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.

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Reading Failure Motivation Study 166

eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 9th most-read story focuses on first-year teaching supports. I started smiling on the first day and felt like a total failure.

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 320

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

They will have some amazing successes—and some failures—as they light the way forward and the rest of us endlessly discuss the potential uses and abuses of AI in our classrooms. Give your students a short writing assignment and give ChatGPT the same one, then have your students compare them and talk about the differences.

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Education Intelligence Failure Feedback 330

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Learning management systems send alerts to parents about missed assignments and grades. And that can make it hard for students to get used to solving their own problems and learning from the small failures that are meant to happen in school, says Devorah Heitner, an author who advises schools on social media issues. How do you mean?

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Failure Assignments Communication Middle School 208

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

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. Students were correcting their work as they read out loud, which translated to better writing the next assignment.

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Essay Failure Students Writing 198

eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2016

These failures discouraged him, so he stopped trying completely—which caused his already low skill set to deteriorate even further. When John first started in my class, his academic skills were minimal: His reading was well below grade level. His writing was riddled with so many errors that it was difficult for me to read.

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Teaching Writing Reading Feedback 189

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?’

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Feedback Reading Disabilities Assignments 119

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Or read a portion of the interview below, lightly edited for clarity. It has by far been read more than any other blog post that we’ve written. One of the things that is apparent as you start to read about the lecture-versus-active learning debates is that everyone is defining those terms in very different ways.

Art 167

Art Science Teaching Failure 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

You can read the full report, including the other five suggestions, here. As long as the digital divide remains, it stands as a failure of national will that translates into greater educational inequities,” the former Education Secretaries write in the foreword. There is a place for both, the authors argue.

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Learning Internet Writing Failure 218

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

I teach four sections of a reading seminar for first time freshman who have low MAP reading scores from eighth grade. My hesitation was rooted in three main assumptions I made about my students: They lack the focus needed to complete self-directed assignments. Some are unmotivated to do an assignment without direct guidance.

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Learning Assignments Students Motivation 160

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

This role also has me reading around 20 articles a day and attempting to synthesize what I learned in some meaningful way. The kids’ teachers did a good job of telling us what assignments or activities were most important, from their perspective. I modified the final assignment to be a manifesto.

Teaching 197

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 197

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 98

Feedback Reading Disabilities Assignments 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

But failure is the whole point of the exercise. Branch is known for his logical, easy-to-grasp course design, for his engaging assignments like The Armchair Anthropologist, and for the way his classes seem to fly by—which doesn’t happen by accident. Tell me about your Armchair Anthropologist assignment. Source: Course Hero.

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Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent. For example, Bruff teaches a statistics course where he uses an infographics assignment that he adapted from Sidneyeve Matrix, an associate professor at Queen’s University, in Canada. “In

Teaching Portfolio 166

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 166

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level. I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level. Failure also motivates me. EdSurge: How did you get your start in edtech?

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Failure Motivation Writing Culture 160

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Reforming Developmental Education According to the Community College Research Center, developmental education is essentially a “reteach” of high school and junior high school reading, writing, and math. Failure to do so will only compound the disparities present, particularly with our low-income communities.

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Education Failure Students Exams 202

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Listen to the conversation using the player on this page, or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. At the after party I help them with some of the reading. I condense some of the reading and do it orally. So there should be failure in all of our classes. And then I get feedback and I try again.

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Failure Feedback Students Exams 148

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

This does not necessarily make MOOCs a failure. Learners in our programs who pay their own tuition are almost two times more likely to keep up with assignments in a course, compared to those whose seats are underwritten by a philanthropic funder. In many MOOCs, students feel like their assignments end up being submitted into a void.

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Assignments Teaching Assistants Motivation Failure 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Unsurprisingly, concerns over the expected “COVID slide” began to take shape almost as quickly as the emergency response plans, with the learning loss projected to be especially dire for those students already at risk of failure. submitted assignments, logging on to watch a video, etc.) is in learning management systems (LMS).

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Participation Communication Failure Hybrid Learning 216

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Researchers at Columbia University went further to study the impact of weekly automated alerts to parents about their student’s missed assignments, grades and class absences. The alerts reduced course failures by 27 percent, increased class attendance by 12 percent and increased student retention. VIDEO: Smart Mobile Messaging.

Failure 172

Failure Communication Study Change Management 172

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Once they sign up for courses, an assigned mentor is supposed to check in on them regularly—sometimes even weekly—through a call or text or video meeting. In practice, that meant each Monday, text messages were sent reminding students about assignments due that week, along with estimates for how much time each task would likely take.

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Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Students 200

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Part 2 discusses how you can redesign assignments using the TRUST model to serve as a pedagogical tool. Redesigning assignments can reduce the potential for cheating with AI. You can redesign assignments to address many of these issues. Students want to know why they are being asked to do what you have assigned them to do.

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Part 2 discusses how you can redesign assignments using the TRUST model to serve as a pedagogical tool. Redesigning assignments can reduce the potential for cheating with AI. You can redesign assignments to address many of these issues. Students want to know why they are being asked to do what you have assigned them to do.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

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. Cybersecurity, like real-world security, is all about assigning trust to someone based on what you know about them.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 333

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Two weeks into the school year, I have students who are still struggling with the diagnostic test, which is designed to see where the students are in reading comprehension and writing for 11th grade literature. I can start him out with a text closer to his reading level to regain some confidence and give him a sense of accomplishment.

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Failure Learning Testing Assignments 108

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

She didn’t try to be my best friend and she didn’t make excuses for my third-grade failures. I read books like James Stronge’s Qualities of Effective Teachers. It was a challenge to correct her without having her shut down, declare herself a failure, and move on. I had a 4th grader once.

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Teachers Failure Quizzes Knowledge 132

Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

I might read a book or take an online course to learn some new ideas. So this is a great technique to get students to interact with this concept in a way that they wouldn’t by just reading a chapter. Students are often perfectly comfortable with these technologies and they’re really happy to go out and do this assignment.

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Laboratory Failure Assignments Instructors 97

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Instructional technology may take the form of software that can be used to complete homework assignments, or serve as a primary content-delivery and assessment system in fully online or blended online classes. Online videos (e.g. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform.

Technology 152

Technology Education Syllabus Counselling 152

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

I do not understand how to do assignments.” As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? I solved everyone’s problems.

Teaching 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Showing up to lectures and completing class assignments are essential ingredients for success in most college courses. Some essential study habits include: Time management: Allocate specific time slots for studying and create a schedule that accommodates coursework, assignments, and personal commitments.

Failure 98

Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2016

to, “I can tell you worked hard on that assignment!” Or, if you’re into group projects, another option would be to create a class book, with each student highlighting their own example of characters who display growth mindset from their independent reading. This meant accepting my mistakes, openly and visibly, in front of my class.

Science 113

Science Failure Teachers History 113

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Showing up to lectures and completing class assignments are essential ingredients for success in most college courses. Some essential study habits include: Time management: Allocate specific time slots for studying and create a schedule that accommodates coursework, assignments, and personal commitments.

Failure 94

Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 94

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Sometimes students do not even read the feedback provided on their graded work, which makes our time spent on evaluation feel like a lost opportunity. Many of our courses have 48 students enrolled, and writing is assigned in all classes. We do not use any machine grading.

Grades 114

Grades Interdisciplinary Evaluation Feedback 114

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

But this came with a constant fear: the fear of failure, of disappointing my parents, and of falling short of expectations. In my confusion, I began reading for curiosity rather than exams. 1 That moment of reading was transformative. Feedback-Only: No Points I do not attach points to any assignments. Where was my future?

Grades 90

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 90

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Sometimes students do not even read the feedback provided on their graded work, which makes our time spent on evaluation feel like a lost opportunity. Many of our courses have 48 students enrolled, and writing is assigned in all classes. We do not use any machine grading.

Grades 111

Grades Interdisciplinary Evaluation Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

I do not understand how to do assignments.” As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? I solved everyone’s problems.

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

I might read a book or take an online course to learn some new ideas. So this is a great technique to get students to interact with this concept in a way that they wouldn’t by just reading a chapter. Students are often perfectly comfortable with these technologies and they’re really happy to go out and do this assignment.

Laboratory 76

Laboratory Failure Assignments Instructors 76