Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

Looking at these projects, it’s clear that some kids have been so motivated to make beautiful graphs that they’re going out to learn math that most kids don’t learn until college,” says von Oy. “We These aren’t concepts found in most high-school math textbooks. Math isn’t just the regurgitation of formulas.

Art

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

Key points: Students who feel supported feel empowered to learn and achieve 3 critical areas necessary to boost student motivation Expanded learning can improve student well-being For more on student achievement, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Every student should get to feel brilliant at school. But too often, they dont.

Failure

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Math is a linear subject, with each concept building on the one before. Math teachers are also responsible for covering a large number of standards in a school year. Most math curricula are designed for a whole group teacher-led lesson where the teacher is expected to cover a new concept or process every day.

Math

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

That call started the years-long process of reworking how the university’s life sciences department teaches math. This ultimately led to a new introductory life sciences math course, Mathematics for Life Sciences (the LS 30 series). But in the end, the results almost beggared belief, according to those at the college.

Math

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Now reread the same cartoon, substituting “math” for “reading.” As a society ever more reliant on technology and STEM-based careers, we must shatter the myth that math skill is inborn and reinforce that it is the result of intention and practice. This belief is wrong. Suddenly it doesn’t seem so absurd. But it should!

Math

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.

Motivation

eSchool News

MAY 10, 2016

But until recently, noncognitive skills like perseverance and self-motivation sat at the periphery of an education debate centered on the measurement of skills like reading and math. Try asking someone if they were good at math as a child. That is beginning to change. Books on noncognitive skills pepper best-seller lists.

Failure

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.

Motivation

eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2025

Despite this growing belief, 97 percent of surveyed teachers say they lack the necessary resources to integrate emerging technology like AI and concepts like entrepreneurship into their curriculum. Samsung Solve for Tomorrows second The State of STEM Education survey, conducted in partnership with DonorsChoose , polled1,039 U.S.

STEM

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts. 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.

Teaching

eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

If a math teacher gives you a set of problems to solve, why not leverage Khanmigo to help you solve them? Our beliefs about what is “real learning” are clouded by our own personal experiences. AI won’t motivate a student to learn. That said, our students do need to learn some fundamental skills that AI cannot teach them.

Quizzes

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A couple of weeks ago during a coaching session, a middle school teacher I work with described a fun math activity. Students who are aware of the unconscious beliefs they have developed and the opportunities from which they benefit—or do not benefit—are able to develop racial and cultural literacy.

Student Engagement

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

This positively impacts their motivation to engage with tasks. Such personalized decision-making opportunities foster intrinsic motivation and active engagement and allow students to discover their strengths and understand their preferences, further bolstering their confidence and belief in their abilities.

Blended Learning

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It’s possible that the students who chose to enroll in new OER courses were more motivated and organized than their peers, and therefore they were more likely to succeed anyway. The theory that those savings may help eliminate barriers for students is one of the big motivators for efforts like the Achieving the Dream initiative.

Textbooks

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. One student who had been effusive about the growth mindset lessons was struggling with two-step math equations.

Beliefs

eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

Yet Reading Rainbow quickly proved to be more than a summer program and instantly captured young audiences’ attention and motivated children to read. One of JEP’s programs is known as USC ReadersPlus, which mobilizes work-study students to provide one-on-one reading and math instruction to K-6 students in nearby Title 1 schools.

Reading

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. If we do, then I think there’s a real chance that, within a decade, the math class of today will feel like the distant past.

Schools

Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2019

East Asian countries led the pack when it comes to reading, math and science, topped by China’s handpicked, wealthiest regions. students placed in the middle of the pack, scoring slightly above average on reading and science and a little below in math. And the Americans? Compared to the previous test in 2015, the scores stayed flat.

Testing

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2021

A seven-year veteran of the profession, Kerry Highsmith serves as chair of the math department, stays after school to keep working with students, and mediates between teachers and the administration when necessary. The tuition support was a big motivator, he says. Before all that, he was a Mister. “I

Teachers

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As the years pass, beliefs about potential accomplishments settle in and become difficult to change—case in point, my husband. Plenty of research documents their belief that ability determines what a person can do. The idea that some students are better can motivate other students to work harder. In lots of ways, I think.

Skills

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

It also sparked his belief that textbooks could evolve from something static into more fluid resources that adapt to students’ readiness levels. EdSurge: What prompted you to develop an adaptive approach to learning math? Also, I play video games and I see an interesting pattern between them and learning math. 100 doors puzzle.

Textbooks

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

Tesoriero has developed this belief over the past 10 years in the classroom—and she attributes much of it to her involvement with the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI). “We This may not fit the traditional instructional model but NYSCI isn’t building a game to fit into schools, they’re building a game to develop motivation through engagement.

Science

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Of course, Redlands Unified isn't alone in their belief in the power of play. After two years of teaching in a pandemic, it was the first time she felt like she finally got to be creative in her lesson design again, using something already motivating her students. And it's already growing even more.

Learning

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Students come to the Newport Beach campus for a variety of reasons, observes David Barerra, a math and science teacher at the school. “We Given Futures' roots in one-to-one instruction and individualized schedules, implementing this type of model was a natural fit for the staff.

Teachers

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

Certain emotional states invited motivational sustained effort, while others led to relinquishment of effort. You are so intelligent,” led to decreased motivation to undertake challenging tasks. Feedback can be modulated to create encouragement and motivation, or conversely, to discourage effort.

Teaching

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

10 standard-deviation increase in GPA or math scores would be $156” per student per year, based on average teacher overtime pay and the amount of time this effort would take, he wrote. For instance, if teachers were paid to manually gather student information and send messages to parents, “the total cost per child per.10

Failure

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2015

Their motivation is often failure, and taking the wrong path again and again. The Common Core is not a curriculum, rather a collection of forty-one overarching Standards in reading, writing, language, math, and speaking/listening that shape a student’s quest for college and career. ’ Finding Humor.

Critical Thinking

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

Certain emotional states invited motivational sustained effort, while others led to relinquishment of effort. You are so intelligent,” led to decreased motivation to undertake challenging tasks. Feedback can be modulated to create encouragement and motivation, or conversely, to discourage effort.

Teaching

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!

Beliefs

k12

APRIL 14, 2025

Science, technology, engineering, and math shape how we think, solve problems, and interact with the world. When elementary school children solve problems, complete projects, and see their ideas come to life, it reinforces the belief that they can tackle big challenges and do hard things. Getting an early start makes a big difference.

STEM

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Bonus: YouTube tutorials have rescued millions of students struggling with math homework. Watch one TED Talk about motivation? Echo Chambers: Seeing only content that confirms existing beliefs can stunt critical thinking. Math tutors breaking down formulas into TikTok challenges. Its as essential as math or science.

Online Learning

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Inspired by Alexander’s success, educators at Morris Elementary also use Istation’s reports and printable resources to promote academic growth in reading and math. Additionally, student motivation is high, as they are able to track their monthly growth and celebrate successes. My Math Academy?and and began a pilot of?My

Education

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. And while many educators believe that word problems in math class are tougher for students to grasp than ones with mathematical notation, research shows that the opposite is true.

Education

Teaching with a Mountain View

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Strong motivation and persistence typically bring steady academic achievement. Myth 3: These Students Dont Need Extra Help or Differentiation Gifted and high-achieving students are often seen as self-sufficient, leading to the belief that they dont require additional support. Can these traits be interchangeable? Absolutely! Definitely!

Achievement

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2025

The teacher had found that students didnt connect with the problems in the math books and had rigged up his own lessons, after asking students what they would actually like to learn about. The assessment has also been connected to low student motivation. But school just hadn't hooked him. That also lifted student achievement.

Curriculum

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2017

For the past six and half years, she has led DreamBox Learning , growing the company from a startup into one of the leading providers of online math tools for elementary school children. She began her career as a banker but soon realized that to be true to her core beliefs, she wanted to have a role in education.

Beliefs

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2025

DreamBox Math by Discovery Education offers a completely adaptive gamified math learning environment in both English and Spanish. DreamBox gives teachers real-time data on progress towards standards in all strands of math. They have other add-on programs to address foundational skills, vocabulary, and writing instruction.

Blended Learning