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Teaching Strategies That Help Struggling Students Thrive

Teach Hub

Embrace Failure as a Learning Opportunity There’s a saying that goes, “If you never fail, you’ll never succeed”. We need to remind them that failing doesn’t mean you’re a failure. Failure means you tried, and when you fail, you must learn to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.

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How Gamification Uncovers Nuance In The Learning Process

Teach Thought

Letter grades are indeed first subjective evaluations of knowledge proficiency, but once they are passed to the hands of the students, they become game components, passed around as proof of the completion of some task, or the achievement of some desired goal (mastering a standard, fulfilling the requirements of an assignment, etc.)

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When ZIP Codes Teach: How Geographic Inequity Shows Up in Our Classrooms

Faculty Focus

But what we see in higher education—missed assignments, low engagement, quiet classrooms—isn’t always a motivation issue. Normalize Struggle Students from under-resourced schools often view academic struggle as failure. I also let students revise one major assignment. Often, it’s a preparedness gap.

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When ZIP Codes Teach: How Geographic Inequity Shows Up in Our Classrooms

Faculty Focus

But what we see in higher education—missed assignments, low engagement, quiet classrooms—isn’t always a motivation issue. Normalize Struggle Students from under-resourced schools often view academic struggle as failure. I also let students revise one major assignment. Often, it’s a preparedness gap.

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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

Discussing topics with peers, investigating problems and solutions, working together in teams, and finding their own preferred methods for completing an assignment lets students take charge of their learning. Giving students active learning roles in student-centered classrooms lets them engage in ways they may not have before.

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What Schools Look for in Vendors: Building Trust and Credibility

k12 Prospects

Failure to meet these requirements can result in rejection, regardless of a product’s quality. Strategy: Assign dedicated account managers to school districts to assist with onboarding and implementation. Strategy: Ensure compliance with FERPA, COPPA, and other relevant regulations to protect student data.

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Catch them Learning: A Pathway to Academic Integrity in the Age of AI

Cult of Pedagogy

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.