Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The “remedial mindset” that some professors have toward students whom they suspect are not fully prepared for college may hinder institution-level reform efforts, says Katie Hern, executive director of the California Acceleration Project and an English instructor at Chabot College. It’s a very long-held paradigm that is sort of hard to shake.”

Exams 174

Exams English Math Instructors 174

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). Organization and structure  Students appreciate courses where assignments and course materials are organized and structured.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

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. Students must understand why the assignment is important, what is expected, and how the quality of their work will be judged.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

Their studies take a look at how simple assignments that ask participants to read about how other older students have felt out-of-place at school — the first year of middle school and first year of college, to be precise — can build resistance to that sneaky inner voice that says, “I don’t belong here.”

Middle School 175

Middle School Middle School Schools Students 175

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Most MOOCs, despite the claims of innovation and disruption, consisted of video lectures and text-based assignments. The empathy shown by [our instructor] drove me to wanting to get it done. I used to have the belief that I have very little to do with the success of my online students. I used to tell them that I have all the.

Technology 158

Technology Lecturing Instructors Beliefs 158

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). Organization and structure  Students appreciate courses where assignments and course materials are organized and structured.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. To your point though, more broadly, I think one of the issues is that we can no longer assume that it's a shared belief structure that we all think being in the classroom is the thing to do post-pandemic.

Students 203

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 203

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. This is a great first day of class activity that gets students engaged with each other and the instructor right away. Co-create classroom norms with your students.

Teaching 119

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 119

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

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

By implementing these strategies, CTE educators can expect a vibrant, engaging learning environment where students can obtain skills and knowledge for a successful future. –Stefany Gurgel, NC3 Master Instructor, Festo and Instructor, Jewish Leadership Academy Learning and experiencing outside the four walls of the classroom is essential.

Education 164

Education Coaching Schools STEM 164

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. This is a great first day of class activity that gets students engaged with each other and the instructor right away. Co-create classroom norms with your students.

Teaching 111

Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 111

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) is an innovative teaching approach where students and instructors collaborate to improve educational experiences ( Cavazos et al., One theme on building critical consciousness explored in our program is the presence of implicit linguistic biases in course syllabi and assignment designs.

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

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. Students must understand why the assignment is important, what is expected, and how the quality of their work will be judged.

Syllabus 101

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 101

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better. Cybersecurity, like real-world security, is all about assigning trust to someone based on what you know about them. Tag devices for inventory and assignment purposes and make sure they’re all properly charged.

Schools 338

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 338

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). Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI.

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

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

JANUARY 25, 2024

As instructors and course developers, many of us would like to leave students and recent graduates with an interest in lifelong learning. their assignments and course feedback), leverage observations of learners, and interview students (Snyder and Wolfe 2008). Learning does not stop when the course ends, or at least I hope it does not.

Learning 122

Learning Instructors Coaching Knowledge 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

I do not understand how to do assignments.” Empathy, encouragement, confidence-building, and motivation as teaching strategies must be integrated into the lexicon of teaching as clear syllabi, formative and summative assignments, interactive and engaging class activities, and assignments focused on professional development.

Teaching 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Proponents of AI claim that AI tools should be integrated into lesson design, however, it is also the case that AI may be used by students as an unethical shortcut to wholly complete written assignments. Unlike humans, LLMs do not (presumably) have beliefs or sensory information beyond prompts.

Essay 126

Essay English Lecturing Writing 126

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

“For every class, they'll have anywhere from one to three guided study sessions, which are 50 minutes long,” says Alicia Goodwin, the guided study instructor for the Newport Beach campus. During the sessions, students complete independent work, which in many schools would be assigned as homework.

Teachers 161

Teachers Schools Students Study 161

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I’m handing back graded papers to my students and as I make my way to the back of the room, I can’t help but notice a dejected student, Ben*, who has just received a failing grade on his latest assignment. Spoiler alert: I do not; however, I do have thoughts about the pros and cons of extra credit assignments. What’s on your mind?”

Assignments 96

Assignments Exams Motivation Grades 96

Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

Someone looking in on Bill McCaw’s educational leadership class at the University of Montana might see students talking in small groups, or peers helping each other on assignments. That caused room for concern, he says, because “it's our department's belief that the best learning modality is face-to-face.”.

Students 125

Students Instructors Language Languages 125

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 25, 2024

As instructors and course developers, many of us would like to leave students and recent graduates with an interest in lifelong learning. their assignments and course feedback), leverage observations of learners, and interview students (Snyder and Wolfe 2008). Learning does not stop when the course ends, or at least I hope it does not.

Learning 110

Learning Instructors Coaching Knowledge 110

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Total assessment Formative assessment, by definition, is designed to provide both students and instructors with evidence that helps them understand how to proceed as they move through learning content. During one particular total football practice, Ted assigns each player the name of another player. Total football.

Feedback 126

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Proponents of AI claim that AI tools should be integrated into lesson design, however, it is also the case that AI may be used by students as an unethical shortcut to wholly complete written assignments. Unlike humans, LLMs do not (presumably) have beliefs or sensory information beyond prompts.

Essay 111

Essay English Lecturing Writing 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

I do not understand how to do assignments.” Empathy, encouragement, confidence-building, and motivation as teaching strategies must be integrated into the lexicon of teaching as clear syllabi, formative and summative assignments, interactive and engaging class activities, and assignments focused on professional development.

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 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). Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Total assessment Formative assessment, by definition, is designed to provide both students and instructors with evidence that helps them understand how to proceed as they move through learning content. During one particular total football practice, Ted assigns each player the name of another player. Total football.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The “TRI” method: Assign trios in advance (ideally purposefully, but randomly-generated trios work, too). Assign sharing order and trio roles in advance (see suggestions below). Provide a time frame for each trio, including the time limit for each sharing person. The Process Observer supports the role-sharing so everyone is heard.

Assignments 69

Assignments Beliefs Discussions Lecturing 69

Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

For both instructors and their students, that means adopting a mindset that avoids persistence in favor of pivoting and changing course. Here are general principles for growth-mindset interventions: Use assignments at a greater frequency to assess progress and give early feedback (Ex: Weekly mini-tests come into play here).

Teaching 59

Teaching Failure Feedback Knowledge 59

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Students bring pre-existing attitudes, beliefs and interests into the classroom, but situational factors can influence whether or not students develop interest in new material that is presented to them in an educational context (Durik, 2003). This helps to promote the creation of assignments that gradually become more challenging.

Course Design 62

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 62

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Students bring pre-existing attitudes, beliefs and interests into the classroom, but situational factors can influence whether or not students develop interest in new material that is presented to them in an educational context (Durik, 2003). This helps to promote the creation of assignments that gradually become more challenging.

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

For both instructors and their students, that means adopting a mindset that avoids persistence in favor of pivoting and changing course. Here are general principles for growth-mindset interventions: Use assignments at a greater frequency to assess progress and give early feedback (Ex: Weekly mini-tests come into play here).

Teaching 52

Teaching Failure Feedback Knowledge 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 3, 2025

In project-based settings, students can showcase hometown traditions, family recipes, local music, or national heroes as part of their academic assignments. Teachers assign collaborative projects where cultural diversity becomes an asset, not an obstacle. Creating group assignments that mix students across regions and time zones.

Culture 52

Culture Schools Language Languages 52

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. As a result, teaching is, to use another building metaphor, not up to code.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218