k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology. Active and Experiential Learning The brain-based learning framework consistently emphasizes the importance of active learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

Many students thrive in this environment, especially those who are motivated and enjoy working independently. Others may need to actively seek out social opportunities through sports, volunteer work, or community programs. While guidance from teachers and parents is still important, the learning process becomes more self-directed.

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eLearning Schools Motivation Counselling 164

k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

Empirical studies show that microlearning modules improve knowledge retention, engagement, and learning outcomes, with participants reporting high effectiveness scores in these areas [3]. This kind of adaptive, data-driven support is helping students achieve more in less time, making learning both more effective and more motivating.

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Education Learning Knowledge Feedback 150

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, this new content supports instruction in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration. activities that encourage students to step into a role of interest.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

Without appropriate support, such as assistive technology, students may fall behind academically, which can affect their confidence and motivation to participate. Group activities, games, and unstructured time like lunch or recess can become sources of anxiety if students feel excluded or unsafe.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

This helped them apply knowledge, develop communication skills, and see themselves as active citizens. How do you ensure your students remain active participants in their learning process, especially in digital or hybrid learning environments? This kind of structured choice fosters agency and motivation.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 247

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse. Motivated by intentional opportunities for collaboration, students actively process information in favorable conditions that are both supportive and stimulating.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 73

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

A 2021 OECD study found that 15-year-olds consistently show lower levels of creativity and curiosity than 10-year-olds globally. A follow-up study in 2025 confirmed this trend, highlighting even steeper declines where secondary students have fewer opportunities to build new skills. It’s about being active and engaged.

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Ethics Science Game-Based Learning Motivation 151

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

What college instructors are needed for, he said, is to motivate our students to learn. What we can do as instructors is inspire them to learn the content, to ask their own questions, and to perhaps motivate their AI use to serve their own curiosity beyond the conversations in our classes. Saucier, Ph.D. Saucier, Ph.D.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Since it encourages internal motivation through an outwardly-created set of circumstances, gamification sits at the awkward intersection of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. In both cases, the specific content and the nature of the goals serve to motivate and direct behavior in classroom contexts.” Personal) your praise?

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Gamification Learning Motivation Learning Styles 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

The Rise of Online Learning Online learning has increasingly become a staple in education, with studies showing that over 30% of students now prefer it over traditional classroom settings. A study from the U.S. Department of Education found that 77% of online students reported a better balance between their studies and personal life.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse. Motivated by intentional opportunities for collaboration, students actively process information in favorable conditions that are both supportive and stimulating.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 62

Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Course Context I teach a required, writing-intensive course for students in their junior year of their undergraduate studies. The activities provide multiple entry points that allow students to utilize the tool right away. A qualitative investigation of students’ complex motivations for verbalclassroom participation.

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Instructors Assignments Participation Students 93

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

From clapping catchy beats with hands and feet to singing for all the class to hear, amp up your lesson plan with music activities for elementary students that hit all the right notes. Perfect for brain breaks, indoor recess games , or circle time warm-ups, each activity can be remixed to set the right tone for your class.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

This helped them apply knowledge, develop communication skills, and see themselves as active citizens. How do you ensure your students remain active participants in their learning process, especially in digital or hybrid learning environments? This kind of structured choice fosters agency and motivation.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

In the 10 years since I chose a book called Make it Stick for a book study in the summer of 2015, I’ve been encouraging teachers to add more retrieval practice to their teaching. A big and growing body of research tells us that when we study with retrieval, we learn and remember things much better than we do by other review methods.

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2025

Researchers have found that learners’ sense of belonging enhances psychological flexibility, learner satisfaction, motivation, and professional identity, thereby increasing student success (Carter et al., Intrapersonal Level Activities within the interpersonal level are journaling, professional development, and mental health practices.

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Evaluation Motivation Activities Study 59

Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2025

Researchers have found that learners’ sense of belonging enhances psychological flexibility, learner satisfaction, motivation, and professional identity, thereby increasing student success (Carter et al., Intrapersonal Level Activities within the interpersonal level are journaling, professional development, and mental health practices.

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Evaluation Motivation Activities Study 54

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 12, 2025

The activities during the Mystery Guest’s visit can vary. These interactions are more than just a social studies lesson… they show students what it takes to be an active member of their community! These activities provide a way for students to pair hands-on experiences with community activism. Plan ahead!

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Writing Questions Discussions Activities 52

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Campuses invest enormous time and energy revising their gen ed programs of study to create the kinds of interconnected learning experiences that produce broadly educated degree completers. Empathy in Practice : Demonstrate empathy by actively listening and responding to customer concerns, showing understanding of their emotions.

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Syllabus Education Ethics Instructors 95

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

We tag-teamed – every morning, I taught all the math, reading, and writing, and in the afternoon he would teach science and social studies. We read approximately 5,000 picture books together during snack time, finished 10+ novel studies together, and I even created an entire unit based on going to four different Pumpkin Patches.

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Teachers Math Social Studies Languages 52

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 3, 2025

Whether you’re a brand-new teacher or an experienced teacher looking for new ideas, this post is full of practical tips and activities to help make your next first day of school the best one yet! Just like with academics, the best way for kids to learn expectations and routines is through authentic activities in the classroom!

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Teaching Schools Math Activities 52

k12 Online Schools

JUNE 24, 2025

Studies have shown that students with strong digital skills tend to have higher grades and better engagement in their educational pursuits. Children must learn to understand the motivations behind media messages and recognize bias or persuasive techniques. How can I monitor my child’s online activity?

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Skills Critical Thinking Evaluation Discussions 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Add accountability activities to your units 9. Add accountability activities to your units Teachers don’t give grades — students earn them. And speaking of procrastinating, project-based learning is a great way to make students aware of their own study habits. Provide relevant reading materials 5.

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Grades Teaching Teachers Teaching Philosophy 52

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

And they entered college with gaps in study skills and anxiety about social interactions. Cal State San Bernardino reinforced study skills through summer programs for some incoming students, with primers on writing fundamentals and “how-to college math,” she said. But it was an uphill battle to get anyone to join in activities.

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Math English Lecturing High School 89

k12

JUNE 24, 2025

One thing that really helps me study that I couldn’t do at my old school is consistently listening to music. My typical day is filled with personal activities. I usually like to do some activity during my school breaks. Plus, my week is filled with a lot of esports activities. I do a lot of things. I love to read!

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Schools Grades Students Online Learning 52

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college. It can be constructive, motivating, and well-meaning in certain contexts. But a few years ago, I removed the slide. This perspective is not inherently bad.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 72

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college. It can be constructive, motivating, and well-meaning in certain contexts. But a few years ago, I removed the slide. This perspective is not inherently bad.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 71

k12

JUNE 16, 2025

The study looked at when these entrepreneurs reached key income milestones, what motivated them, and how their school environment supported the development of skills like independence and creativity. The most common way these entrepreneurs earned their first $10K was through freelance services like design, writing, or coding (30%).

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Schools Motivation High School High School 52

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

"(L)earning is the human activity which least needs manipulation by others. Learning, in my experience, is primarily a process of self-motivated individuals interacting with their environment and the people they find there. It's not always joyful, of course, but the learning is always self-motivated. for their own good."

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Motivation Testing Failure Grades 100

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

To extend the activity, have them share their thoughts with classmates. The slides include both psychology-specific and social-emotional prompts, including prompts about motivation and emotion, states of consciousness, and developmental psychology. Have students write to the prompt before class begins.

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Cal Matters

JULY 7, 2025

The university will also require mandatory student training on antisemitism awareness and endow a chair of Jewish studies. Leora Feinsmith, a junior at Cal Poly studying public health, supports Armstrong’s efforts. billion in funding for Harvard and other institutions due to their handling of campus activism and antisemitism.

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Questions Study Beliefs History 100

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Vincent College's Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media to study interactions between teachers and students through the use of technology. The LearnLab brings together K-12 classroom teachers and university researchers for research collaborations, introducing evidence-based education technologies into the classroom.

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Learning STEM Motivation Culture 322

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Even before schools closed in the spring, teachers were already grappling with a crisis in student motivation. Student motivation is important because it can be directly linked to attainment. Combined with the added challenge of virtual instruction, motivating students continues to preoccupy educators.

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Motivation Gamification Distance Learning Students 297

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2019

Our motivation is what drives us to meet our goals and losing that sense of determination can leave us feeling confused and frustrated. There are many reasons for motivation depletion—it can be circumstantial, environmental, emotional, mental, etc. Here are six easy tips to help you find your motivation if you think you’ve lost it: 1.

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Motivation Attention Evaluation Assignments 252

eSchool News

JULY 28, 2021

NEW YORK – JULY 28, 2021 — Let Grow , a nonprofit promoting childhood independence, and Dr. Peter Gray, a professor of psychology at Boston College, recently published their study results on the positive effects of the lockdown on children in April and May 2020.

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Study Critical Thinking Motivation Art 255

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

And yet, adults regularly set out to study a second (or third, or fourth) language. So programs intended to make that process easier and faster are tapping into the science of motivation to improve their methods. Costs and Benefits Any physical or mental activity that doesn’t happen automatically requires some effort.

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