Catlin Tucker

JUNE 12, 2019

Although many teachers recognize the importance of making students active agents in the classroom, it is easy to overlook student agency when we plan our lessons. A simple approach is to think about the what, how, and why of a lesson, assignment, or project and give students the opportunity to answer one of those questions.

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Assignments Students Blended Learning Motivation 420

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It promotes ownership of learning, motivating students to be more engaged, active participants in their education. Self-assessing Practice and Review Too often, when teachers assign review and practice in class or for homework, the responsibility for checking the accuracy of that work falls on the teacher.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 24, 2015

homework, classwork, projects, tests, and projects), I identified the main skills we would be focusing on developing in this class and used those to create my gradebook categories. In the past, students received points for almost every activity they completed in class. Don’t Grade Everything. That is part of the learning process.

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Grades Essay Assignments Skills 420

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

While summer breaks may offer a pause for students and staff, they often mark a hacker activity surge. This means establishing alerts and working towards regular device audits, patch testing, and rollback strategies. Our ultimate assignment is to create cyber-secure classrooms for future learners.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Longtime professor Cathy Davidson is on a mission to promote the practice of active learning. It’s not just about test scores and whether people learn, she argues, but there’s an ethical issue that sometimes gets lost in discussions about teaching. It contains what are essentially recipes for various active-learning techniques.

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Activities Lecturing Exams Active Learning 216

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In my work with gifted students, I’ve had the opportunity to develop strategies and purposeful activities for exploring and strengthening social emotional learning. Realizing there is no single strategy or activity that will address every need was monumental. Related content: 6 strategies for teaching SEL remotely.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2021

In my work with gifted students, I’ve had the opportunity to develop strategies and purposeful activities for exploring and strengthening SEL. Realizing there is no single strategy or activity that will address every need was monumental. This is not a time for discussions of missing assignments, test grades, or behavior issues.

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Teaching STEM Assignments Testing 342

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Application activities also enhance retention and mastery of information, making it more likely that students will retain and effectively use what they have learned in the future. Can you suggest engaging activities for my grade class focusing on ? Can you generate activities that connect with for my grade students?

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

NEW YORK – Brainly, the AI Learning Companion TM used by 15 million monthly active users, announces the release of Test Prep, the latest AI-powered innovation designed to improve test scores, boost student confidence and reduce anxiety. students confirming they don’t give themselves enough time to study for their tests.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2024

14 Essential Digital Tools for Educators to Streamline Daily Activities In 2024’s fast-paced educational environment, teachers and all those in the academe face the daily challenge of managing their school or course’s efficiency. can help transform traditional quizzes or tests into more engaging, game-like experiences. How about you?

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Activities Quizzes Education Feedback 158

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

If you’ve been tasked (or voluntold) to run this activity, here are six activities that will tech-infuse participants: Debate. Then, they assign tasks to group members that include: learn the tool. There you are–five activities that will easily fill an entire year of after school tech club. teach classmates.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I immediately thought about how I was going to teach remotely when a lot of the lessons are experiments and hands-on activities. I started brainstorming and collaborating with my peers and fellow teachers about ways to successfully teach hands-on physics remotely.

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Quizzes STEM Learning Assignments 325

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

While many of our conversations have focused on what generative AI means for student assignments and learning outcomes, there’s another question faculty are askingoften individually and quietly: How can we leverage AI in our own academic and administrative work? Then, share the assignment prompt. And more importantly, should we?

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Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 79

eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Any teacher hoping to meet their students where they are and help them grow into active learners cannot rely on a one-size-fits-all method of instruction. By using the three practical, teacher-tested ideas below, educators can allow students to take ownership of their learning journey.

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Teaching Philosophy Students Assignments Culture 280

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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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2024

While those aren’t tested on standardized tests, it’s a necessary and important piece of what students and learners need when they get out into the workforce. Test your design or prototype 6. Brainstorm potential solutions and scenarios, think of different variables, and let students research 3.

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STEM Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Lecturing 310

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A great option also is to program one of the widgets for an Hour of Code activity. classes This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. For example, they may decide to assign experts on each category or make everyone a generalist. You can also share it to most social media. Team Challenge Time required: 1.5

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Activities Learning Art Failure 172

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

Given that variability, it makes sense that not all students would need to spend time engaged in the same learning tasks or activities. In a traditional station rotation, all students rotate through the same sequence of learning activities or stations. For example, a teacher might design a station rotation with six stations.

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Metacognitive Skills Math Blended Learning Quizzes 344

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

“Games are among childrens favorite activities, especially for primary school students. For example, before a math test, I create a Quizizz game with problems covering the key concepts. Quizizz allows for both live games and homework assignments, so students can practice at their own pace. Ive seen this firsthand!

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Gamification Multiple Choice Questions Motivation Social Studies 306

eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

history teacher Travis Malekpour hesitated assigning his students work in the classroom that required a computer. Three years later, Malekpour, who teaches in Queens, doesn’t think twice about assigning and grading in-class work that requires a device. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. newsletters.

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Accessibility Teachers History Instructors 261

eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Incorporate hands-on activities and experiments Hands-on activities let students engage directly with STEM concepts, making learning tangible and memorable. Plus, when they make mistakes, they’re motivated to try new approaches to test theories. Allowing students to vote on projects or learning topics can boost engagement.

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Middle School Middle School STEM Interdisciplinary 328

eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Teachers find AI tools that grade assignments, create lesson plans, and offer personalized student support. When papers need grading or test scores need tracking, AI steps in. AI as an educational assistant AI tools shine at tasks like tracking assignment completion and suggesting practice problems. Will AI replace teachers?

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Teaching Ethics Education Teaching Methods 328

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2019

And sometimes they are cooperative activities that require the whole class to work together. It can be a quick activity, a Do Now at the beginning of class, or an Exit Ticket for the last few minutes. Quizizz – I love this tool the best because it tests accuracy instead of speed. Cooperative activities: Question game.

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Middle School Middle School Learning Language 279

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A great option also is to program one of the widgets for an Hour of Code activity. This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. For example, they may decide to assign experts on each category or make everyone a generalist. Team Challenge. Time required: 1.5 Students love this game.

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Activities Learning Failure Essay 174

eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2023

According to a recent study , grading is one of the least stressful activities early career teachers have to complete. Are students allowed to retake tests on which they did not do well? Students may choose to what degree they engage with an assignment to earn an A, B, or C, for example.

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Grades Teachers Instructors Exams 269

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

One of the most accessible practices on this list might be collaborative assignments and projects. Collaborative Activities Collaborative learning activities are a great way to assist students to think critically, communicate effectively, consider the thoughts and perspectives of others, and work together to solve problems.

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Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 104

eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

The basic steps of design thinking are empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test (Interaction Design Foundation, 2016). The goal is for students to lead with empathy to identify and define a problem, then develop a realistic solution to that problem that can be tested and refined through feedback.

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Failure Critical Thinking Essay Feedback 305

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What new technology is out there and being tested in the classroom? As a result, we’re seeing a variety of new technology being tested and used in the classroom to support different learning styles. Active learning Lectures and memorization are taking a back seat to active learning.

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Learning Styles Participation Hybrid Learning Attention 325

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

Student Engagement 73

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 73

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2024

Before I adopted phenomena-based instruction, most of the questions students asked were some variation on, “Is this going to be on the test?” They were focused on whether they would have to memorize this fact or that process to pass a test. It has energized me and refreshed my excitement to teach new things.

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Science STEM Testing Questions 327

eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Unlike traditional tests, Wakelet empowers students to demonstrate understanding in a personalized and reflective way. Reviewing their collections provides a richer, more comprehensive view of their understanding than a standard test would. It also facilitates peer and teacher feedback, making assessment a more collaborative process.

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Evaluation Quizzes Critical Thinking Feedback 258

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

Here’s what educators have to say about the 2023-2024 school year: Improving engagement and test scores with phenomena-based curricula April Pence, Edison High School Last year was my first time using phenomena-based units aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in chemistry. Learning can happen in many ways!

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Education Schools Math Science 311

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

In the past, limited-English or non-English households may have struggled with understanding assignments, feedback, or grading. As with content, most assessments and standardized tests are simply translated directly from English into another language. Take today’s state standardized tests as an example.

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English Education Language Languages 312

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Provide multiple sources and access points for assignment requirements and expectations (written descriptions, presentations, instructional videos, examples, rubrics).

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Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 92

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

While many of our conversations have focused on what generative AI means for student assignments and learning outcomes, there’s another question faculty are askingoften individually and quietly: How can we leverage AI in our own academic and administrative work? Then, share the assignment prompt. And more importantly, should we?

Assignments 62

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 62

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Changing up how desks are arranged for certain activities can also be beneficial. For example, students would benefit more from group activities if their desks were together in a cluster, while spaced out desks are better for tests and other individual work.

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Student Engagement Motivation Students Classroom Management 300