Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Every teacher knows it’s essential, and every teacher tries to motivate students. But it’s just as true that all teachers have experienced those days when they don’t feel particularly motivated, when the content seems old and tired, and when students (sometimes the whole class) are clearly anything but motivated by what’s happening in class.

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Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 116

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts. When my class, who didn’t see themselves as STEAM teachers, had the freedom to tinker without a fear of failure, they became far more eager (and better equipped) to teach those concepts in their own future classrooms.

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Teaching Teachers STEM Syllabus 278

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Every teacher knows it’s essential, and every teacher tries to motivate students. But it’s just as true that all teachers have experienced those days when they don’t feel particularly motivated, when the content seems old and tired, and when students (sometimes the whole class) are clearly anything but motivated by what’s happening in class.

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Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 98

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This lack of belief in Black students’ potential can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy, where students internalize these low expectations and perform accordingly. Recognizing her potential as a math scholar, I encouraged her to ask questions, embrace mistakes and find motivation in difficult tasks.

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Math Beliefs Students Failure 213

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

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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Beliefs Failure Feedback Math 162

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. However, John was especially motivated to graduate so that he could get a well-paying job and be able to live on his own. The path to success.

Teaching 189

Teaching Writing Reading Feedback 189

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

This focus on individual students requires a high level of student autonomy and intrinsic motivation—which makes growth mindset a natural complement to personalized learning. It’s about trying different strategies, seeking out and making use of feedback, asking for help, and analyzing the reasons behind successes and failures.

Failure 142

Failure Learning Achievement Essay 142

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. Researcher Doris Santoro, author of “Demoralized,” explains that demoralization occurs when teachers “encounter consistent and pervasive challenges to enacting the values that motivate their work.”

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Teachers Coaching Schools Counselling 217

Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But on a country-level analysis, doing well at reading, math and science doesn’t necessarily correlate with a belief in growth mindset. In addition, he says there’s a “strong relationship growth mindset and resilience” and the data suggests it can boost motivation and reduce fear of failure. coming in 10th.

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Testing Exams Intelligence Failure 141

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

Failure to appreciate these points will result in personalized learning products more likely to hinder than help students. Keeping learners motivated and confident when faced with these cognitive challenges means connecting with learners on a personal level. Self-regulated learning: beliefs, techniques, and illusions.

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Education Evaluation Failure Essay 155

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? You are so intelligent,” led to decreased motivation to undertake challenging tasks.

Teaching 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

Be intentional and nurture relationships with motivated friends and professionals who support your goals but who are also constructively critical. I realized that accepting you don’t know something is the first step toward growth, which subsequently allows you to ask tough questions, evolve your existing beliefs and discover new ideas.

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Students Failure Beliefs Skills 153

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

By establishing specific academic targets, students can maintain focus and motivation in their courses and throughout their college journey. 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.

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Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

By establishing specific academic targets, students can maintain focus and motivation in their courses and throughout their college journey. 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 98

Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

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.

Failure 113

Failure Students Assignments Beliefs 113

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? You are so intelligent,” led to decreased motivation to undertake challenging tasks.

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

In this world, would there be such a thing as failure? Imagining taking little kids who have a passion for something into school for the first time and giving them decent environments.It’s hard to imagine that those kids would not care or that you’d have a lot of failures. Who’s that good for? Who benefits? Yeah, absolutely.

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Intelligence Failure Science Beliefs 140

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better. The COVID effect has impacted students’ communication, critical thinking, and motivation. The excitement comes from the possibility of both success and failure. This kind of playful experimentation is essential in the classroom.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

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. Knowing that their work could potentially be seen by others beyond our school community raised the bar for my students in motivation and execution. We should be ok with it. It's not a one-way street.

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Gamification Game-Based Learning Art Education 129

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2015

Their motivation is often failure, and taking the wrong path again and again. Don’t let the ‘fear of failure’ stop you from trying. They are brave and articulate in defending their beliefs.’ They excel at activities that aren’t the result of a GPA and an Ivy League college.

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Critical Thinking Knowledge Failure Communication 140

Teacher Mood

MARCH 6, 2025

A Fixed Mindset is the belief that our abilities, intelligence, and talents are set in stone you’re either born with ’em or you’re not. Contrastingly, a Growth Mindset is the belief that personal skills and abilities can be developed and improved through effort, dedication, and practice. Challenge Those Beliefs!

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Beliefs Failure Feedback Students 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

Early failures and failed first trials are not interpreted as a diagnosis of what could be done , and are instead seen as proof of what cant (Yeager & Dweck, 2020). Beyond that, even if not first showcased as talent, skills do emerge if effort, motivated by a growth mindset, is present.

Teaching 59

Teaching Failure Feedback Knowledge 59

Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

Early failures and failed first trials are not interpreted as a diagnosis of what could be done , and are instead seen as proof of what cant (Yeager & Dweck, 2020). Beyond that, even if not first showcased as talent, skills do emerge if effort, motivated by a growth mindset, is present.

Teaching 52

Teaching Failure Feedback Knowledge 52

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2017

Increasingly, students are going to college with the belief that it's a pathway to a better job. But I would say that the failure of ideals doesn't mean that the ideal is bad or unworkable. And, many institutions don't see that as their core responsibility. I wanted to build something that really did, and serve that need.

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Gamification Art Beliefs Achievement 111

k12

MAY 2, 2025

Teachers impact students as mentors, motivators, role models, and leaders. 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.

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Teachers Education Failure Beliefs 52

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Sports Reading Club - resilience, motivation. Technology Reading Club - impulse control, self motivation. Art Reading Club - self motivation. 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.

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Failure Motivation History Learning 134