Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

While teachingRay Bradbury’s futuristic novel Fahrenheit 451 , I wanted my students to examine why society shifted from reading books and valuing literature to burning books. I knew creating a film would force them to analyze the text, evaluate the factors at play, and create! Just in time for summer reading! Learning'

Reading 420

Reading Evaluation Assignments Communication 420

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. 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.

Grades 70

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 70

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Extend PBL (project based learning) assignments beyond the classroom so group mates can connect and work asynchronously. Students can talk through their plans for a writing assignment or share a thesis statement and receive feedback. Gather reading samples from students to evaluate their reading level and share with parents.

Exams 325

Exams Feedback Assignments English 325

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

It actually requires some unlearning, and some changes in approach, to create an environment that better encourages students to complete assigned activities. For instance, instructors can strategically assign tasks that can be auto-graded, or spot-checked. The most common homework given to students in most classes is reading.

Motivation 203

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 203

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This summer I read Starr Stackstein’s book Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School. Their first task was to read through and rewrite the standards in a way that made sense to them. We shared this “Ongoing Assessment” document with each student via Google Classroom.

Grades 420

Grades Feedback English Evaluation 420

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. Students can read the descriptions to understand why they are receiving a particular score. Example: Craft a Strong Argument.

Blended Learning 521

Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 521

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative AI tool and receive a completed assignment. The bottom line: When students are confident in their writing skills, they will be less tempted to run directly to AI to generate a writing assignment. It’s intimidating.

Writing 327

Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 327

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

Developed to address the decades-long gap in reading proficiency across the nation, Lexia PowerUp Literacy is designed to enhance core English language arts instruction for struggling readers in grades 6-12. The study focused on 122 sixth-grade students enrolled in six supplemental reading classes at two district middle schools.

English 214

English Reading Blended Learning Distance Learning 214

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

” I know a lot of teachers who spend the summer reading, reflecting, and refocusing, but it is hard to take those resolutions we make in summer and put them into practice during the chaos of first few weeks of school. The summer break gives us time to recharge and re-evaluate why we do this challenging work.

Metacognitive Skills 367

Metacognitive Skills Schools Blended Learning Evaluation 367

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. Looking for a summer read? Let’s explore how PLCs can use this model to guide their learning.

Teachers 427

Teachers Blended Learning Learning Evaluation 427

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Every test score, attendance log, learning app, or digital assignment generates data. Data literacy in a school context means more than reading charts or calculating averages. Our classrooms are data-rich, but are we data-literate? Whether we realize it or not, data is everywhere in our schools. What is data literacy for K-12 learners?

Ethics 275

Ethics Education Culture Social Studies 275

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. The bold, colorful text features and differentiation of reading levels make Britannica School engaging and easy to use, and it is a trusted source of information. Whether you are teaching U.S. Government or A.P.

High School 312

High School High School Skills Schools 312

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This phase underscores the significance of critical evaluation, research skills, and reasoning. Health and Nutrition: Students make a claim about the importance of a balanced diet, provide evidence from readings and other resources, and ask questions about the effects of specific food choices.

Questions 415

Questions Metacognitive Skills Ethics Math 415

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

Reading skills are the gateway to success in every classroom subject. The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. Not being able to read has a profound effect on our self-esteem, social-emotional skills and imagination.

Reading 168

Reading Failure Motivation Study 168

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024s most-read and most-loved stories. As a digital learning team, we were assigned the responsibility of exploring the full spectrum of AI in education. They are responsible for selecting, implementing, and evaluating AI tools that support their pedagogical goals and students needs.

Ethics 324

Ethics Education Intelligence Culture 324

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Keep up with reading.” “See A first-year seminar provides a perfect structure for this assignment, but it could be used in a variety of courses. It’s a “multistep project requiring students to plan, monitor, and evaluate their newly learned strategies as they prepare for a test in a course in which they are currently enrolled.”

Exams 104

Exams Assignments Study Evaluation 104

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

As leaders, librarians are prepared to guide students through reading and research processes at the same time that they offer necessary support to teachers. Teacher-Librarian – As teachers, librarians evaluate the best kind of learning practices for students, faculty and administrators.

Schools 358

Schools Essay Instructors Critical Thinking 358

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Students, on the other hand, learn how to critically evaluate information and learn about biases when they analyze information coming from generative AI sources. ChatGPT is like a classmate who has read extensively and is really confident about everything they say but can’t remember exactly where they got their information from.

Instructors 325

Instructors English Assignments Intelligence 325

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 28, 2020

I want students to complete assignments because they are meaningful, interesting, and rewarding, not because they are worth points. These two shifts changed my teaching reality and led me to re-evaluate (yet again) my role and my students’ role in the classroom. . It did not always go smoothly. I certainly didn’t.

Blended Learning 343

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Communication 343

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. The feedback is listed in three easy-to-read columns, which helps make even complex discussions easy to digest. The data teachers receive may be surprising.

Teachers 331

Teachers Feedback Evaluation Intelligence 331

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

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The program will utilize federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Title II and feature CORE’s Online Elementary Reading Academy (OERA), as well as individualized coaching sessions for each participating teacher. Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue. CORE is a subsidiary of Pivot Learning.

Teachers 258

Teachers Coaching Textbooks Participation 258

eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2024

One of my favorite parts of my job includes helping classroom teachers choose what their students might want to read next. Instead of finding one novel for a whole class to read, I’m often helping English teachers find engaging books for 26 different students–and that’s just one class.

English 292

English Reading Science Elementary School 292

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Yet few users read the fine print—let alone students, as researchers have found. There’s not enough time in the day for educators to read each company’s privacy policy. The privacy evaluations are broken down into three tiers : blue (“Use Responsibly”), yellow (“Use with Caution”) and red (“Not Recommended”). Take Duolingo.

Reading 147

Reading Evaluation Counselling Communication 147

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2015

Reading is defined as “ the action or skill of absorbing written or printed matter silently or aloud.” ” Sounds dry, maybe even boring, but once a child learns to read, they get much more than an understanding of words, sentences, paragraphs, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. how to read a book. language skills.

Reading 129

Reading Students Grades Testing 129

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Schools in Arizona can now find 95 Percent Group’s evidence-based products on their state list of reading improvement programs and begin using them immediately. . 95 Percent Group believes that evidence-based reading instruction is essential in schools. Independent Research Findings.

Reading 141

Reading Education Curriculum Grades 141

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

However, in conversations with faculty, many discuss that although they take the time to write or discuss explicit feedback with their students, the students may not read it or if they do read it, they don’t apply the feedback given to future course assignments which can lead to frustration from faculty leading to a ‘what’s the point then?’

Feedback 119

Feedback Reading Disabilities Assignments 119

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Once upon a time, educators worried about the dangers of CliffsNotes — study guides that rendered great works of literature as a series of bullet points that many students used as a replacement for actually doing the reading. Today, that sure seems quaint. As two professors put it in a recent op-ed , “Your AI Policy Is Already Obsolete.” “A

Study 213

Study Lecturing Instructors Students 213

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Throughout the school year, teachers spend hours upon hours searching the app stores for digital activities their students can use to master a math concept, advance a reading level, or reinforce a new science lesson. Is the content mapped to curriculum standards?

Questions 218

Questions Teachers Elementary School Elementary School 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2016

Reading is defined as “ the action or skill of absorbing written or printed matter silently or aloud.” Sounds dry, maybe even boring, but once a child learns to read, they get much more than an understanding of words, sentences, paragraphs, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. I am constantly on the hunt for good tech reading tools.

Reading 109

Reading Mobile Devices Critical Thinking Quizzes 109

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs. Our list of Must-Read K—12 IT Blogs includes a mixture of teachers, instructional technology specialists, IT leaders, administrators and consultants. If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 and 2013.

Reading 153

Reading Science Gamification Coaching 153

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2024

Kognity is also a useful resource for reading and review material, because each lesson includes several different sections that are easy to hide or highlight, depending on where I want my students to focus their attention.

Science 326

Science STEM Testing Questions 326

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

— Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. The most time consuming or emotionally taxing items can be processed via prompts. With the rise of AI comes AR/VR.

Schools 337

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

eSchool News

MAY 8, 2017

That’s 150 essays they would have to read and respond to for every writing assignment they give. Using Revision Assistant has allowed South Kitsap teachers in all disciplines to give students more frequent writing assignments, without adding more work to their already-full plates. …with Groundbreaking Technology.

Writing 174

Writing Technology Essay Feedback 174

eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2015

The complete reversal was due to a presentation on the six questions that you will read about in this article—a list of questions that were developed to help clarify for educators the unique added value of a digital learning environment, and whether their assignments were making the best use of this environment.

Questions 151

Questions Technology Evaluation Assignments 151

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Morrow was surprised to read that Ruiz had finished in 11th place in the New York Marathon. Integrity is often talked about as a coin that reads cheated on one side and didnt cheat on the other. Communicate major assignments and assessments in advance and give students opportunities to plan their time and effort.

Academic Integrity 88

Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 88