Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

A 2007 study led by Robert Balfanz at Johns Hopkins found that chronic absence in middle school and high school is often a leading predictor of dropping out. Given the citys many attempts and failures to solve chronic absenteeism, is this problem unsolvable? It has lasting effects through the upper grades, too.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Failure can be a painful experience for anyone, but it is especially tough for teens who are still forming a sense of self. When people experience failure, they often report feelings of embarrassment, shame and depression. But, as many educators know, failure is an essential part of the learning process. Define failure.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

In a TEDx talk titled The Super Mario Effect–Tricking Your Brain into Learning More , Mark Rober highlighted how video games like Super Mario can motivate people to achieve their goals by viewing failures as learning opportunities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2020

MIT professor Justin Reich and several colleagues just completed one of the largest-ever research studies exploring teaching techniques in online higher education, involving nearly 250,000 students from nearly every nation on the planet. After all, he and his collaborators did get significant results in their earlier, smaller studies.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

King now serves as president and CEO of Education Trust, a nonprofit that aims to close educational opportunities and achievement gaps. So again, the failure of national leadership is being visited upon school leaders who face this impossible dilemma. They had the same exact achievement. On the Persistence of the Pandemic Sigh.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

According to a 1996 study from the National Center for Education Statistics, 46 percent of children in the United States enter kindergarten at risk of failure and a stunning 88 percent of these never catch up.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2019

Related: 4 evidence-based ways parents improve student achievement. I like to keep parents in the loop at all times, so each day I send out updates about upcoming tests, attach study guides, or include a monthly calendar with upcoming events. Parents are at the center of a child’s academic success. Establish a positive relationship.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2019

But I have two systemic suggestions: the first likely a pipe dream, and the other very achievable. If these programs are fully funded through work-study or outright grants (like many graduate programs in the U.S.) If these programs are fully funded through work-study or outright grants (like many graduate programs in the U.S.)

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The key is to move beyond inductive research that looks for on-average correlations among large N-sizes to deductive research in which we hunt for anomalies—specific circumstances where the outcome we see isn’t what the RCT or large dataset of correlations and studies would have predicted. And that is what leads to better understanding.

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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. Abdullah et al. In many classes (e.g.,

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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. Abdullah et al. In many classes (e.g.,

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Failure Students Achievement Motivation 98

eSchool News

JULY 4, 2024

According to an article from Screencastify , “a Columbia University study showed a 12 percent increase in attendance and a 27 percent decrease in course failures when parents received weekly texts about student progress.” Something as simple as text messages has the power to be highly effective in reaching those busy parents.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Instead of investing the time and effort required to study and prepare, they may turn to AI or other shortcuts to complete the task quickly. This emphasis on grades over learning can lead to unhealthy study habits and a desire to cheat. This approach reduces the fear of failure and minimizes the need for cheating.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

After more than a decade of researching, writing and presenting, one of the many things he's learned is that course failures are major events for students. Research has shown that traditional variables like attendance and in-class behavior play a role in course failures. Learn about some of the study's key findings. The answer?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Here is one way teachers can use AI tools to curate an entire class’s flow, its study materials, and practice tests without the aid of an army of teaching assistants. Unlike AI tools meant for the general public, I believe it’s imperative that any AI tool offer granular customization over the generated output.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

At least, that’s according to a randomized study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. The study, which occurred over three semesters, randomly assigned students to either learning through lectures, the old-school way, or through “active” calculus instruction that emphasizes student engagement.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

If reading skills aren’t developed by around fourth grade, when education begins to focus on more complex and higher-order thinking skills, studies have shown that students rarely catch up with their peers to become fluent readers. Numerous studies also point to the benefit of audiobooks as a remedy for student disengagement with reading.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Studies show that parental involvement in a student’s education is the most accurate predictor of academic achievement. Researchers at Columbia University went further to study the impact of weekly automated alerts to parents about their student’s missed assignments, grades and class absences. VIDEO: Smart Mobile Messaging.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2022

To me, it seems that research and best practices have been manipulated to police the education of a particular population of students, thus embodying the adage that systems designed for achievement are failing Black and Brown students. Study how children of color experience schooling in the United States.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Or, you may spend 12 years in college, complete 300 credit hours of study, and know a lot about a lot of things. Open Badges is a technology standard that allows the user to take any learning achievement, whether formal or informal, and recognize it with a portable micro-credential. Passing time in school no longer matters.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Key points: When it comes to K-12 innovation, change isn’t a consideration–it’s an imperative Students know best when it comes to transforming education Schools must embrace these 4 innovative focus areas to avoid failure For more news on K-12 transformation, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Across the U.S.,

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Yet even though the school is zoned for a wealthy area of Manhattan, where achievement is highly prized, standardized test scores were nothing special. minimizing failure and providing immediate feedback for students. Many of the studies that showed the most significant results focused specifically on critical thinking skills.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

12 The reviews find that many studies lack scientific rigor. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group. National achievement-level results. NAEP Report Card: Reading. Department of Education.

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Disabilities Learning Disabilities Evaluation Language 279

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Two new, large-scale studies—one from New York, the other from California—show that reduced reliance on placement exams increases student access to college-level courses. When it comes to determining which students are assigned to remedial courses, “traditionally faculty do have a strong say,” says Barnett, who co-authored the study.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

In the 1960s, the federal government started pushing more achievement tests and public education began to focus more on raising standardized test scores in math and science, which led to decreasing time spent in the very courses that instill, teach and develop creativity and personal identity. What Does This Mean for Today’s Students?

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Art Education Multidisciplinary Students 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

In a recent study conducted by McKinsey & Company, statistical models based on academic studies estimated the potential influence of school closures on learning. Furthermore, the study projected that this lack of learning could diminish students’ earning potential over their lifetimes and even reduce the U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Instead, educators described making as an approach to teaching and learning that puts students at the center; that encourages what educators variously termed “supported failure,” “controlled struggle,” and “failing forward”; and that teaches resilience, perseverance, empathy and problem-solving. How does this look in practice?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2020

The latter measures student achievement of a particular set of lesson knowledge while the former measures student achievement of the broader class goals. They help you identify your goals and the resources required to achieve them and then measure progress toward their completion. More on standards-based grading.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2018

From the start, access has been the defining achievement of online learning. Then came several new studies concluding that low-income students at U.S. So I decided to take a close look at a handful of recent studies measuring online against face-to-face at U.S. Or so I thought. community colleges.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

For example, in middle school, students might do a role-playing game for the semester while studying molecules and the human body. One of our game-based learning principles is "failure reframed as iteration." While our curriculum is traditional in the sense that it must follow the common core standards, the delivery is very different.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

A new case study by Entangled Solutions illustrates how that is unfolding at Arcadia Unified School District in California, which serves 9,500 students across its 11 schools. The mantra “learn from failure” turned out to be particularly important, although challenging to implement. Arcadia is focusing on student achievement.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

Murphy & Beland’s recent study is making the rounds online, particularly among those who are eager to find reasons to ban learning technologies in classrooms. ’ That’s an indictment of our failure to differently imagine learning and teaching. if they did, how sad is that?). That’s not teaching students ‘grit.’

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Effective study habits, a positive mindset, and time management skills must be added to the mixture, and do not forget to sprinkle a proactive attitude on top to improve academic performance and increase the overall college experience. Develop effective study habits Developing effective study habits is crucial for academic success.

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Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Effective study habits, a positive mindset, and time management skills must be added to the mixture, and do not forget to sprinkle a proactive attitude on top to improve academic performance and increase the overall college experience. Develop effective study habits Developing effective study habits is crucial for academic success.

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Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

It’s fascinating that today’s game playing youth want a set of rules they must beat, parameters they must meet, levels (read: standards) they must achieve, and a Big Goal (think: graduation) they can only reach after a lot of hard work, intense thinking, and mountains of problems. Make failure fun. Which they love.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Unsurprisingly, concerns over the expected “COVID slide” began to take shape almost as quickly as the emergency response plans, with the learning loss projected to be especially dire for those students already at risk of failure.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

. –Rhonda Evatt, Health Science Educator, Anderson Institute of Technology Our education system is still grappling with the ongoing challenges of incomplete learning and lower student achievement. Encourage a balanced routine: Remind students to structure their days with a mix of study, exercise, and relaxation.

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