Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

She wanted me to know that although she could not yet speak English, she felt confident as a learner in her first language. Research shows that students who are classified as English language learners may be perceived by teachers as less capable than their non-ELL peers. It’s so important that Esther spoke up about this.

English 200

English Languages Language Teachers 200

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Understanding what teachers find cognitively engaging in their work can help them 1) evaluate where they are investing their time and energy resources, 2) reflect on whether those tasks are energizing or draining, and 3) make adjustments in their approach to workflows that they find mentally draining. How do they plan to utilize the space?

Blended Learning 535

Blended Learning Teachers Learning Grades 535

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 10, 2018

Too often students become overwhelmed by all of the work teachers assign and lose sight of what they would like to achieve. My teaching team places an equal emphasis on evaluating the development of soft skills because our program is project-based. The ongoing assessment has a section for soft skills and a section for academic skills.

Students 420

Students Grades Achievement Evaluation 420

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. reduces the time teachers spend grading because they simply mark the language on the rubric and do not have to write additional feedback to justify a score.

Blended Learning 521

Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 521

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Pair students learning a language, allow them to practice having conversations, and encourage them to critique their recordings. Extend PBL (project based learning) assignments beyond the classroom so group mates can connect and work asynchronously. Create discussion groups up to 5 students. Group storytelling.

Exams 325

Exams Feedback Assignments English 325

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Every test score, attendance log, learning app, or digital assignment generates data. Coaching, co-teaching models, and collaborative inquiry teams can also build teacher capacity and create shared language around data use. Our classrooms are data-rich, but are we data-literate? Teachers use data dashboards to track student progress.

Ethics 303

Ethics Education Culture Social Studies 303

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. Choose a song in Spanish (e.g., 

Languages 89

Languages Language Instructors Culture 89

eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

They need to develop their research skills before they are ready to evaluate content from across the world wide web. Language and Composition, your students are learning to evaluate persuasive writing and identify propaganda, because these are key information literacy skills. Whether you are teaching U.S. Government or A.P.

High School 312

High School High School Skills Schools 312

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

Each assignment has 1-10 points, with a total of 100 points. In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester. As a TA, I even received rubrics with that language.

Grades 66

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 66

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?” Some teachers do not assign homework. Despite these potential pitfalls, flipped instruction retains its value even when videos are not assigned for homework.

Lecturing 433

Lecturing Knowledge Assignments Writing 433

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Instead of banning AI, educators can design assignments that leverage these tools. For instance, students must evaluate the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated information, distinguishing between helpful insights and misleading content. Using AI tools for editing and feedback while ensuring students critically evaluate suggestions.

Ethics 332

Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 332

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2023

The integration of AI tools in English language arts (ELA) instruction has emerged as a potentially transformative pedagogical approach that could redefine the traditional landscape of education. Students received a score based on various criteria, but that was never the final score for the assignment.

Languages 148

Languages Language Art Teachers 148

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Unlike summative assessment, which typically occurs at the end of a learning cycle to evaluate students’ overall progress toward the unit’s desired results, formative assessment is ongoing and designed to inform instruction, indicate areas where additional differentiation is needed, and guide learning. Check for understanding.

Feedback 431

Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 431

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

User-friendly (more specifically, student-friendly): It’s important that the feedback is communicated to students in language they can understand. Focus on Process-based Feedback Process feedback focuses on evaluating and improving the steps, strategies, or techniques that students employ during the learning process.

Feedback 363

Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 363

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

As part of the recent rush to comment on ChatGPT, this article is not weighing in on the ongoing ethical debates, nor is it offering a comprehensive how-to guide, but rather simply sharing one professor’s initial use of the AI tool and how it successfully accomplished the learning objectives and expectations for one course assignment.

Assignments 124

Assignments History Art Ethics 124

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For English Language Learners (ELLs), this scenario is even more daunting due to limited vocabulary or fear of making mistakes. By integrating AI into storytelling, we can empower students to generate ideas, build confidence, and create compelling narratives, all while developing their language skills.

English 268

English Critical Thinking Writing Languages 268

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

The evaluation of IXL Math’s impact meets the required rigor of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Tier 1 and What Works Clearinghouse standards for evidence-based interventions. 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.

Math 258

Math Achievement English Evaluation 258

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. Choose a song in Spanish (e.g., 

Languages 62

Languages Language Instructors Culture 62

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Just as we teach the alphabet, structure, vocabulary and syntax, we must teach the language of computers. In many schools, computer science instruction is assigned to teachers based on availability rather than expertise. When evaluating a computer science curriculum, its important to consider how it approaches artificial intelligence.

Science 111

Science Education Ethics Students 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

One of the most accessible practices on this list might be collaborative assignments and projects. We often hear students complain about busy work and we want to make sure that we are explicit in giving meaning to any assigned task. For longer activities, it is beneficial to break the assignment into smaller, more manageable chunks.

Assignments 100

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 100

eSchool News

MAY 29, 2024

. – Today 95 Percent Group LLC , the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, announced the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education approved its 95 Phonics Core Program ®, 95 Literacy Intervention System , and Sound Wall Classroom Kit as recommended English Language Arts Supplemental Resources.

English 141

English Art Languages Language 141

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Participants access learning via textbooks, video clips, interactive learning tasks, and webinars and have opportunities to practice skills via weekly online discussion forums, webinars, collaboration activities, self-check exercises, and homework assignments. Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue.

Teachers 258

Teachers Coaching Textbooks Participation 258

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

According to a report from the Council of the Great City Schools , instructional technology that both accelerates learning and supports academic language development is particularly important for ELs, ” said Lexia Chief Learning Officer Dr. Liz Brooke. Classes were randomly assigned to one of the two programs.

English 237

English Reading Blended Learning Distance Learning 237

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2020

Designed by a pair of speech-language pathologists, InferCabulary helps learners infer deep meanings of nuanced words by analyzing and interpreting the common thread among carefully chosen images and associated captions.

Distance Learning 193

Distance Learning Quizzes Assignments STEM 193

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

It is also designed to help teachers create instructions for assignments and review student performance. Student performance in math and English language arts on spring state test scores in 2023 went up by 2 percentage points from the prior year, highlighting slow academic recovery after the pandemic. Learn more about our funding here.)

Schools 273

Schools Math Testing Intelligence 273

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Typically, we examine publicly available datasets related to societal concerns, such as determining optimal criteria for loan forgiveness or evaluating the effectiveness of stop-and-frisk police policies. So I set up an experiment to do one of the assignments I asked of my students — and to complete it using generative AI.

Research Methods 195

Research Methods Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 195

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Writing centers on college campuses have been around for more than 100 years , and they’re both a resource for students doing assignments and a symbol of the importance in higher education of learning to express yourself in text. At Middlebury, tutors are also trained to navigate AI policies, which can differ among instructors, Giaimo says.

Writing 204

Writing Instructors Essay English 204

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

Teaching metacognition equips ELLs with the tools needed to navigate not only language acquisition but also the demands of various subject areas, from math and science to history and literature (Flavell, 1979; Schraw & Moshman, 1995). Translating phrases into Spanish helped him connect new terms to his native language.

Essay 178

Essay Ethics Feedback Languages 178

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2016

Wouldn’t teaching fluency a foreign language be the ultimate means to prepare students for a diverse and multicultural world? The internet provides resources for our students to learn a second language, and it also facilitates the teachers’ processes of evaluation.

Technology 189

Technology Languages Language Internet 189

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

One of the most accessible practices on this list might be collaborative assignments and projects. We often hear students complain about busy work and we want to make sure that we are explicit in giving meaning to any assigned task. For longer activities, it is beneficial to break the assignment into smaller, more manageable chunks.

Assignments 79

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 79

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

There’s no universal answer,” says Alexis Peirce Caudell, a lecturer in informatics at Indiana University at Bloomington who recently did an assignment where many students shared their experience and concerns about AI tools. Students in biology are going to be using it in one way, chemistry students are going to be using it in another.

Study 211

Study Lecturing Instructors Students 211

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

With the time it takes to score and give feedback on student work deterring many writing teachers from assigning lengthier writing tasks, and with the long turnaround time most students wait to receive grades and feedback, there is significant timesaving and learning potential in an AI helping grade student work. Because I don't understand.'

Grades 184

Grades Essay Teachers Feedback 184

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.

High School 277

High School High School Schools Instructors 277

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Maybe they forget to turn in assignments, have trouble organizing their thoughts, or feel overwhelmed by fast-paced lessons. Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective.

Skills 144

Skills Schools Learning Students 144

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Because mastery of the English language does not necessarily determine one’s ability to grasp STEM concepts, English learners may in fact be well-suited to more advanced materials in science, math and coding. While there is no language without content, there is some content that is less dependent on language,” the report reads.

English 167

English STEM Languages Language 167

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Students can be placed in simulated environments to practice language skills, solve complex problems, conduct experiments, or understand historical events as if they were there. Automated grading and feedback : Automated grading systems powered by AI can significantly reduce teachers’ time evaluating assignments and exams.

Teaching 325

Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 325

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

While some courses in the minor incorporate instruction in specific programming languages, others focus more on the history of technology and explore computer-enabled creative processes. For example, one course inspired a student to reimagine her poetry thesis as an interactive website.

Art 212

Art Interdisciplinary History Essay 212