Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Critical thinking is defined by Paul and Elder as “the art of analyzing and evaluating thought processes with a view to improving them” (Paul and Elder 2020, 9). As always, use your critical thinking skills to evaluate the rubric and edit it to best meet your needs before sharing it with students.

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Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Critical thinking is defined by Paul and Elder as “the art of analyzing and evaluating thought processes with a view to improving them” (Paul and Elder 2020, 9). As always, use your critical thinking skills to evaluate the rubric and edit it to best meet your needs before sharing it with students.

Critical Thinking 128

Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 128

Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

We also explore the role of continuous evaluation and stakeholder engagement in maintaining an AI framework that remains true to an institution’s mission over time. Monitor and Adapt : Use feedback from experiments to refine policies and practices. Actionable Tip : Develop a stakeholder engagement plan with regular feedback sessions.

Ethics 75

Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 75

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. Lastly, student feedback should be incorporated into the design and refinement of flipped classroom practices.

Critical Thinking 89

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 89

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. Lastly, student feedback should be incorporated into the design and refinement of flipped classroom practices.

Critical Thinking 95

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 95

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Earlier this year, I administered a survey to my students, asking them to evaluate my classroom management skills and provide feedback on our classroom. Authority, on the other hand, is when I decide what lessons to assign to students, or when they must read silently to themselves or aloud to the class. They are for everyone.

Multiple Choice Questions 113

Multiple Choice Questions History Students Beliefs 113

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations. Each semester, the surveys were refined based on student feedback and changing classroom dynamics. Together, we weren’t just evaluating survey results. A reworded syllabus, an anonymous feedback survey, or a mid-semester check-in can shift a students entire trajectory.

Disabilities 54

Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 54

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Communicate major assignments and assessments in advance and give students opportunities to plan their time and effort. In a classroom focused on avoiding errors and completing tasks, students may see the purpose of a math assignment as completing items 1-17 without any errors so it can be checked and graded. Im here to help!

Academic Integrity 92

Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 92

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Maybe they forget to turn in assignments, have trouble organizing their thoughts, or feel overwhelmed by fast-paced lessons. Small group instruction ensures that students receive individualized feedback, while structured classroom settings create a supportive atmosphere where they can develop confidence and independence.

Skills 137

Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Review whether each student’s IEP matches the current instructional model, staffing assignment, and support minutes they are receiving. This change may shift how districts structure their instructional models and how state agencies evaluate the use of federal dollars ( EducationCounsel ). Review your district’s ESSA equity reporting.

Special Education 94

Special Education English Languages Language 94

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

We have an opportunity to evaluate and re-think what weve always done and consider how to effectively and frequently engage families about student progress. Critically examine any behavioral data, such as tardiness, absences, or late or incomplete assignments that may be factored into academic grades or progress reports.

Grades 155

Grades Evaluation Students Achievement 155

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2017

From experience, they know that throwing more committees against the problems won’t result in the transformation needed, so they assign centralized people to the task. Cultivates a culture of experimentation, with rapid-cycle feedback loops for evaluating what is working (and what is not).

Culture 277

Culture Motivation Evaluation Feedback 277

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Every test score, attendance log, learning app, or digital assignment generates data. Students, too, interact with data daily, whether analyzing graphs in math class or using feedback from educational platforms to guide their learning. Teachers use data dashboards to track student progress.

Ethics 289

Ethics Education Culture Social Studies 289

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

Feedback is how students feel seen and supported. When we give feedback as students work, we signal that the work they are doing is important, and we care about their progress. Teachers want to give students timely, focused, and actionable feedback, yet it is easy to neglect. Peer Feedback Choice Board.

Feedback 546

Feedback Peer Review Assignments Online Learning 546

Catlin Tucker

MAY 25, 2020

As the year comes to a close, I encourage teachers to take a moment and collect feedback from students about their experiences learning online in the last few months. Collecting feedback from students is one of the best ways for educators to continue learning and iterating on their practice.

Evaluation 546

Evaluation Online Learning Distance Learning Learning 546

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

eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Here are five powerful resources that can transform how you evaluate student progress. It also facilitates peer and teacher feedback, making assessment a more collaborative process. Through the easy-to-use templates, educators can create real-time polls to assess knowledge, check for misconceptions, or gather feedback.

Evaluation 272

Evaluation Quizzes Critical Thinking Feedback 272

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubrics identify specific criteria relevant to the assignment, along with corresponding levels of performance that allow for more precise grading. When teachers provide students with the rubric at the start of any assignment or task that will be assessed, the rubric serves as a roadmap. How does using rubrics benefit students?

Fairness 546

Fairness Assignments Feedback Languages 546

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2020

Revising in response to formative feedback is a cornerstone of effective writing instruction. As a result, teachers can be reluctant to assign many essays that require students to produce multiple drafts or provide extensive comments on early drafts of students’ writing. Related content: 10 distance learning writing lessons.

Evaluation 265

Evaluation Writing Essay Teachers 265

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As I’ve said in previous blog posts, teaching in a concurrent classroom is the most challenging teaching assignment I can imagine. The teacher can use the teacher-led station for various tasks, including differentiated instruction, real-time feedback, interactive modeling sessions, or guided practice and application.

Evaluation 546

Evaluation Feedback Writing Assignments 546

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

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. If not, can you modify your design to create more balance?

Blended Learning 521

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Online Learning 521

Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2019

I encourage teachers to think about the purpose of the work students are doing and evaluate whether it makes sense for them to invest their time and energy grading that work. Too often, teachers assign work that students complete in isolation. The students were evaluated on the model they designed and on their explanation.

Grades 419

Grades Assignments Evaluation Coaching 419

Catlin Tucker

MAY 20, 2023

It provides immediate and ongoing feedback to both the teacher and the student. When students can view and interpret their formative assessment data, they can engage in metacognitive processes, such as planning and goal setting, tracking and monitoring their progress, and evaluating and reflecting on their learning.

Metacognitive Skills 482

Metacognitive Skills Universal Design Blended Learning Evaluation 482

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Some students will need additional support, scaffolds, feedback, or reteaching to understand key concepts and apply specific strategies, processes, or skills. Formative Assessment Strategies There are different categories of formative assessment, including observational assessments, checks for understanding, and formative feedback.

Feedback 431

Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 431

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Instead of assigning all students a single subject or issue to focus on for their argument, you can provide a list of topics and encourage students to select one of interest. It takes time to articulate what each level looks like; however, the benefit of this approach is that you do not need to write clarifying feedback.

Blended Learning 521

Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 521

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 9, 2024

I didn’t think PDF annotation grading tools would work, not even a little but, so when my colleague, George, introduced them in his online history class, I watched amazed at how seamlessly George could highlight key points, strike through errors, and add personalized feedback on student assignments. x Interested?

Assignments 166

Assignments Grades Feedback Evaluation 166

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. Students were getting the feedback they needed faster.

Feedback 218

Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 218

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Extend PBL (project based learning) assignments beyond the classroom so group mates can connect and work asynchronously. Facilitate peer feedback. Students can talk through their plans for a writing assignment or share a thesis statement and receive feedback. Practice an oral presentation and get feedback.

Exams 325

Exams Feedback Assignments English 325

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. I like to think of this shift as a transition from content-based to issues-based curriculum.

Assignments 204

Assignments Essay History Social Studies 204

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2021

Golden collects the results, which students give anonymously, then studies the feedback and makes a list of all the information she’s received. This practice is called early-term feedback. In general, faculty and instructors are really responsive to student feedback. Collecting feedback can be as easy as passing out index cards.

Feedback 195

Feedback Instructors Students Syllabus 195

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 6, 2022

It’s always a challenge to evaluate teachers. But Christian Miraglia, Education Consultant and part of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew, suggests asking students to evaluate the teacher. Here’s how that would work: A Teacher’s Best Evaluator. So I was prompted to think about teacher evaluations and their effectiveness.

Evaluation 155

Evaluation Curriculum Feedback Assignments 155

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

The 5Es instructional model is composed of the following stages: 1) Engage, 2) Explore, 3) Explain, 4) Elaborate, and 5) Evaluate. What is challenging about their teaching assignments? Evaluate: Assess the Effectiveness. This feedback can help the PLC to continue improving this particular strategy, technique, or model.

Teachers 427

Teachers Blended Learning Learning Evaluation 427

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 28, 2020

I want students to complete assignments because they are meaningful, interesting, and rewarding, not because they are worth points. I want students to know that their teachers are there to support them as they work because learning is a process and everyone needs feedback and help to improve. It did not always go smoothly.

Blended Learning 343

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Communication 343

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

The summer break gives us time to recharge and re-evaluate why we do this challenging work. What are you assigning and why? What is the learning objective or value of each assignment? What are you spending time providing feedback on? Are students using your feedback to improve the quality of their work?

Metacognitive Skills 367

Metacognitive Skills Schools Blended Learning Evaluation 367

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Teachers should ensure students are using AI as a thought partner and for instant feedback, not simply to obtain answers to questions. Student agency: A student should be able to use a topic theyre interested in and apply it to assignments. Understanding the differences between Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, etc.,

Ethics 329

Ethics Feedback Evaluation Assignments 329

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The “Ongoing Assessment” document was designed to encourage students to take ownership of both their work and the evaluation of that work. Another column is dedicated to teacher feedback. Students are able to post comments and questions in response to our feedback and this often leads to a conversation about how to improve.

Grades 420

Grades Feedback English Evaluation 420

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Giving feedback in university courses allows for the provision of supportive ideas for improvement, elaboration, and/or heightened thinking as students prepare for job factors outside of their university preparation. Feedback Literacy.

Feedback 119

Feedback Reading Disabilities Assignments 119