Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2023

How can pulling feedback into the classroom help students develop confidence and improve their self-regulation skills? Feedback is one of the most powerful tools a teacher has to support students in achieving standards-aligned goals. Feedback also Provides clarity on learning goals and expectations.

Feedback 423

Feedback Metacognitive Skills Blended Learning Beliefs 423

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Feedback is a powerful tool that can profoundly impact student learning and success. However, not all feedback is created equal; some approaches to feedback can propel students toward growth, while others may hinder their progress. What is the secret to effective feedback?

Feedback 363

Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 363

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

That belief has informed the way I define blended learning. Instead of the teacher being the only source of information, support, or feedback, students develop the skills necessary to be resources for one another. Students will learn how to be valuable resources for each other when it comes to feedback and collaboration.

Blended Learning 521

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Online Learning 521

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

All students in a class should complete the same assignments. However, these beliefs about learning may stand in stark contrast to the mental models people have constructed based on their expeirences in school 10, 20, or 30 years ago. Similarly, teachers should collect feedback from students about their experience.

Mental Models 541

Mental Models Education Hybrid Learning Blended Learning 541

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Could students use generative AI tools like ChatGPT to cheat and cut corners on an assignment? However, if a student uses generative AI to help them edit their college admission paper or brainstorm a science fair idea, there’s a belief that it is dishonest. Did students cheat before AI was around? ABSOLUTELY.

Fairness 293

Fairness Beliefs Evaluation Essay 293

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Paymo provides a centralized workspace where teacher teams clarify roles within their group, assign tasks to individuals, and track progress over time. Tricider is a free online tool that simplifies the decision-making process and makes it more equitable by allowing users to leave plenty of feedback.

Teachers 327

Teachers Feedback Evaluation Intelligence 327

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

From kindergarten through college, teachers know that writers need guided practice, substantive feedback, and opportunities for deep revision. From kindergarten through college, teachers know that writers need guided practice, substantive feedback, and opportunities for deep revision.

Feedback 130

Feedback Peer Review Beliefs Writing 130

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

I typically assign a hefty 20-page final project in my STEM course, but I decided to take a more playful and hands-on approach for this group of students. We would conclude each class with an observation/ feedback session, allowing the pre-service teachers to share their experiences and learn from each other.

Teaching 273

Teaching Teachers STEM Syllabus 273

eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2016

This belief is a myth. These issues made it extremely difficult for me to decipher his thoughts and grade his assignments. To fix this problem, I used the “sandwich approach” in the feedback I gave him. This feedback was usually something simple like, “I love your idea here!”. The path to success.

Teaching 189

Teaching Writing Reading Feedback 189

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2024

By giving students opportunities to choose assignments, projects, and learning pathways that resonate with what they are interested in or are passionate about, they are sustained with the motivation to learn. Teachers must give constructive feedback. Educators should nurture curiosity.

Motivation 174

Motivation Students Feedback Achievement 174

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

There’s strong motivation to construct the philosophy statement that anticipates what the reviewers want to read, as opposed to one that reflects actual belief. Every teacher should have mindfully considered the beliefs and values that are at the heart of what they do. What kind of policy supports that belief?

Teaching Philosophy 122

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Beliefs Learning 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This observation led my colleagues and me to reflect on the importance of maximizing the LMS’s potential (a belief that we held prior to the pandemic). We sought feedback from our undergraduate students regarding their preferences for faculty use of the LMS. Avoid confusing instructions.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2017

During these sessions, we challenged ourselves to gather resources and ideas to identify resources and spark discussion in the areas of: Improving Feedback Practice. What are feedback strategies that help to increase student engagement? How do we deliver high quality and effective feedback? SAMR in Formative Assessment.

Teachers 143

Teachers Feedback Participation Beliefs 143

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. Based on student feedback, make necessary adjustments and/or remind students of the shared agreements (Lovett, et al., food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

I was humbled by these early teachers’ feedback and the learnings they shared. I, like many teachers, share a deep belief that we should decide how to best meet the needs of students before turning to technology. At the same time, we knew that technology was nowhere near a silver bullet. Fast forward to 2019. Not the other way around.

Learning 176

Learning Beliefs Evaluation Internet 176

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

He sees that few of the students in the course have bothered to do the interactive exercises they were assigned for homework. He jokes that he usually uses an app on his smartphone to randomly assign groups, since all human decisions involve bias. He doesn’t sweat it, though, since he has a plan to get everyone back on track.

Textbooks 126

Textbooks Lecturing Beliefs Assignments 126

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2019

D’Angelo, a seventh-grade science teacher in the South Bronx, gives her students a homework assignment about food chains that is due in one week. The assignment asks students to teach a family member about this concept by completing a model food chain together. Picture this: It’s Monday and Ms. The following Monday, Ms.

Teaching 167

Teaching Learning Students Assignments 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. You could also integrate videos or podcasts into your course materials, in addition to assigning readings. Utilize the Wise feedback model.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

For example, moving from lecture to small group work is only as effective as the nature of the feedback, the respect between stakeholders, and the understanding students have in how the process helps them grow both intellectually and socially. On the show, individuals read aloud the beliefs and struggles that guide their daily lives.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

He then opens up an assignment on a Google Doc and a grading rubric, reviewing the comments and feedback his teacher has left on his work. Core to the charter network’s vision is a belief that students can be empowered to make choices that direct their learning, with guidance from teachers and access to real-time data.

Beliefs 136

Beliefs Schools Assignments Grades 136

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This observation led my colleagues and me to reflect on the importance of maximizing the LMS’s potential (a belief that we held prior to the pandemic). We sought feedback from our undergraduate students regarding their preferences for faculty use of the LMS. Avoid confusing instructions.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2018

We are also actively in conversation with the partners getting feedback from them on what's working, what's not working and how do we make adjustments to continue to improve.” The software allows educators to build curriculum, tailor assignments, set goals, offer feedback, and track a host of metrics from learners.

Schools 132

Schools Middle School Middle School Beliefs 132

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

There’s strong motivation to construct the philosophy statement that anticipates what the reviewers want to read, as opposed to one that reflects actual belief. Every teacher should have mindfully considered the beliefs and values that are at the heart of what they do. What kind of policy supports that belief?

Teaching Philosophy 98

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Beliefs Learning 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

For both Brookhart and Vygotsky, action is often driven by feedback. Rather than simply correcting students when they struggle with the high-level task of synthesis, I try to provide feedback as an open-ended conversation , asking them questions about their strategies as well as about their understanding of the texts. Broadbent, J.,

Feedback 126

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. You could also integrate videos or podcasts into your course materials, in addition to assigning readings. Utilize the Wise feedback model.

Teaching 111

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Although they don’t often call it self-efficacy, most teachers regularly see how beliefs about ability affect behavior. Miller explains how students with fixed mindsets think about tests and graded assignments. This fear of inadequate ability explains why many students opt for easy assignments and courses.

Motivation 116

Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 116

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Most MOOCs, despite the claims of innovation and disruption, consisted of video lectures and text-based assignments. After all, when you’re standing in front of a room of students and trying to help them learn what you have to teach, you get immediate feedback in the form of the attention—or inattention—of your audience.

Technology 155

Technology Lecturing Instructors Beliefs 155

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As the years pass, beliefs about potential accomplishments settle in and become difficult to change—case in point, my husband. Plenty of research documents their belief that ability determines what a person can do. Feedback can influence beliefs about abilities, although that influence isn’t automatic.

Skills 85

Skills Beliefs Motivation Feedback 85

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The program fosters student agency in learning through solidarity, creates a sense of belonging and self-efficacy for students and instructors, integrates teaching approaches responsive to students’ learning needs, and builds a culture of openness to student feedback (Cavazos, 2024; Cavazos & Chapa, 2023; Cavazos et al.,

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Languages 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With the students’ ease of access to artificial intelligence tools and the unprecedented speed and accuracy that these tools can generate assignments for students, teaching professionals have to respond immediately and effectively to this new reality so they ensure that what students deliver is their own production, not that of an AI tool.

Authentic Assessment 133

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

For both Brookhart and Vygotsky, action is often driven by feedback. Rather than simply correcting students when they struggle with the high-level task of synthesis, I try to provide feedback as an open-ended conversation , asking them questions about their strategies as well as about their understanding of the texts. Broadbent, J.,

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 111

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2016

And though the vocational aspirations that my parents had in mind for me never became mine, their belief that education could lead to boundless possibilities certainly did. Tools like design thinking can also help teachers develop personalized curriculum because it emphasizes feedback-based prototyping that allows for curricular fidelity.

Learning 164

Learning Beliefs Social Studies Curriculum 164

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. Based on student feedback, make necessary adjustments and/or remind students of the shared agreements (Lovett, et al., food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

Syllabus 101

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 101

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Although they don’t often call it self-efficacy, most teachers regularly see how beliefs about ability affect behavior. Miller explains how students with fixed mindsets think about tests and graded assignments. This fear of inadequate ability explains why many students opt for easy assignments and courses.

Motivation 98

Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2023

Yes, ChatGPT could write it and it might look a little like this: My philosophy of teaching is centered on the belief that all students have the potential to learn and succeed. Faculty members need a philosophy of teaching statement when applying for jobs and throughout their time in higher education.

Teaching Philosophy 111

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Beliefs Universal Design 111