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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

Give second (and third) chances For many reluctant learners, one school failure is enough to reinforce their belief that they’re poor students. This belief can build an affective filter for the student, keeping them from believing that they can succeed in a classroom setting.

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How and When to Give Feedback

Catlin Tucker

Feedback is a powerful tool that can profoundly impact student learning and success. However, not all feedback is created equal; some approaches to feedback can propel students toward growth, while others may hinder their progress. What is the secret to effective feedback?

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Will Existing Mental Models Threaten Post-pandemic Progress in Education?

Catlin Tucker

Failure to identify and name the mental models driving our actions and decisions will undermine any effort to make long-term change in a system. However, these beliefs about learning may stand in stark contrast to the mental models people have constructed based on their expeirences in school 10, 20, or 30 years ago.

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Getting pre-service teachers comfortable using and teaching with STEAM tools

eSchool News

We would conclude each class with an observation/ feedback session, allowing the pre-service teachers to share their experiences and learn from each other. I typically assign a hefty 20-page final project in my STEM course, but I decided to take a more playful and hands-on approach for this group of students.

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Why the Growth Mindset Still Needs to Grow Up

Edsurge

Over the summer, academics debated the impact of growth mindset, the belief that one’s intelligence can be developed with hard work and effort, and whether it can move the needle on academic performance. They learned about neuroscience, shared personal examples and watched videos of famous failures. Gupta, I get it.

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Good online teaching is often just plain good teaching

eSchool News

This belief is a myth. These failures discouraged him, so he stopped trying completely—which caused his already low skill set to deteriorate even further. To fix this problem, I used the “sandwich approach” in the feedback I gave him. This feedback was usually something simple like, “I love your idea here!”.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).