eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

When students fail to see the connection between what theyre learning and the real world, they lose motivation to engage meaningfully with the content. How this leads to cheating : If students feel disempowered or uninvolved in the assessment process, they may lose motivation to engage with the material in an authentic way.

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Academic Integrity Failure Students Culture 213

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in participating states are invited to submit a 500-word essay addressing a community issue. A panel of judges will review the essay submissions and the top 20 students will move on to their local competition to show off their civics knowledge. The submission period is open through January 8, 2024.

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Math Middle School Middle School Essay 263

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

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. In evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations better.

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Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 64

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In addition, many students are using AI to write coursework and essays, which has caused a lot of outrage. Automated Grading: AI can automate the scoring of assessment tests, homework, essays and other assignments. AI tutors provide feedback and encouragement that can motivate students.

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Education Essay Critical Thinking Intelligence 183

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Incorporate interactive activities Interactive activities can help keep students engaged and motivated in online learning. These tools often offer features like timed quizzes, leaderboards, and instant feedback, creating a gamified experience that motivates students to actively participate and strive for improvement.

Active Learning 98

Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2024

Student success is more often defined by whether a learner demonstrates achievement on what my grandmother called the “3 R's: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic” — the core academic skills needed to illustrate mastery on standardized assessments. This is a dilemma. That’s likely because self-love is difficult to assess and measure.

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Beliefs Essay Schools Students 185

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In the latest episode of EdSurge Live, we interviewed two professors who have long questioned traditional methods of grading about how to approach exams, essays and other assessments next semester: Susan D. The goal is to create meaningful work that students are engaged in so that they have the tools to achieve what we've asked them to do.

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Exams Motivation Learning Instructors 200

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Incorporate interactive activities Interactive activities can help keep students engaged and motivated in online learning. These tools often offer features like timed quizzes, leaderboards, and instant feedback, creating a gamified experience that motivates students to actively participate and strive for improvement.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 94

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

To achieve a comprehensive understanding, over 50 experts from 20 countries were convened, aiming to provide practical, implementable and secure recommendations for educational institutions. This research was motivated by Goodnotes' position as the AI-powered digital paper preferred by millions of students and teachers worldwide.

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Teaching Learning Essay Knowledge 171

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

This focus on individual students requires a high level of student autonomy and intrinsic motivation—which makes growth mindset a natural complement to personalized learning. That said, it is an imperative element to ensuring students are able to achieve greater student agency and drive the course of their own learning.

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Failure Learning Achievement Essay 135

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Unfortunately, DPS follows a nationwide trend where Black students are overrepresented in discipline and underrepresented in academic achievement. Recognizing her potential as a math scholar, I encouraged her to ask questions, embrace mistakes and find motivation in difficult tasks.

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Math Beliefs Students Failure 214

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

When it comes to increasing rates of student achievement, satisfaction, and graduation, what really makes the difference? Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 130

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

They create learning environments where children crave “tablet time” and engender a superficial motivation grounded in the number of points earned or levels achieved. They were asking me so much that I decided to write a persuasive essay on why we should find better tools for learning math in our classroom.

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Learning Gamification Math Achievement 157

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

And we were watching old teaching videos from, like, 2005, and they were expecting us to write essays about what we learned, how we can integrate that with our teaching. And what motivates me is seeing the students. That's what motivates me, because I know there are students out there who need my help. It was very draining.

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Teachers Elementary School Elementary School Students 172

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Image Credit: Farhat Ahmad Tanked Motivation Leads to Apathy Most of our students struggle with low engagement. Years of repeated low test scores followed by disappointed reactions from teachers and family members have tanked their motivation, leading them to appear apathetic. Student apathy is one of my greatest frustrations.

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Testing Exams Essay Ethics 129

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

One approach they recommend is called “specification grading,” where professors set a clear rubric for what students need to achieve to complete the assignment, and then score each entry as either meeting those rubrics or not. “It It allows faculty to really streamline their grading time,” says Darby, of Northern Arizona.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Assignments 155

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. What specifics could be revised to help it achieve the established goal?

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Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 108

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Using Wakelet, school librarians can work with librarians in their district–or even across the state or country–to draw attention to important resources in the library, offer research tips, and motivate students. An achievable roadmap for success This road map is very achievable.

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Schools Languages Language Reading 246

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2022

As colleges move away from somewhat objective measures like standardized tests, they need something to fill the gap, which portfolios and mastery-based transcripts—ones that spell out students’ strengths and weaknesses—might be able to achieve. “My My problem with traditional grades in general is they don’t tell anyone much,” Quinn says. “It

Grades 161

Grades Testing Interdisciplinary STEM 161

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The Motive It is unknown whether Ruiz intended to cheat in New York or if the opportunity merely presented itself and she took it. Students know there will be consequences if they are caught cheating, but they weigh them against the consequences of not achieving. Evaluating the detectability of AI-generated texts among student essays.

Academic Integrity 92

Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. Moreover, assessment should be incorporated as an integral component of the student learning experience.

Authentic Assessment 133

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Assessments will always impact how students learn, their motivation to learn, and how teachers teach.

Fairness 121

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 121

Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

Post-secondary students often have a plan in mind for what they want to achieve during their academic journey. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. In many classes (e.g., References Abdullah, M. link] Brady, S.,

Failure 98

Failure Students Achievement Motivation 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

Post-secondary students often have a plan in mind for what they want to achieve during their academic journey. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. In many classes (e.g., References Abdullah, M. link] Brady, S.,

Failure 98

Failure Students Achievement Motivation 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

by Jacquelyn Whiting When a group of tenth graders turned in essays using politically slanted sources, media specialist Jacquline Whiting knew it was time for a lesson on the dangers of bias confirmation. Here’s how schools can tap into students’ intrinsic motivation to manage digital distractions—and what adults can do to help.

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Exams Counselling Motivation Essay 116

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Since adult learners are motivated to learn independently, consideration should be given to planning for the use of educational technology that can further increase learner motivation while also helping learners to understand more problem-solving-oriented content tied to real-world problems (Knowles, 1980). Cambridge Adult Education.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

Leaving the work completely up to the students might give a teacher anxiety, but students can do great work when they are motivated and have freedom of choice, creativity, and expression. As a teacher, leaving options open for the studentsto suggest their own avenue for showing their mastery of the standards can be pretty scary. Author Study.

Learning 111

Learning Essay Social Studies Languages 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

When it comes to increasing rates of student achievement, satisfaction, and graduation, what really makes the difference? Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

Syllabus 89

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 89

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

” In many cases, what they’re feeling may not be necessarily bad, and providing this resource helps to improve their focus and motivation. In a field study involving schools across the United States, teachers gave students the opportunity to revise an essay they’d written. Even so, stress will often get the best of us.

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Assessments will always impact how students learn, their motivation to learn, and how teachers teach.

Fairness 107

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 107

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2016

Nowhere does this summation mention activities or process because any activity or process is fine as long as it achieves the goals. These include (rephrased from Common Core Writing Standards): dig deeply into subjects of interest to achieve better understanding and to build knowledge. They are motivated to test their writing skill.

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Writing Teaching Essay Plagiarism 91

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Often, students criticize themselves as if they don’t belong to their fields, especially after receiving discouraging grades or harsh feedback, so I remind them to focus on what they have already accomplished, rather than what they have yet to achieve. When I teach, I do not use the phrase “grading essays” anymore.

Evaluation 116

Evaluation Feedback Writing Languages 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While faculty members might feel good when students score well in their examinations and essays, there is little long-term fruit. I have never seen students so motivated! And yet both generated a high level of intrinsic motivation within the students and led to substantial deep learning.

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Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. Moreover, assessment should be incorporated as an integral component of the student learning experience.

Authentic Assessment 111

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Since adult learners are motivated to learn independently, consideration should be given to planning for the use of educational technology that can further increase learner motivation while also helping learners to understand more problem-solving-oriented content tied to real-world problems (Knowles, 1980). Cambridge Adult Education.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

” In many cases, what they’re feeling may not be necessarily bad, and providing this resource helps to improve their focus and motivation. In a field study involving schools across the United States, teachers gave students the opportunity to revise an essay they’d written. Even so, stress will often get the best of us.

Course Design 110

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 110

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Zoobean (Arlington, Virginia) provides a web application, mobile app, and prospective hardware device through which families can track their independent reading and stay motivated to read. But overall the question that everyone wanted to address was the same: How does a company achieve scale?

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Counselling Quizzes Essay Beliefs 114