Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

In a course that requires out-of-class reading, that conversation is highly reliant on students doing their part and completing the assigned reading.However, in recent semesters, students engaging in focused reading in which they annotate text is dwindling. There is a notable drop off in the reading and conversations.In

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Sometimes they will cold call students, while other times they will ask students to share what they learned after theyve had a chance to read the assigned material or discuss it with their classmates in groups. Multiple times in any class period, teachers call on students to contribute to the lesson of the day.

Culture 273

Culture Feedback Languages Language 273

Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

If you’re trying to get students to really think while they read, not just skim or restate facts, then reciprocal reading might be just the technique you’re looking for. But what it does is something that every teacher hopes for: it helps students take control of their own reading process.

Reading 66

Reading Discussions Fairness Questions 66

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Reading before bed? But not everybody feels this way about reading. My own brother — who is incredibly intelligent, younger than I am, and has already paid off his house (what?!?!) — once told me, “I never read anything unless I absolutely have to.” Every single day we seem to move closer to a society that simply doesn’t read.

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Reading English Grades Attention 76

eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

Because this type of vision loss affects tasks that require detailed focus, such as reading, writing, and recognizing faces, students with central vision impairment often face unique challenges that can affect their overall school experience.

Assistive Technology 204

Assistive Technology Students Textbooks Reading 204

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

I recently read 10 to 25 , a new book by David Yeager, one of the leading research psychologists in adolescent development and motivation. Kids teach themselves astonishingly complex things through trial, error, iteration, and YouTube. Our job isn’t to teach them how to learn. Or makeup tutorials. Or skateboarding.

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Motivation Learning Students Achievement 279

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Creating a classroom in the service of social justice (The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, 2008) requires a profound understanding of the impact of human diversity on teaching and learning (Cushner et al., Replace and/or supplement outdated readings. Re-examine assignments and assessments for bias and exclusionary practices.

Accessibility 95

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 95

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.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Turnitin, a longtime leader in the plagiarism-detection market, released a new tool within six months of ChatGPT’s debut to identify AI-generated writing in students’ assignments. That detector first became popular among professors when the internet made it easy for students to copy and paste information from websites into their assignments.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 117

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. Provide relevant reading materials 5. Keep a copy of your teaching philosophy nearby 8th Grade ELA teacher Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed Seamlessly transition 8th grade ELA students to high school 1.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

Since the public release of ChatGPT in December 2022, educators have faced the challenge of effectively integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their teaching. Strategic Approaches to AI Integration One effective strategy is to intentionally redesign classroom activities and assignments to incorporate AI tools.

Ethics 88

Ethics Plagiarism Education Intelligence 88

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

In higher education, we see our students use AI in many ways, to provide both authorized and unauthorized aid in their completion of assignments. He said that students could read much of the content off our PowerPoint slides and in the assigned readings without AI. They could always find and read the content on their own.

Instructors 98

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 98

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

In the 10 years since I chose a book called Make it Stick for a book study in the summer of 2015, I’ve been encouraging teachers to add more retrieval practice to their teaching. I have encouraged giving frequent quizzes , think-pair-shares , and teaching students to use flashcards , but there are a lot of other ways to do it.

Multiple Choice Questions 80

Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. Similarly, we think Chickering and Gamson’s approach to teaching applies to the modern day online classroom. Many faculty are often unprepared for the volume of work that comes with teaching online.

eLearning 69

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 69

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. It serves as a refreshing break, allowing students to step away from the stress of assignments and refocus in a fun, interactive way. ”  Journal of language teaching and research  10, no.

Language 96

Language Languages Instructors Culture 96

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. Similarly, we think Chickering and Gamson’s approach to teaching applies to the modern day online classroom. Many faculty are often unprepared for the volume of work that comes with teaching online.

eLearning 67

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 67

Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

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.)

Gamification 103

Gamification Learning Motivation Learning Styles 103

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

Instead of overwhelming students with lengthy video lectures or dense readings, microlearning delivers short, focused modules that concentrate on single learning objectives. These data-driven approaches make it possible to transition from reactive teaching to proactive guidance. Another challenge is content overload.

Critical Thinking 88

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 88

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

In fact, in my practice as an educator who teaches U.S. Therein lies a paradox I have struggled with in my career: How can I continue to teach students that questioning authority is not only okay, but sometimes necessary, while maintaining a position of authority myself? history in an urban St. They are for everyone.

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Multiple Choice Questions History Students Beliefs 115

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

Instead of overwhelming students with lengthy video lectures or dense readings, microlearning delivers short, focused modules that concentrate on single learning objectives. These data-driven approaches make it possible to transition from reactive teaching to proactive guidance. Another challenge is content overload.

Critical Thinking 94

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 94

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

It’s not that the ideas themselves aren’t important—it’s that we’ve turned teaching into a conveyor belt of information. What I Do Now (and What I Don’t) Let me make it clear—I still teach frameworks. I still assign readings. One of my BBAs said it best: “You didn’t just teach me models. Slide decks.

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Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

It’s not that the ideas themselves aren’t important—it’s that we’ve turned teaching into a conveyor belt of information. What I Do Now (and What I Don’t) Let me make it clear—I still teach frameworks. I still assign readings. One of my BBAs said it best: “You didn’t just teach me models. Slide decks.

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Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 85

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

This step was taken especially since it became more difficult for me over the years in the classroom to keep todays device-driven students focused beyond 10 seconds or less on an assigned major concept for each of my fifty-minute classes.Retained learning was there but not at the expected levels.In

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Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 96

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. It serves as a refreshing break, allowing students to step away from the stress of assignments and refocus in a fun, interactive way. ”  Journal of language teaching and research  10, no.

Language 65

Language Languages Instructors Culture 65

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.

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

Read on… Plan Ahe ad: Set Yourself Up for a Career in Electrical and Computer Engineering Regardless of where you are in your life or at what stage, if you have a dream that you want to achieve, you can start working toward that immediately. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. With median U.S.

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Lecturing Essay Motivation High School 81

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

No matter what subject you teach, spend time showing students how to take notes, how to study for tests and quizzes, and how to balance their time between homework and other after-school activities. Choose high-interest books and materials for reading activities, and encourage students to choose how they’d like to finish final projects.

High School 52

High School High School Beliefs Schools 52

Teach Thought

JULY 11, 2025

I love teaching with analogies.) Cause them to need something, not simply to finish an assignment, but to achieve the goal they set for themselves. Views Facebook Linkedin Print These Learning Strategies Make Students Curious by Terry Heick Understanding where curiosity comes from is the holy grail of education.

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Learning Students Critical Thinking Game-Based Learning 94

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

Use songs to teach specific topics or concepts Chants and songs are among the easiest (and most fun!) Decode music notation with engaging activities Reading and understanding music can be hard for young learners to grasp. When the music stops, they partner with the nearest classmate and teach each other their beats.

Activities 52

Activities Elementary School Elementary School Students 52

Organized Classroom

MAY 16, 2025

It is important as teachers to take the time to teach our students to use their agendas effectively. Read & Post: Read & post homework assignments every day. Rank & Order: Have students number each assignment in order of “attack”, e.g. what is to be done first, second, third, etc.

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Students Assignments Testing Reading 70

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Maybe they forget to turn in assignments, have trouble organizing their thoughts, or feel overwhelmed by fast-paced lessons. This program helps students turn frustration into achievement by teaching them how to manage tasks effectively and approach learning with a problem-solving mindset.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

As a science teacher, especially in the elementary grades, teaching these rules isnt just about safety. And if youre teaching 2nd grade science or working with small groups, consistency is your best friend. Integrate Safety Into the Scientific Method When we teach the scientific method, safety should be built right in.

Science 52

Science Activities Classroom Management Critical Thinking 52

The Applicious Teacher

MAY 25, 2025

Teaching UFLI in 2nd grade? Must-Have UFLI Resources- Quick Links No time to read the whole post, but want to quickly grab a few of my must-have resources for implementing UFLI in your classroom? UFLI Letter Tray Tip- Number the trays, then assign each student a number. Number your letter trays and assign each student a tray.

Grades 52

Grades Learning Students Learning Disabilities 52

k12

JULY 10, 2025

Online learning isn’t limited to slides and reading assignments. Encourage your child to listen to teacher feedback; if they feel something isn’t working, teach them how to share that respectfully. These systems often allow students to message teachers, work in groups, share files, and stay organized—all in one place.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

States of Matter – Solids, Liquids, and Gases – Second Grade Science Experiments By Andrea Knight Grade: 2nd Subject: Reading, Science, Writing Your kids can dive off the deep end of the science experiment pool by exploring states of matter through baggie ice cream, better butter, and root beer floats.

Elementary School 75

Elementary School Elementary School Science Schools 75

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

If you could teach a class on anything, what would it be? Do you like it when someone reads a book to you, or do you prefer reading independently? Give them a safe and structured place to let their arguments fly when you assign these persuasive writing prompts. What chore do you secretly like to do at home?

Writing 52

Writing Grades Middle School Middle School 52

k12

JUNE 24, 2025

However, my coolest high school classes are probably my forensic science course, my 3D animation course, and my practical math course, which teaches me how to complete important life math like filing taxes and understanding credit. I love to read! I’ve been creative since a young age, and reading has always helped fuel my creativity.

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Schools Grades Students Online Learning 52