themes from different eras in a history class.

Multiple Choice Questions 276

Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History 276

eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2023

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, approximately one-third of 4th and 8th graders can’t read at the “basic” achievement level – the test’s lowest level. Pandemic-related learning loss is fueling a growing literacy crisis, with national reading scores at their lowest levels since the 1990s.

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Intelligence Gamification Reading Achievement 308

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A first-year seminar provides a perfect structure for this assignment, but it could be used in a variety of courses. In this first-year seminar course students get the usual instruction on learning strategies, but more importantly they complete an assignment in the seminar called a Strategy Project Assignment.

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Exams Assignments Study Evaluation 103

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

There is no expectation that the pairs navigate or experience the course in the same way, agree on interpretations of course texts, complete assignments together or the same way, or otherwise align their approaches and experiences. What has supported a positive kind of accountability for you?

Assignments 119

Assignments Student Engagement Students Learning 119

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It gives students a sense of direction, helping them understand what they are striving to achieve and how their current performance is positioned in relation to those objectives. This question prompts students to articulate the learning goal or objective for a particular task or assignment.

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Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 363

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We have seen the impact that on-demand support has on student achievement, and we are dedicated to providing expert help—anytime, anywhere—that gives students agency to achieve their educational goals. One of the most effective ways to enhance instruction and student achievement is through tutoring.

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Quizzes Achievement Students Social Studies 231

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The official corrected the mistake by writing down the time Ruiz had told him. Students know there will be consequences if they are caught cheating, but they weigh them against the consequences of not achieving. Communicate major assignments and assessments in advance and give students opportunities to plan their time and effort.

Academic Integrity 88

Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 88

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

For example, one of our high schoolers, James, isn’t doing his assignments in World History class. By redirecting him with an assignment that piques his interest, the teacher helps James boost his confidence and understand that he is truly capable of doing the World History assignments.

Teaching 304

Teaching English Students History 304

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Writing is a deeply personal act. From process to deadlines, no two people approach writing in the exact same way. While some people prefer to write in complete silence, others need the din of a coffee shop to focus. These disparate settings have one thing in common: excellent writing can emerge from each.

Writing 109

Writing Feedback Learning Language 109

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

Biggest challenge: Our school is required to enforce a series of standardized tests every year to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level. Solution: I teach English, so I started using mini-lessons for essay writing to break down skills. Related: 4 things you should know about digital portfolios.

Essay 181

Essay Failure Writing Students 181

eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

This methodologically sophisticated research builds on the fact that Denver and New York City both assign students to schools in ways that allow the researchers to mimic the conditions of a randomized trial. In these districts, students can opt for any school in the district, but some schools are oversubscribed.

Schools 243

Schools Students Assignments Testing 243

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Instead, he crafted an entirely new curriculum that he felt would better resonate with students, a series of reading and writing assignments that looked at the stages of grief. “I They cite homework’s impact on the achievement gap between students of differing socioeconomic backgrounds. But other educators have a different view.

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Education Assignments Testing Study 213

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. But if you’re teaching creative writing in a K–12 classroom or a community college, at the end of the day you’re most likely required to stamp a letter grade—or at least a percentage score—on your students’ work.

Writing 113

Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 113

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT make it easier and faster for educators to write case studies. These tools can serve as a research and writing assistant. Crucially, this method of writing a case will allow the educator to stay in charge at every step in the design, and it will use GenAI as a research and creative assistant.

Study 123

Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 123

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

There is no expectation that the pairs navigate or experience the course in the same way, agree on interpretations of course texts, complete assignments together or the same way, or otherwise align their approaches and experiences. What has supported a positive kind of accountability for you?

Assignments 98

Assignments Student Engagement Students Learning 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

It actually requires some unlearning, and some changes in approach, to create an environment that better encourages students to complete assigned activities. For instance, instructors can strategically assign tasks that can be auto-graded, or spot-checked. To incentivize that, I typically assign reading exercises and quizzes.

Motivation 203

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 203

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

True Experiments True experiments are a critical research methodology because the sample groups must be assigned randomly between control or experimental groups, and all variables except the one being studied are controlled, in order to best determine causality.

Academic Integrity 206

Academic Integrity Education Instructors Assignments 206