Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

The slides include both psychology-specific and social-emotional prompts, including prompts about motivation and emotion, states of consciousness, and developmental psychology. In your opinion, what sport gets too much attention? What sport should get more attention? Should students be required to take a music or art class?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Art Projects: In the visual arts, students often work on projects that require creativity, experimentation, and refinement. To read more about supporting self-paced learning and keeping students on track, check out my blog titled “ The Art of Self-Pacing: How to Build Playlists that Keep Students on Track.”

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. The idea is to keep learners motivated in a class. Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. Almost a decade into experiments with gamification, edtech companies are changing the way they approach motivation. You keep going.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2016

Homework has been getting a lot of attention in the media. I want the 4+ hours they have after school to be dedicated to exploring other interests–sports, instruments, playing in the backyard, building random art projects out of old boxes, and reading. As a parent and teacher, I find this conversation is particularly interesting.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Plus, when they make mistakes, they’re motivated to try new approaches to test theories. Introduce edtech tools to enhance learning Integrating edtech tools is an effective way to capture (and keep) students’ attention and enhance learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2024

Key points: Students are motivated by academic excellence, personal growth, and development Scaling-up high-dosage tutoring is crucial to students’ academic success 5 ways virtual tutoring reinforces our after-school program For more news on learning trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub This press release originally appeared online.

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Quizzes Motivation Language Languages 275

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

With this suite of updates, you can target reading recognition or support for individual students and provide curriculum-aligned reading motivation to your classes. Of interest is Attention! Jabra demonstrated the PanaCast 50 , offering state-of-the-art Panoramic-4K video technology.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

EdSurge: Is teaching an art or a science? We actually wrote a post for our Teaching Center’s blog with that title, “Is teaching an art or a science?” But if we focus too much on the science, we lose the human element of teaching—what I think of as the art of teaching. I think there’s a real art to that. Why does it work?

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2022

Discover Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. It’s an incredible way to increase motivation and engagement while connecting students with the power of financial literacy.” About Discovery Education Discovery Education is the worldwide?EdTech?leader

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Provide personal questionnaires, pay attention to the extracurriculars students participate in and their behavior with other students. Bringing parts of their personal lives into the learning process is not only motivating, but also improves knowledge retention over time. Take a genuine interest in students’ lives and passions.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Central to this approach are the hooks – strategies that captivate students’ attention and foster excitement for learning. Incorporating elements of gamification, such as unlocking clues or prizes, enhances motivation and bolsters learning outcomes. in teaching. Digital notebooks offer another avenue for visual expression.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

The schools campus near Pittsburgh is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities that enhance both academic and extracurricular pursuits. Students explore science in modern labs, develop potent creative tools in the schools inspiring arts students, and build real skills in Kiskis workshops.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2022

3D printing connects to art and creativity, too. Their attention is completely shifted to playful, inquiry-based learning. Honestly, I have never seen my teachers as motivated, and it’s amazing how creative they have been in finding holistic connections to their units of study. Inspiring Teachers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

A national survey from the Games and Learning Publishing Council about teaching with digital games found that 78 percent of teachers agreed digital games improved students’ mastery of curricular content and skills, and digital gaming helps to motivate students to attend class, pay attention and make stronger efforts to succeed.

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Math Science Art Motivation 196

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Now, he was rewarding himself by attentively drawing cartoon cityscapes all over his paper. I know he can learn and do the math, but his struggles with attention and staying focused, along with the structure of school, make it really hard for him and others who share his challenges to find the success they deserve.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

I pay attention when I see an unfamiliar word (and actually stop to figure out exactly what it means.) I have come to embrace the discordant thoughts and feelings when I’m enjoying a rich classic or powerful modern piece of poetry. I notice how I have to slow down to digest the words. This kind of reading is both exhilarating and exhausting.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

We are always looking for ways to strengthen the exceptional education at Gulliver and the role we play as a core institution supporting Miamis remarkable ascent as a cosmopolitan center of innovation in business, technology, the arts, and entertainment, Hess adds. Exposure to the arts is a cornerstone of the Gulliver experience.

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Art Schools Education Textbooks 188

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2024

Integrating such data into Learning Experience Platforms (LXPs) creates the basis for better engagement, motivation, and results since each student benefits from a tailored experience that works best for their needs and aspirations. One way of addressing this is by borrowing principles video games use to keep their audiences engaged.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 5, 2020

In other words: “Most of my classes may be boring but I get to hang out with my friends, be in a club, participate in music and art, play a sport, see a couple of teachers that I like…” One of the biggest challenges of ‘remote learning’ over the past few months has been that most of the motivators been pared away.

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Fairness Motivation Learning Participation 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Back in 2019 , I took to an EdSurge column to share my opinion — a sounding call for more attention to be paid to the role social capital plays in education and workforce training. Stanton-Salazar (2011) describes “institutional agents” as non-kin, “high-status” individuals who can both increase motivation and access to resources.

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Skills Schools Motivation Study 214

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Lego Education hosted a breakfast panel on ISTE Day #1 devoted to one of the most perplexing post-pandemic problems for schools—how to keep kids’ attention. Carlanda Miller, also known as The Magical Teacher, shared her approach to motivating students and creating a joyful learning environment.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. Audiobooks can be used with adolescent readers to improve their reading fluency, expand their vocabulary, develop their comprehension and increase their motivation to interact with books.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

The concept is already well-known in education circles, and it has gained national attention thanks to books and TED talks by Carol Dweck, an education professor at Stanford University. The study, published today in the journal Nature, is the largest and most rigorous test of whether mindset trainings can improve student performance.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

July 28, 2022) — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—today announced a host of new enhancements to its award-winning K-12 platform. Educators can refine instruction to keep students motivated with the classroom engagement tool, Quiz.

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Quizzes Education Learning Assignments 171

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2016

Student motivation is related to perceived relevance. Lastly, the message is not STEM or humanities/arts, it is STEM and Humanities/Arts. But we know so well that a lot of these modern areas are inter-disciplinary areas. How do we learn math in the context of robotics? The world needs modern renaissance humans.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

math, literacy, science, social studies, foreign language, art). For example, foundational health needs must be in place for engagement in learning, so attention to health factors like vision or sleep are critical. Exposure to abuse, neglect, or instability affect areas of the brain responsible for memory and attention.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Feelsbot with three fellow MET students at ETC’s Silicon Valley satellite campus housed at the headquarters of Electronic Arts in Redwood City, California. One called “Injustice,” created by another MET student team known as Kalpana , has recently drawn attention.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

However, the struggle will be to expand innovation in core subjects and beyond, including integrating technology into ancillary K-12 areas such as CTE, music, physical education, health, and the arts. For students or parents, however, there is little to help them understand or motivate them to improve their performance.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

But it’s the earlier years that most need our attention. Other aspects of our designs are influenced by neuroscientific knowledge about motivation and working memory. Engage Intrinsic Motivation. Cooking, arts & crafts, science experiments Use Visuospatial Tasks. Sample activities. Lego Engage Emotional Arousal.

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Math Beliefs STEM Motivation 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Chart Art : Encourage your child to get creative with charts by turning them into art projects. Kids learn to pay attention to details and gather data accurately, which is a valuable skill in various aspects of life. For instance, when making cookies, they can tally the number of cups of flour, sugar, and chocolate chips used.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

There are a lot of colleges—liberal arts colleges and smaller colleges—that have always had that focus. Everything that Josh said is certainly what motivated us to write this book and about things that we’re fascinated by and interested in. Maloney: I think you’re actually both right in this as well.

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Education History Art Essay 203

eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s no surprise that these motivating forces helped MackinVIA to be recognized and validated again,” remarked Troy Mikell, Director of Marketing and Communications at Mackin. As a company, Mackin has always been known for their ingenuity and superior customer service.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

What motivates one may not motivate all. These five components of curiosity quickly captivate students attention because learners are immediately engaged in ways that allow for their individual contextualization, cultural connections, and academic comprehension. Curiosity benefits priming the brain for learning (Robson, 2022).

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Students Motivation Feedback Communication 122

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

But these days, about 5 to 6 percent of all K-12 students are homeschooled, which means that model has received very little attention compared to charter schools, considering that about 7 percent of students attend those, she adds. To some observers, these are part of the same trend. It’s confusing.

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Schools Culture Attention Testing 202

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

From the landmark 1983 “A Nation at Risk” report—which sounded an alarm about student achievement and national competitiveness in the Cold War era—to today’s renewed attention to civic education, new trends in American education are often rooted in deep concerns about the present and the future of the country.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The act of handwriting does force an attention to the [writing] process,” says Dillon. The actual physical act of writing, “is an attentional attractor, which means the learning process is more concentrated for handwriting over typing. The form itself is constrained.

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Writing Essay Learning English 148

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Programs like Film & TV Industry Essentials , Performing Arts Industry Essentials , Sneaker Essentials , Gaming and Esports Industry Essentials and Music Essentials immerse students in creative work and connect them with previously unattainable high-level industry players, mentors and related post-secondary programs.

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