Catlin Tucker

MAY 23, 2017

If a teacher uses percentages, then the student may not even understand why a particular assignment impacted their overall grade in the way it did. They give themselves a score between 1-4 to indicate where they believe they are on the road to mastering this skill given the work they did on this specific assignment. 3 on most skills.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Growing up, I was the class vice-president; the de facto leader of every group project ever assigned; elementary and high school valedictorian; and the captain of my sports teams. Her parents remained open-minded when she majored in English Literature. I met all the stereotypes of a typical, Type A student. I’m not alone.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The benefits of student agency Students are more engaged and motivated. Besides allowing students to pursue topics that interest them, the sense of ownership and autonomy that student agency provides is very motivating in itself. As Pink writes in the book: “Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

It’s especially true when it comes to writing assignments: With poor writing skills, students can’t deal with essays and other homework the way they need to get a good grade. Ask them to write short stories Teachers know that students don’t like writing assignments, especially those with strict requirements and deadlines.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Moving from essential to “renewable” assignments means that the students see the tasks as sufficiently meaningful to be kept and even passed on to others. What a waste!

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Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

If you then encourage students to research topics that interest them, they’ll be even more motivated to read and write–and they may even have some fun. I would recommend listening to podcast episodes before assigning them to make sure they’re age-appropriate.) This novel by S.

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Reading Assignments English Math 327

eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2023

The student understands the underlying motives driving the character’s behavior here. That was the joking term that my fellow English teachers and I came up with to describe what we were seeing. The question asked was: “Why does Anne hide Peter’s shoes?” These students suffered from “Texting Sickness.” Our joking masked a real concern.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Competition can be thrilling and motivating to those who choose to engage. They were used as gimmicks and antics to “motivate” students. Currently, I teach sixth grade English at the Roeper School, which is the oldest independent school for gifted students in the country — and competition strays from our philosophy.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

Many students suffer from math anxiety, which can lead to a lack of confidence and motivation. The math platform’s AI coaching helps motivate students to persevere through tough-to-learn topics, particularly when they’re completing work at home. Edias platform also serves as a self-reflection tool of sorts for students.

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Coaching Math Students Assignments 261

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

For those who can, it’s become abundantly clear that grades alone are insufficient to motivate learning. According to Rocky Bragg, a high school English teacher in the district, this policy has created some havoc. According to Rocky Bragg, a high school English teacher in the district, this policy has created some havoc.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Half of the classrooms were assigned to the treatment group and used IXL Math to supplement instruction, while the remaining students continued learning as usual. IXL’s end-to-end teaching and learning solution supports personalized instruction in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish.

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Math Achievement English Evaluation 258

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

This positively impacts their motivation to engage with tasks. 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.

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Blended Learning Learning History English 229

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Upon the release of ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, we noticed that some of our students had suddenly become “experts” at synthesizing research and organizing their term papers, often resulting in perfect scores on their written assignments. This technology can be reversed too, assisting English-speaking students in foreign language acquisition.

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Education English Students Language 212

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

Solution: I teach English, so I started using mini-lessons for essay writing to break down skills. After assigning a “standard” written essay based on materials that we were reading in class, I would have students read their essays at the front of the class while I recorded them.

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Essay Failure Writing Students 181

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A well-structured digital study plan can help alleviate this stress by providing a clear path to manage assignments, study sessions, and personal time. With multiple subjects and various types of assignments to manage, keeping your digital materials well-organized can significantly reduce stress and save time.

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High School High School Study Exams 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

They see my class as a convenient time for students to be pulled out for extra assignments in core subjects like math and science. Speaking Arabic and English has allowed me to connect with people from various backgrounds, enhancing my professional network and expanding my job prospects.

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Language Languages Learning Students 204

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

But Farley, who had been learning Mandarin for a few years by then, was serving a class of kindergarteners enrolled in a Mandarin-English dual immersion program. It was in my junior year, when my AP English language arts teacher said that I would potentially be a good teacher for a subject like that. Then on Tuesday they switch.

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Language Languages Teachers English 203

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This enables the instructor to assign coursework that keeps their students moving forward on their unique learning path. ALEKS gives instructors the flexibility to assign homework, share curated content such as videos, review student progress and provide support anytime, anywhere.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Middle schoolers, they warned us, are unable to work at their own pace because they lack academic fundamentals, intrinsic motivation and basic time management skills. As our colleagues pointed out, they lacked intrinsic motivation and independent work skills. We’d heard these arguments before but we weren’t convinced.

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Blended Learning Middle School Middle School Motivation 218

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2020

They highlight the philosophies we use to determine teacher assignments and course offerings. But too often, scheduling decisions have little to do with the capabilities and motivations of students, and more to do with judgment calls made by adult decision-makers. Our schedules don’t reflect that.

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English Schools Disabilities Math 173

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

When parents question things like assignments, or the practice of teaching that they see through their lenses, they may not be aware of the overall state of the class, or the range of abilities, disabilities, interests and considerations that go into the planning and teaching.” .: “I If they are struggling with the content, reach out to me.

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Grades 218

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The STAR project randomly assigned students to either small classes (13 to 17 students per teacher) or large classes (22 to 25 students per teacher). According to a statement from the National Council of Teachers of English, “In smaller classes students spend less time off-task or disengaged from the work of the class.”.

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Achievement Students Instructors Ethics 257

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Random assignment is intended to ensure the treatment and comparison groups are the same along both measurable characteristics such as test scores as well as unmeasured characteristics such as motivation to learn. This could mean that the groups of students have similar scores on a state test or a pretest relevant to the study.

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Study Testing Students Peer Review 216

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Most of those teachers taught English or social studies, where the applications of chatbots are more obvious. Younger students are stickier because the tools really have to address their motivation more, Grom says. The technology isn’t necessarily there to serve young kids, Grom says. Flawed Theory of Learning?

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Math Motivation Writing Intelligence 213

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan provided strategies and resources for teachers to use in their classrooms, and through this assignment, he learned a variety of skills including how to design compelling professional learning opportunities, how to find and evaluate sources and how to communicate his findings clearly to an audience.

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High School High School Interdisciplinary Education 211

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

A few years ago, I had an English Language Learner (ELL) in my 9th grade class. This technology opened a door for him to interact with the text and his peers, who were native English speakers. Without modifying my lessons or project expectations, I sent my DHH kids through a sound recording assignment and a music video project.

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Teachers English Feedback Science 152

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2016

Currently, we have one immersion class—taught full-time in Spanish, with the goal of “immersing” or teaching Spanish to speakers of other languages, like English—in each of our Kindergarten through third grade classrooms. Since 2012, Shiloh has been very proud to have hosted what we call the SPLASH Spanish immersion program. Global learners.

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Technology Language Languages Internet 189

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

This can help motivate learners to complete assignments, better focus on tasks and avoid procrastinating. A vibrating watch that reminds students to refocus on an assignment is also a great tool for prompting them to get back on task without having a teacher step in. FM Systems Help Students Stay Engaged. by Brian Potash.

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Assistive Technology Technology Gamification Disabilities 167

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Parents may understand the struggle to get students to complete assignments when they’d rather be playing video games or on their phones, but they don’t have to do a lot of the behind-the-scenes work still, like creating the lessons, trying to differentiate for different learners or delivering content in an engaging and accessible way. .;

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Motivation 217

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

GradeCraft is an award-winning, game-oriented LMS designed to boost student engagement and motivation. Gameful learning has a strong focus on students’ self-motivation. Students earn points by completing a much wider variety of assignment and assessment pathways than what is typically seen in most higher education courses today.

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Failure Assignments Quizzes Motivation 166

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

To develop innovative solutions to accessibility challenges, we need to be motivated and energized to problem-solve. Accounting for the widest range of learners with different abilities, backgrounds and motivations is the only way to provide all individuals with fair and equal opportunities to learn. We can innovate. We can empathize.

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Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

At his second college, close to his home in East Hollywood, he says that he had a bad experience with the instructor about an early assignment in a developmental English course. Del Real Viramontes joined its Puente program , which embedded him in a cohort of students in a math and English course sequence.

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Students English Culture Participation 205

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

One of the most impactful activities from my Master’s coursework in secondary English education was a reader biography. And despite eventually growing into a bibliophile, this was a difficult truth to reckon with as I prepared to become a high school English teacher. It seemed simple enough; I could not have anticipated the results.

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Exams English Students Assignments 135

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. This is the moment when a language instructor must pivot, shifting the classroom dynamic to reignite curiosity and motivation. Instructions: 1. Kumar, Tribhuwan, Shamim Akhter, Mehrunnisa M.

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Language Languages Instructors Culture 52

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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Reading Failure Motivation Study 168

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. food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

My extensions for assignment-deadlines are met with apathy, attitude, and disrespect. Thus, I truly had to become a student of my students, constantly reflecting and retooling my practice as I ascertained what motivated my students and what caused them to shut down. “I’ve done everything I can do! Onward and upward.

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English Learning Disabilities Students 166