eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

One might assume that the most desirable skills for someone entering a STEM field would be things like vast scientific knowledge or a laser-like attention to detail. I especially like using it for collaborative timelines, maps, and peer feedback. Ive wondered about this myself on a few occasions.

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STEM Students Feedback Knowledge 237

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

I also ensure that each lesson cycle includes opportunities for self-reflection, peer feedback, and goal-setting, using simple digital tools like Padlet, ClassPoint, or collaborative slides. Have you had a moment where student feedback or behavior reshaped your approach? This kind of structured choice fosters agency and motivation.

Interdisciplinary 144

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

Taken together, the product improvements for Back-to-School 2025 empower teachers to create personalized learning experiences for all learners with inquiry, excitement, and exploration that will hold students’ attention while challenging them academically.

Reading 130

Reading Education Intelligence Schools 130

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

I provide specific deadlines for initial contributions and peer feedback to maintain momentum. In our next class, I address the most common questions, creating a feedback loop that keeps everyone engaged. In my traditional classroom, I track participation through observation and collect quick feedback via index cards.

Active Learning 66

Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 66

Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

Provide Personal Feedback Telling a struggling student how they are doing, and if they need to try harder, doesn’t always help them improve. What struggling learners need is specific feedback they can use to actually improve. When you teach them in a way that makes sense to them, they’re more likely to understand it.

Teaching 97

Teaching Failure Students Feedback 97

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. Lastly, student feedback should be incorporated into the design and refinement of flipped classroom practices.

Critical Thinking 89

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 89

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. Lastly, student feedback should be incorporated into the design and refinement of flipped classroom practices.

Critical Thinking 95

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 95

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones. Passive learning is defined as the process by which students receive information from their learning environment but receive no feedback, and there is no interaction between the learner and the learning environment.

Science 130

Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

The development of Discovery Educations newest content is based on feedback from the companys school-based partners and makes teaching and learning even more relevant, interesting, and personalized for users of Discovery Education products.

Laboratory 180

Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 180

Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

When the Grading Stack Becomes Too Much As the classroom quiets and the last student heads out the door, you finally take a breathonly to be met with the overwhelming sight of papers piled high, waiting for your attention. Immediate feedback is powerfuland when you build it into the work itself, you dont have to be the only source of it.

Students 52

Students Peer Review Math Assignments 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

Thus, I paid attention and reflected during the action in order to construct adjustments, while doing hybrid-teaching at the same time. When blind spots and shortcomings arise, pay attention to how you reframe them in order to get back on track. When your class ends, write down the during-action reflection as soon as possible.

Lecturing 56

Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge Laboratory 56

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Missed Signals Shed Cheated in Her Previous Marathon The press coverage from Boston caught the attention of a New Yorker named Susan Morrow. Affirm and provide feedback on (but dont grade) baseline evidence so students know that you are aware of and accept their starting point. Im here to help!

Academic Integrity 92

Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 92

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Here are three key expectations that are redefining modern education: Interactive Learning : Students expect dynamic, interactive lessons that incorporate multimedia elements and real-time feedback. Passive learning is no longer acceptable. Flexibility : Many students prefer a hybrid model that combines online and in-person education.

Hybrid Learning 139

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 139

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

And if you can incorporate their phones and/or electronics into the lesson, you’ll get a lot more students paying attention! 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

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

But with the advent of technology, the internet, and cell phones, it seemed like reading for pleasure (not to mention the requisite attention span) had gone the way of buggy whips, writing quills, and powdered wigs. Student Feedback At least once a semester, I survey my students to see how it’s going.

Reading 75

Reading English Grades Attention 75

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Small class sizes ensure that every student receives the individual attention they need. Small group instruction ensures that students receive individualized feedback, while structured classroom settings create a supportive atmosphere where they can develop confidence and independence.

Skills 137

Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Pay special attention to roles that directly impact legal compliance, such as Special Education, ELL, or state-tested subjects. Pay special attention to Title I campuses and state-tested subjects. What District Leaders Can Do Now Run a pipeline vulnerability scan. Prioritize compliance-critical roles.

Special Education 94

Special Education English Language Languages 94

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 16, 2025

He later moved on to joining the older kids in their engineering project, but it began with this process of habit creation through practice and adjustment based on feedback from the environment. The psychological parallel to motor plans is often referred to as "motor cognition."

Writing 74

Writing Attention Feedback Assignments 74

Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

For students, this means larger class sizes, less individualized attention and support, and a lower quality of education overall. High workloads, inadequate resources, and lack of personalized attention can also negatively impact education quality. Why Is There a Teacher Shortage?

Teachers 52

Teachers Education Attention Coaching 52

Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

However, its a powerful tool for guiding instruction, providing feedback, and helping students grow. Thumbs up/down : An easy visual during lessons that gives you instant feedback. Whiteboard responses : Students can solve a problem or answer a question and hold it up, great for instant feedback.

Learning Outcomes 78

Learning Outcomes Learning Feedback Essay 78

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

I would like to see teachers balance the time they spend on instruction with the time they spend facilitating learning and providing feedback as students attempt to do something with that instruction. The challenge for teachers is figuring out how to create the time and space necessary to prioritize feedback. Blended learning can help!

Blended Learning 498

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Instructors 498

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2024

Feedback is critical for helping students enhance their conceptual knowledge and skills. Despite its value, with the time constraints and the large number of students in classrooms, providing focused, actionable, and timely feedback often feels unattainable. It avoids language that might confuse learners.

Feedback 348

Feedback Coaching Assignments Motivation 348

Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2023

Teaching is about attention — getting students to pay attention to the material, and to engage with new ideas so they can develop new skills and abilities. But getting and holding the attention of students has become more difficult since the pandemic, according to many college instructors around the country. I'm a quest giver.

Attention 197

Attention Lecturing Instructors Students 197

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. Students were getting the feedback they needed faster.

Feedback 218

Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 218

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2020

There is an inequality of teacher attention. This inequality of attention is not a teacher shortcoming but rather a natural product of having a group of students in the physical classroom with the teacher while other students attend class online. First, I want to identify a few of the challenges I observe in concurrent classrooms.

Attention 546

Attention Blended Learning Activities Feedback 546

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Some students will need additional support, scaffolds, feedback, or reteaching to understand key concepts and apply specific strategies, processes, or skills. Formative Assessment Strategies There are different categories of formative assessment, including observational assessments, checks for understanding, and formative feedback.

Feedback 431

Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 431

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

York found that TeachFX listened to her very carefully, and generated a detailed feedback report on her specific teaching style. I rarely ever get feedback on my teaching style. With that feedback, Phipps brought down the ratio of teacher-to-student talk to 50:50. These observations generated by AI can take quick effect.

Feedback 218

Feedback Teachers Language Languages 218

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It’s not just a test of one’s ability to put thoughts into words; it requires substantial time investment, focused attention, memory, critical thinking skills, and the physical mechanics of handwriting or typing. Too often, feedback is given on finished products.

Assignments 458

Assignments Writing Feedback Motivation 458

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Teachers who have traditionally planned a whole group lesson that moves the class, as a unit, through a series of learning activities find it nearly impossible to hold their students’ attention in the concurrent classroom. Despite their best efforts, teachers feel like they cannot be successful in teaching and reaching all students.

Evaluation 546

Evaluation Feedback Writing Assignments 546

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. Students receive individualized attention to address specific areas of struggle.

Teaching 395

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Writing Assignments: Writing tasks, whether creative stories, essays, or research papers, require students to think critically, organize their thoughts, write a draft, and revise based on feedback. Targeted Skill Development: Focus on specific skills that individual students or groups need to develop, guiding practice and providing feedback.

Teachers 481

Teachers Art Feedback Writing 481

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.

Attention 122

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 122

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tutoring can make writing less of an isolating process because students can access different audiences and, as a result, receive feedback that is in the function of its message and not only for the sake of a grade. Tutoring practices that include non-evaluative feedback and mindful approaches support writers’ growth holistically.

Evaluation 119

Evaluation Feedback Writing Language 119

eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2021

From the private school where I started teaching to my current position at Toby Farms Intermediate School , a Title I school with a large population of at-risk students, comics have helped to capture student attention so much that they create their own fun along the way, no matter how dry the topic is.

Curriculum 350

Curriculum English Attention Art 350

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.

Attention 111

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 111

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

Teachers can pop in and out of breakout rooms while students discuss academic topics and collaborate around shared tasks, but it isn’t the same as walking around a classroom with watchful eyes and attentive ears. 4 Check for Understanding & Provide Feedback on Student Progress. What are students clearly understanding?

Learning 543

Learning Knowledge Discussions Writing 543

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Despite debate and disagreement about how to define and measure attention spans, numerous studies have put student attention spans in approximately the 10-minute range (Bradbury, 2016). Attention is a so-called gateway between information and learning and is compared to a spotlight on a large stage (Keller et al.,

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Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 104