eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. After one year of using enVision, Johnston County saw real growth.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2019

His guiding belief is that “modern video games have the potential to be taught as humanely and deeply as any traditional text.” In our fourth grade professional learning committee we used “ Sydney’s World ,” a narrative roleplaying game I developed to help younger students improve their reading fluency and comprehension.

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Reading Game-Based Learning Teaching Quizzes 167

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Why aren’t more schools pushing a creative mindset if we know it is powerful for learning? Sometimes, there is a belief that creative projects should be saved for the end of the week or even the end of the semester. It’s about evaluating the process and the product of what they learned, which can be intimidating and time-consuming.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2024

Do you feel like our current approach to teaching and learning is working for either teachers or students? This belief is what drove me to develop my TEDx Talk titled “ Education Reimagined: Student-Led Learning.” If you answered, “no,” we are on the same page.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2019

D’Angelo, a seventh-grade science teacher in the South Bronx, gives her students a homework assignment about food chains that is due in one week. D’Angelo scans her grade book and notices that these students are the same the ones who completed the homework assignment. is equivalent to a one grade leap, and an effect size of 1.0

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. This is critical work. food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

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. These subjective, often intangible feelings also factor into academic wellbeing.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

In fact, decades of research reveal that students: are poor judges of the efficacy of their learning efforts. prefer instructional formats that produce inferior learning outcomes. believe that things like learning styles and brain hemispheres influence learning. And I'm being generous here. a, Dunlosky, J., &

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As educators, in order to advance our assessment methods so that it serves the learning of our students, it’s important to prioritize aligning the intended learning outcomes with assessment tasks. Moreover, assessment should be incorporated as an integral component of the student learning experience.

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Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

And as I began to research this issue, I discovered that most of the technology investment in educational institutions really doesn’t impact learning engagement for learning outcomes. We’re also seeing significant improvements in grades. Why have a laptop policy if there is not software to go with it?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Under Mr. Hatcher’s guidance, Akron Public Schools partnered with Edmentum to integrate cutting-edge learning technologies, harnessing their full potential to enhance learning outcomes. HCISD even had children entering kindergarten the following year learning math at a second-grade level!

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

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). 2014; Agarwal, 2019). John Wiley & Sons.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 118

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As educators, in order to advance our assessment methods so that it serves the learning of our students, it’s important to prioritize aligning the intended learning outcomes with assessment tasks. Moreover, assessment should be incorporated as an integral component of the student learning experience.

Authentic Assessment 111

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. This is critical work. food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

Syllabus 96

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 96

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

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). 2014; Agarwal, 2019). John Wiley & Sons.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Even when courses contain modules dedicated to career development, it is crucial to consider aspects beyond learning outcomes, such as informational learning and even skills acquisition. Again, we note the potential for mastery experience reflection here, and perhaps the scope for self-efficacy tracking through such schemes.

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Evaluation Beliefs Students Counselling 109

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Even when courses contain modules dedicated to career development, it is crucial to consider aspects beyond learning outcomes, such as informational learning and even skills acquisition. Again, we note the potential for mastery experience reflection here, and perhaps the scope for self-efficacy tracking through such schemes.

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Evaluation Beliefs Students Counselling 105

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

And as I began to research this issue, I discovered that most of the technology investment in educational institutions really doesn’t impact learning engagement for learning outcomes. We’re also seeing significant improvements in grades. Why have a laptop policy if there is not software to go with it?

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Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 100

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We learned that feedback related to linguistic implicit biases usually centered on: assumptions about relevant real-world contexts, misconceptions about knowledge and abilities, and rubric grading for grammar vs rhetorical intentions. 2024; Montenegro & Jankowski, 2017; Tinto, 2017; Winklemes, 2016). Cavazos, A. link] Cavazos, A.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Interpretations of learning standards across different educational tools are inconsistent; each program may define success differently. The criteria by which a student has “mastered” a topic may be different for Zeal, DreamBox Learning , ST Math or any number of math programs.

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Culture Math Achievement Beliefs 99

Time 4 Kindergarten

JUNE 25, 2024

Differentiating Phonics Instruction for Maximum Impact Authored by Wiley Blevins, this book is a comprehensive guide to understanding and implementing phonics instruction to maximize learning outcomes. Shifting the Balance In this book, the two authors encourage educators to reflect and examine their beliefs about teaching reading.

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Reading Science Failure Beliefs 52

TNTP Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The good news is, we know what it takes to accelerate learning. In our latest report, The Opportunity Makers , we studied schools where students who started out behind grade level caught up, gaining at least 1.3 years of learning each yearpotentially life-changing gains. And the job landscape continues to evolve.

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Math STEM Beliefs Grades 52

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2025

With a learning mentality and a strong mentality or I’m not and we wanted to break that belief and provide them with student friendly resources, but I think yeah, COVID certainly changed a lot and I think now more than ever SEL is critical the amount of times we hear. I’m either born. It’s funny. It’s engaging.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Echo Chambers: Seeing only content that confirms existing beliefs can stunt critical thinking. Distraction Over Depth: Algorithms often favor short, viral content over nuanced, in-depth learning. What are they learning, and how can adults help them learn better? Bottom line? Re-creating a TikTok experiment at home.

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Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

And perhaps most impactful is that due to learner variability, each student was at a different starting point in learning, yet every student mastered all pre-K skills and continued well into kindergarten. HCISD even had children entering kindergarten the following year learning math at a second-grade level! My Math Academy?and

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Education Learning Schools Math 314

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

But we’ve learned technology alone does not drive higher achievement. Technology must support and empower better teaching and learning. Now, educators are focused on linking edtech tools directly to student learning outcomes. Introduced in 2010, iPads spurred Dumbo Drops of tablet tech into classrooms.

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Internet Attention Beliefs Culture 202