Beliefs Exams Failure 
Teachers Pay Teachers
JULY 16, 2025
Instead of written exams, ask students to turn in a summary of a lesson as an exit ticket before they leave. Give second (and third) chances For many reluctant learners, one school failure is enough to reinforce their belief that they’re poor students.
Faculty Focus
JUNE 12, 2025
Her example helped me see failure not as defeat, but as an essential part of learning. She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application. She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application.
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Faculty Focus
JUNE 12, 2025
Her example helped me see failure not as defeat, but as an essential part of learning. She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application. She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
It’s a common belief that testing anxiety affects only older students, such as those taking high school or college placement exams. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America , this anxiety can stem from a fear of failure, negative testing experiences, or feeling unprepared.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 4, 2020
Pandemic-era disruptions have played a role, but so has the broader worry that a reliance on standardized admissions exams may exacerbate disparities among students of different races and income levels. These days more four-year colleges are dropping their SAT and ACT requirements. It did not use demographic data. The algorithm worked.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 3, 2019
In the latest edition, 600,000 students in 79 education systems across the world took the two-hour PISA exam. On the PISA 2018 exam, the countries where the most students disagreed with that statement hail from Europe (led by Estonia, Denmark and Germany), with the U.S. In the U.S., that included 4,800 students from 215 schools.
Faculty Focus
JUNE 30, 2024
Adaptive attributions and control beliefs motivate students. The basic construct refers to beliefs about the causes of success and failure and how much perceived control one has to bring about outcomes or to control one’s behavior.” (p. It needs to be challenging but something that can be accomplished.
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