Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Part III: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part three of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. In the initial “I used to think…” stage, students reflect on their beliefs or opinions about a specific topic, subject, or issue.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Even if a student doesn’t select a career in STEM, the soft skills they will learn at a STEM-focused school (critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving and more) will serve them well in whatever they choose to do in life. Thus, we incorporate graphic arts, engineering, data analysis, and technology into all of our non-STEM courses.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

To build up the students’ confidence and skills, I started by having them program and design the KIBO robots on their own. Through their work with KIBO, the pre-service teachers discovered they already had more STEAM skills than they had initially realized. As the lessons progressed, we explored various uses of KIBO in the classroom.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2016

In my course students will be asked to explore the connection between computation and graffiti, through the engagement of people who use code to reimagine this cultural art form. Attaining CS skills has become an imperative for today’s students and the workforce of tomorrow.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s a window into other disciplines—and life skills—and teaches you how to learn and get along. The Bay Area Music Project started in 2014, as an after-school pilot project at Maya Lin, an art-integrated, magnet school in Alameda, California. In other words, the arts can stimulate how they learn and engage in other disciplines.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2025

As we start breaking down barriers for girls in STEM, we cannot ignore the similar plight of boys in reading–a fundamental skill that builds upon itself in every subject. What research tells us about stereotypes in the classroom We know students have internalized opinions about performance in school subjects.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This innovative collaboration offers students and educators digital resources that explore STEM, life skills, and career opportunities, while also addressing topics of teamwork and sustainability. LIV to Learn is a key component of the LIV Golf Potential, Unleashed Impact Strategy which aims to positively impact 5.4 million young people.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

They knew they were doing something that they once thought was a skill reserved exclusively for people who attended high-end conservatories. We told the kids it’s OK to think big and have great ideas, and Philip reinforced this belief by explaining that he “never met a kid who can’t compose.”.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, after listening to a TED Talk featuring Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy , demonstrating the use of AI tutors in his school, I realized that my days of teaching traditional math content and language arts skills are numbered. That should scare me, but it doesn’t. Last year, I had two students come back to visit me.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

As a society ever more reliant on technology and STEM-based careers, we must shatter the myth that math skill is inborn and reinforce that it is the result of intention and practice. This belief is wrong. Change the belief that mathematical ability is inborn, focusing on parents’ attitudes and how they are communicated to children.

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Math Beliefs STEM Motivation 167

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

This study sought to uncover how students are changing in college, including how their academic majors might have an effect on their beliefs and attitudes. Another strategy is drawing computer science back into the liberal arts , to better root technology in disciplines like history and sociology that explore social issues.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

I recognized I was credentialed in teaching students English language arts, but didn’t have a credential in communicating effectively with adults. However, if we don’t spend enough time learning the skills, dispositions and mindsets of becoming and being a professional learner in a community, it can hurt us and our students.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

As an architect, comedian and playwright, with a loyal following across the arts and social media, Jonny Sun knows what it takes to nurture a creative mindset. Adaptability, he noted, will be a key skill in a future awash with data and information that upends how we interact across physical and digital realms.

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2016

Just as a sculptor can take a rough block of granite and turn it into a piece of art, the leader of a 21st century organization must take a 20th century organization and sculpt it into its modern equivalent — an organization prepared to leverage technology to enhance education. Are you asking candidates the right questions?

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Technology Blended Learning eLearning Teaching Philosophy 189

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This custom curriculum, which was a new learning experience for most students, delivered the essential skills students needed to be safe online. Paying for the program would require ingenuity–a skill Robert had honed. This dedication exemplifies his belief in the potential of every learner.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

There are three fundamental types of standards that we use as a basis for the decisions made around the science and art of curation. When knowledge and skills are not specific to the geographical location of children, we best serve our children by developing policy that does not limit the conversation to only those within state lines.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2019

His guiding belief is that “modern video games have the potential to be taught as humanely and deeply as any traditional text.” According to Fallon, “Students are living, shaping and immersed within a modular, meme-soaked, multimedia world, and video games are a dominant art form within that world.”

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

The acquisition, which is being made through Emeritus’ parent company Eruditus, marks Emeritus’ expansion into K12 STEM education, as the company grows to prepare individuals of all ages to succeed in the workforce, and positions Emeritus as one of the largest and fastest growing skilling platforms. About Emeritus.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

But Firman expresses a firm belief that the scores from these types of testing are far from the only types of data schools and/or teachers should be collecting. Last year, they created an app to measure student growth aligned to HFA’s collection of skills known as Mindsets.

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Multiple Choice Questions Beliefs Education Culture 166

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

In a secondary English language arts class, rather than assigning a single text to the entire class, teachers can provide a curated list of books or short stories, each highlighting different themes or literary styles. Those who prefer paper benefit from a tactile experience, honing their drawing skills and understanding graphing intricacies.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The biggest departure from convention came when Penn’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies saw the need for an online undergraduate degree for nontraditional students, an online Bachelor of Applied Arts & Sciences. The staff partners with each new program, transferring skills to help build their own digital toolkits.“We

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

One useful way to sort through the many things that are included in SEL is to break it down into thinking skills (like the ability to understand another person’s intentions), behavioral skills (like the ability to enter an ongoing conversation or play activity), and beliefs and attitudes (like self-efficacy or growth mindsets).

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

Though there are a number of strong language programs across the country, a 2016 report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences showed evidence of declines in foreign language course offerings in elementary schools and middle schools over the years. were studying a world language or American Sign Language.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

As the reality sinks in that the shift to online education will continue indefinitely—and some of it permanently—now is a particularly good time to re-examine our beliefs about effective teaching. Educators need to be clear about what skills they are teaching, and how students learn those skills. Solve a linear equation?

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Learning Feedback Testing Instructors 204

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Back when Miller was trying to get the project off the ground, he received some critical support—to the tune of $250,000—from the Knight Foundation, a national organization that supports journalism and the arts. Knight has obviously been familiar with us over our lifetime,” Miller tells EdSurge. The journalists were one part of that.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

One of my colleagues at New York University disagreed, cautioning even decades ago, that the belief was “pretty naive.” Some traditional professors have opposed the model as too great a departure from the classic liberal arts college. To make online financially viable, he predicted, “remote classes will need to enroll many more.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2016

American higher education, particularly in the liberal arts, is currently on the edge of a precipice. As Makaela Kingsley, director of the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Wesleyan University, notes, “entrepreneurship education is finally bridging the research-to-practice gap that has plagued liberal arts.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

It started last summer, when I participated in Adjacent Academies , a new experiential learning program for college students that combines technical skills training with liberal arts. The experience helped me develop new skills that have transformed how I think about my personal and professional growth.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

In schools, creativity can be harder to imagine in core subject areas like math and easier to associate with humanities and arts. Sometimes, there is a belief that creative projects should be saved for the end of the week or even the end of the semester. However, creativity shouldn’t be reserved for just those content areas.

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Student Engagement Teachers Students Beliefs 206

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

It was not the belief that technology has yet to be harnessed to its highest potential that surprised me. As such, the strength of the tool is predicated on its use by a skillful educator. In art class, painting in watercolors becomes a three-dimensional rendering using tools like Google’s Tilt Brush.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As educators, we're always thinking about the standards we need to cover, the knowledge and skills we want students to have and how we can provide a playful way to do that." Of course, Redlands Unified isn't alone in their belief in the power of play. Why Teachers ?? It also addresses some of the pain points teachers face today.

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Learning STEM Skills Beliefs 151

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The online program offers a solution to families seeking alternative ways to have students educated, while maintaining the core belief that traditional schooling is valuable and not easily replaced. As the teacher librarian at RCCBA, Michelle also teaches elective courses in technology and information literacy skills to her students.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

Since the pandemic began, the 4- and 5-year olds I teach often lack the fine motor skills necessary to hold a pencil or use a pair of scissors. At our monthly meetings, we’ve disagreed on everything from whether to create an art room or a computer lab, to which positions need to be created or consolidated at our school.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2017

Embracing the belief that educators themselves provide the most valuable PD for their colleagues, EdCamps began in Philadelphia in 2010 and have since been replicated more than 700 times around the world. One such event is EdCampPGH —perhaps the ultimate example of peer-led PD. The list goes on and on.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The skill of sounding out words is “reading” at the most basic level. What happens, then, as the years go by and they come to believe that reading is a skill beyond their grasp or a challenge they may never conquer? Students need a support system to bolster self-belief. Students need a support system to bolster self-belief.

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Motivation Beliefs Reading Assignments 132

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2019

Connecting Entangled Group’s activities, best summed up as consulting plus business-building and investing, is the company’s underlying belief that “society has transferred to a knowledge economy, but our education system has not caught up with that transition,” Freedman declares.

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Art Beliefs Knowledge STEM 148

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

We’ll hear from Kelly Maxwell, assistant dean for undergraduate education in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan, which offers semester-long courses called “intergroup dialogues ” on subjects that tend to provoke strong feelings, including class, sexual orientation and racial identity.

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