eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Designed to work alongside innovative product enhancements announced earlier this year , these new resources empower teachers to create personalized learning experiences with inquiry, excitement, and exploration that will hold students attention while challenging them academically.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

Each role targets a specific reading skill, and when students cycle through all four, they’re not just reading, they’re processing, discussing, and deepening their understanding. When they know they’ll need to summarize aloud or share with a group, they read more attentively and more purposefully. That’s when you know it’s working.

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Reading Discussions Fairness Questions 66

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Platforms like Zoom or Google Classroom enable real-time discussions, while forums foster ongoing dialogue beyond scheduled sessions. Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. Cost-effectiveness is another critical advantage.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Small class sizes ensure that every student receives the individual attention they need. Multi-sensory learning techniques, such as hands-on activities, visual aids, and interactive discussions, further enhance understanding and retention. But communication isnt just about updatesits about meaningful conversations.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Conduct a casual formative assessment during a class discussion or group activity, and regularly check in with students who need more support. And if you can incorporate their phones and/or electronics into the lesson, you’ll get a lot more students paying attention!

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 21, 2025

All you need is a beach ball, a list of discussion questions written on your board, and some music to play. Middle schoolers need the security of a predictable schedule, but stay interested in class when activities feel new and innovative enough to get their attention. Balance routine and new activities. Differentiate by skill.

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k12

JULY 21, 2025

Use action words that draw attention. Have you participated in clubs or events that strengthen those skills? If you’ve been captain of a team, led discussion groups, done volunteer work, or participated in a club, write it down. Making sure there is white space also helps with readability.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Without the constant need to defend or assert one’s ego (our preferences and aversions), the instructor’s attention can open to what is happening in the room or on the screen. Teaching through discussion as the exercise of disciplinary power. Taking this perspective, effective teaching is a generative, social process.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Without the constant need to defend or assert one’s ego (our preferences and aversions), the instructor’s attention can open to what is happening in the room or on the screen. Teaching through discussion as the exercise of disciplinary power. Taking this perspective, effective teaching is a generative, social process.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 71

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

In your opinion, what sport gets too much attention? What sport should get more attention? Inspire students with a walk outside, complete with notebooks, sunshine, and lots of topics for discussion. Use them to begin longer narrative essays, begin class discussions, or introduce elements of fiction in your language arts class.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

An Iowa district backed out of a long-running event that promoted reading Black authors even as other school districts maintained their participation. An Indiana school district ended an incentive program for “minority and local business participation.”

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Education Disabilities Questions Counselling 163

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling to allow parents to pull their children out of classroom discussions around books covering LGBTQ+ and other themes that may conflict with their religious beliefs could embolden efforts to restrict more titles. There’s just no way our tiny little one-room library would be able to participate.

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Accessibility Participation Reading Beliefs 211

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sessions, keynotes, discussions, and the expo hall will connect attendees with need-to-know details on the latest edtech innovations shaping the education landscape. Participants will engage in discussion about lesson ideas that can be used in any K-8 classroom.

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Attention STEM Assistive Technology Critical Thinking 277

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

In a 2018 Harvard Business Review article , researchers Guy Itzchakov and Avi Kluger discuss their research findings around listening in the workplace. In addition, the researchers argue that listening is a practiced skill that requires focus and attention. Focusing attention in the moment is also key.

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Attention Schools Discussions Communication 218

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I ask them to brainstorm and discuss with colleagues the benefits and challenges of teaching using the whole group, teacher-led, teacher-paced model. For example, providing concept maps or graphic organizers, engaging learners in discussion (synchronous or asynchronous), or encouraging a reflective practice via a writing prompt.

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Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning Motivation 544

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

lecture, discussion, written responses), there are myriad barriers that may make it hard for students to access information and share their learning effectively. How might a whole group, real-time discussion make it challenging for some students to participate? Summer Learning Opportunities.

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Blended Learning Learning Lecturing Motivation 518

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

As students rotate to this station, they receive focused attention and resources that address their unique learning challenges or advanced needs, ensuring that each student is supported where they are in their learning journey. Group 2 (On Grade Level): Students read a standard-level folktale and discuss the central message.

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Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Teachers can use observations with a checklist when students are: Engaged in group activities or discussions to monitor individual participation and contributions. Completing hands-on tasks or projects to evaluate their skills, collaboration, and attention to task requirements.

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Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 431

Catlin Tucker

MAY 13, 2024

Instead of talking at kids, teachers can facilitate differentiated direct instruction, guide practice, facilitate small group discussions, and provide real-time feedback. What if they aren’t paying attention and don’t get the important information? Yet, teachers have a lot of concerns about using media in the classroom.

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Teaching Critical Thinking Discussions Questions 392

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It turns out that with each passing year, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to capture and hold a student’s attention and focus during my lessons. Our cognitive resources do, however, have a limit; therefore, we must always choose from the available resources that we can pay attention to.

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Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 122

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

When I facilitate blended learning workshops, I ask participants to think about these three roles and identify the role they spend the most time and energy in. In the same way, teachers should dedicate the same time and attention to feedback as they do to instruction. The responses always yield the same results.

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Blended Learning Feedback Learning Instructors 498

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Capturing students’ attention throughout the entire class is crucial for any teacher, but the challenge lies in the fact that, despite teachers’ expertise in their subject matter, it can be challenging to hold students’ attention for an extended period. Discuss practical applications. Can you find it?

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Attention Teaching Instructors Minute Papers 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It turns out that with each passing year, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to capture and hold a student’s attention and focus during my lessons. Our cognitive resources do, however, have a limit; therefore, we must always choose from the available resources that we can pay attention to.

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Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 111

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

However, these addictive platforms lead to excessive screen time and decreased attention spans, challenging students’ abilities to focus. Discussion forums Platforms such as Padlet or Flipgrid encourage collaborative discussions among students regarding media consumption and analysis.

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Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 297

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Capturing students’ attention throughout the entire class is crucial for any teacher, but the challenge lies in the fact that, despite teachers’ expertise in their subject matter, it can be challenging to hold students’ attention for an extended period. Discuss practical applications. Can you find it?

Attention 101

Attention Teaching Instructors Minute Papers 101

Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

Teachers can incorporate collaborative activities, discussions, and cooperative learning strategies, like reciprocal teaching , that promote speaking and listening skills. Participating in a whole group, teacher-led discussions can also be intimidating for ELs.

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English Blended Learning Languages Language 274

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Provide personal questionnaires, pay attention to the extracurriculars students participate in and their behavior with other students. 5: Linking information and student participation (tie). Tied for fifth place are two instructional practices: linking new information to prior knowledge and facilitating student participation.

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Student Engagement Hybrid Learning Students Participation 291

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Central to this approach are the hooks – strategies that captivate students’ attention and foster excitement for learning. Simple yet effective strategies, such as presenting a mystery box or revealing half of an image, encourage students to speculate, discuss, and inquire. in teaching.

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Teaching Gamification Critical Thinking Student Engagement 290

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Physical projects allow kids to use materials in new ways, generating ideas and encouraging more frequent class participation. This encourages attention to detail and creative problem-solving. Sometimes no one knows the right answer, but team discussions can illuminate practical solutions.

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History Feedback Art Learning 291

eSchool News

JULY 9, 2020

But many are unwilling to discuss the two 800-pound gorillas that every school or university faces. As a result, most K-12 schools report participation in esports play is 95-99+ percent male, despite the fact that females accounted for 46 percent of gamers nationwide. I personally see those benefits.

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Peer Review Attention Study Participation 227

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But TikTok, and social media more broadly, continues to capture curiosity and attention, and it’s not all just dance videos–Indiana science teacher @ChemteacherPhil commands an audience of more than 3 million followers on the app. Is there a lesson in that? Or, if you’re Maynard Kereke (Hip Hop M.D.), Try, fail, learn, repeat.

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Teaching Methods Lecturing Schools Beliefs 303

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Summarized transcription: What and why Summarized transcription, a form of “speech-to-text services,” provides “meaning-for-meaning” transcriptions by summarizing the essence of a discussion or other spoken content. Conversely, d/Deaf students might opt for real-time captioning as a necessary accommodation.

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Disabilities Lecturing Accessibility Learning Styles 271

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Teachers can’t slow down the lesson plans for the entire class to accommodate a few struggling students, and can’t provide individualized attention to all the students who need it to stay on track. Worries about using AI for academic help and answering questions led to many discussions on its role in the classroom.

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Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 317

eSchool News

JULY 30, 2024

All the great teachers I had growing up found ways to involve the topic they were discussing, even tangentially, into current events. For example, my grandmother is an avid participant in book clubs and claims role models in her early years helped foster the curiosity that continues today.

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Skills Learning Gamification Intelligence 285

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

The author’s work did not discount the fact that there are inspirational teachers whose lectures are so compelling they can hold student attention for hours. When developed by experienced teachers, these segments are carefully choreographed to consider not just the content being taught, but the needs of each learner.

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Lecturing Questions Learning Attention 207

eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To fix the problem, I planned amazing lessons that would flop because the kids would either stare at me without paying attention or refuse to turn in assignments. Consider equitable systems for calling on students to participate in discussions. In my own classroom, I use fishbowl strategies to encourage discussions and debates.

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 317

eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2023

Students then explore these questions through interactive videos featuring real-world visuals fostering a sense of wonder and actively supporting student engagement in the accompanying discussion prompts. Then, students participate in easy to prepare hands-on labs that use simple science supplies commonly found in classrooms or at home.

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Student Engagement Science Schools Elementary School 246