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JUNE 26, 2025

That’s what’s motivating. “I Administrative or time-saving functions With students, during class activities or for homework I’m using AI equally for my own tasks and with students I’m not using AI Δ A fundamental principle of cognitive science is that knowledge builds on prior knowledge. Good games aren’t designed to be easy.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

Teachers are frustrated by what they perceive as a lack of focus, engagement, and motivation. I can empathize with their frustration, but I attribute these behaviors to underdeveloped self-regulation skills, especially in online and blended learning environments. The earlier students learn these self-regulation skills, the better.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

These traditional workflows do not position the students to be active agents or help them to develop into expert learners, who are resourceful, strategic, motivated, and self-aware. Too many students spend their days in classrooms passively observing, instead of actively engaging.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Blended learning is the thoughtful design and facilitation of learning experiences that strive to shift control from teacher to learner by weaving together active, engaged learning online and offline. Pain Point: Teachers are frustrated by a lack of student engagement and motivation. Blended learning is not a reaction to a moment.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2020

This partnership gives teachers more time and energy to innovate and personalize learning while providing students with the opportunity to actively drive their own growth. In my book, Balance with Blended Learning , I invite teachers to reimagine teaching and learning by partnering with students.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Part IV: Thinking About Thinking This is part four of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

.” Our classrooms are composed of diverse groups of students with different skills, abilities, preferences, language proficiencies, and academic needs. Given that variability, it makes sense that not all students would need to spend time engaged in the same learning tasks or activities.

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