eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2016

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. When John first started in my class, his academic skills were minimal: His reading was well below grade level. At 19, John was behind in school and still trying to graduate.

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Teaching Writing Reading Feedback 189

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how bad a situation is, we should all have a positive mindset about it. In fact, educational leadership experts say that culture is always at play in a school’s success or failure. It was his way of communicating to his students, “I was in ninth grade once too. It will be OK.”

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Teachers Coaching Schools Counselling 218

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., What to avoid: Grading active learning activities as if they were summative assessments is inappropriate. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Instead, educators described making as an approach to teaching and learning that puts students at the center; that encourages what educators variously termed “supported failure,” “controlled struggle,” and “failing forward”; and that teaches resilience, perseverance, empathy and problem-solving. How does this look in practice?

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Coaching Participation Failure Beliefs 180

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

In some cases the very technologies that were intended to improve writing, like automatic-essay grading software, have backfired by encouraging a kind of paint-by-numbers approach to writing. Warner: Students may have gotten good grades on the kinds of writing they've been asked to do, either in school or on a standardized assessment.

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Writing Essay Feedback Students 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Most often we do that with points and grades, and that does get most students moving. They want the grades and the degree so they can get on with their lives. “We Although they don’t often call it self-efficacy, most teachers regularly see how beliefs about ability affect behavior. Miller says students must be “enticed.”

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Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 116

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

Failure to appreciate these points will result in personalized learning products more likely to hinder than help students. satisfaction, engagement, grades, mindsets, attitudes, persistence, views, logins, clicks, etc. Self-regulated learning: beliefs, techniques, and illusions. Do Learners Really Know Best? a, Dunlosky, J., &

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Education Evaluation Failure Essay 158

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The teacher’s 10th grade class had just finished op-ed essays on a topic of their choice, and Kyle had chosen to examine the economic impact of illegal immigration on the U.S. The students observed that these words insinuated difficulty, obstacles and likely failure. And then it got harder. What do these words imply? I asked them.

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Essay Beliefs Students Languages 168

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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Motivation Beliefs Exams Students 111

Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 15, 2015

Using Amazon book reviews with 5th grade students. Dane: Innovation requires an innovative mindset, the removal of restrictions, the right people, and failure as an option. Failure is an event not a destination. Plickers is an innovative tool created by an educator. Limitations can lead to innovations (e.g.,

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Questions Failure Beliefs Grades 96

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

Study 164

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 164

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.

Motivation 109

Motivation Beliefs Exams Students 109

Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Ninth graders who took an online growth mindset course reported higher grades that those who didn’t. But on a country-level analysis, doing well at reading, math and science doesn’t necessarily correlate with a belief in growth mindset. coming in 10th. It’s something that we want to study further.”

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Testing Exams Intelligence Failure 135

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

. — Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better.

Schools 331

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 331

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

What he found was that the right messages, delivered at the right time, can boost attendance and reduce course failure, as results published in The Journal of Human Resources in 2019 showed. Course failures dipped by 28 percent. Around that time, Bergman decided to build his own messaging technology to support his research.

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Failure Students Assignments Beliefs 108

Teach Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Students need to learn that when they encounter a negative belief, they must think back to their past for something that will help them believe it will turn out okay. Instead of seeing a bad grade as a failure, frame it as an opportunity to learn and improve. Help them understand that failure is part of learning.

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Failure Beliefs Students Math 82

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., What to avoid: Grading active learning activities as if they were summative assessments is inappropriate. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Most often we do that with points and grades, and that does get most students moving. They want the grades and the degree so they can get on with their lives. “We Although they don’t often call it self-efficacy, most teachers regularly see how beliefs about ability affect behavior. Miller says students must be “enticed.”

Motivation 98

Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? This does not suggest handholding, developing a psychic sense, or grade inflation.

Teaching 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Michael Matera, a 6th grade world history teacher in Milwaukee, used his expertise in gamification to write a top selling book, Explore Like a Pirate. We should all have our personal mission and belief system, I know what I want to do and I’m not going to be sheepish about that. Create 3D printables - sell on Shapeways.

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Gamification Game-Based Learning Art Education 135

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Here are some strategies to foster a growth mindset: Embrace failure as a learning opportunity: Encourage students to see failure as a steppingstone towards improvement. Failure should be viewed as part of the learning experience. Mistakes are a natural part of the learning process and can teach valuable lessons.

Failure 98

Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Here are some strategies to foster a growth mindset: Embrace failure as a learning opportunity: Encourage students to see failure as a steppingstone towards improvement. Failure should be viewed as part of the learning experience. Mistakes are a natural part of the learning process and can teach valuable lessons.

Failure 98

Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

Remember that infamous “bell” curve, where a select few are measured “above” the grade and others “below,” is a myth. In this world, would there be such a thing as failure? What vaulted Rose into the public spotlight, however, was his 2015 book, The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World that Values Sameness. Who’s that good for?

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Intelligence Failure Science Beliefs 144

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2023

I felt kind of like a failure. You're questioning a lot of things, and you're building your own belief system. I’ve also been teaching 12th grade seniors, and they're just on their way into the world. That's kind of how I was after that first year of college. I felt really defeated. You're testing a lot of limits.

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Teachers English History High School 148

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? This does not suggest handholding, developing a psychic sense, or grade inflation.

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2015

Their motivation is often failure, and taking the wrong path again and again. In the face of mounting evidence, education experts accepted a prescriptive fact: student success is not measured by milestones like ‘took a foreign language in fifth grade’ or ‘passed Algebra in high school’ but by how s/he thinks.

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Critical Thinking Knowledge Failure Communication 135

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

Study 99

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 99

Time 4 Kindergarten

JUNE 25, 2024

Shifting the Balance In this book, the two authors encourage educators to reflect and examine their beliefs about teaching reading. 5% Differentiating Phonics Instruction for Maximum Impact: How to Scaffold Whole-Group Instruction So All Students Can Access Grade-Level Content (Corwin Literacy) $34.95

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Reading Science Failure Languages 52

k12

MAY 2, 2025

How a teacher handles conflict, treats others, or responds to failure sends powerful messages to students. These everyday moments can shape a students values and beliefs in subtle but lasting ways. Students often turn to teachers for guidance about school, friendships, future careers, and life in general.

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Teachers Education Failure Beliefs 52

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

His continuous failure—or iteration, as we’d call it today— taught him to innovate. Discuss how despite repeated failures, all heroes complete their journey. This belief makes it difficult to instill the idea that SEL concepts can be taught.

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Failure Motivation History Learning 140