Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Unfortunately, says Guthrie, students’ reading motivation is often "shockingly low." After spending 45 years studying how to motivate and engage students, Guthrie has learned that the secret to developing successful readers lies in understanding the right—and wrong—ways to motivate them. Not the books and the content.

Motivation 128

Motivation Reading Beliefs Grades 128

eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2018

And as educators seek to understand students from a motivational and psychological point of view, grit pays an important role. million times, she describes her study of different predictors of success and how grit emerged as a significant predictor for long-term goals. In that talk, viewed more than 13.5

Beliefs 226

Beliefs Students Motivation Study 226

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

colleges and universities as part of a larger study on how people living in America encounter and respond to climate change news and information. In that study, seven in 10 respondents to our survey said they had learned of news about a range of topics in discussions with professors during the preceding week.

Beliefs 205

Beliefs Attention Students Discussions 205

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

I’ve learned leadership is about using the privilege of our position to build collaborative teams of talented and motivated individuals who can help us stay ahead of any problems and drive innovation that brings impactful change. We viewed it as a success, allowing for greater efficiency and significant cost savings.

STEM 293

STEM Beliefs Elementary School Elementary School 293

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. This inspired me to incorporate KIBO into my STEM course for pre-service teachers.

Teaching 278

Teaching Teachers STEM Syllabus 278

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2025

We know from research that choice increases students interest and ownership of learning, leading to more motivation to complete work (Flowerday and Schraw, 2000). Teacher beliefs about instructional choice: a phenomenological study. Resources Blended Learning Models. Blended Learning Universe. link] Flowerday, T. &

Blended Learning 263

Blended Learning Learning Assignments Beliefs 263

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

al (2019), Integrative teaching benefits middle-level learners as it potentially increases student engagement, motivation, and achievement. For instance, principles from science can be linked to literature they are studying in English class. Similarly, concepts from physics can be applied to understand advancements in medical studies.

Interdisciplinary 219

Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Peer Review Discussions 219

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Students who took multiple community college courses that used only free or low-cost OER materials earned more credits over time than their peers who took classes that used traditional course materials such as textbooks, according to a new study. Students saved an average of $65 per OER course at colleges participating in the study.

Textbooks 198

Textbooks Instructors Education Participation 198

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

This positively impacts their motivation to engage with tasks. This element of choice amplifies students’ interest in their studies as they feel connected to the material they are learning about. Some might opt for the rainforest, while others may be captivated by the desert or ocean ecosystems.

Blended Learning 229

Blended Learning Learning History English 229

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. Students see evidence that their hard work is paying off and buy into the growth-oriented belief system.

Beliefs 163

Beliefs Failure Feedback Math 163

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Berry and Heick both offer continua of student investment in learning from outright rebellion to the compliant student “doing school” to the fully invested student with agency over their learning and intrinsic motivation to pursue growth. Missing just one of these variables can have a profound impact on engagement.

Student Engagement 218

Student Engagement Learning Students Middle School 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In college, I had the opportunity to travel to the tribal headquarters of various Native Nations to learn directly from tribal leaders through the Native American studies program. A central belief of Lakota people, and many other Indigenous communities, is the idea that we are all related.

Beliefs 192

Beliefs Motivation Classroom Management Culture 192

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. Nationwide research is also relatively infrequent — the most recent in-depth study of U.S. The answer?

Language 176

Language Languages Education English 176

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

“This survey shows how out-of-touch politically motivated book banning and censorship groups are,” said John Chrastka, EveryLibrary Institute Executive Director. Pro-censorship groups do not represent the vast majority of parents or guardians in their beliefs about librarians, reading, education, and civil society.”

Essay 281

Essay Exams Testing Reading 281

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

As more colleges face the reality of a declining traditional student population, there’s a common belief that adult students are where the growth is. As it turns out, the share of American higher ed enrollment that is made up of adults or those who study part-time peaked in the early 1990s at 44 percent of all higher ed enrollment.

Learning 215

Learning Beliefs Feedback Study 215

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

Take up coding, study nursing or go into engineering , they say. Hearing this context profoundly changed how I viewed Marcus’ motivations and aspirations. Purpose dives deeper than mindsets—it taps into someone’s core motivation for choosing a path. Become a lawyer, or an electrician. Of course this is easier said than done.

Motivation 167

Motivation Schools Students Middle School 167

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 190

Reading Elementary School Elementary School Beliefs 190

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

But in the end, the results almost beggared belief, according to those at the college. Chiefly, students seemed to appreciate the effort, and LS 30 has shown steady growth over the past five years, according to figures cited in a study published in February 2022.

Math 207

Math Science Teaching STEM 207

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

One is the assumption that the pedagogy Harvard and other Ivies have always practiced—close-knit groups of students and faculty living and studying together immersively on campus—is the finest in post-secondary education , with no other approach coming close, especially not online.

Science 195

Science Secondary Education Art Beliefs 195

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. I often embed study and time management strategies into the curriculum. food, water, warmth, rest, and security). self-actualization).

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

The data disproved his belief: He’d only heard from female students around one-third of the time, even though they made up nearly half his class. “It So in 2014, the senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government decided to test that assumption. The difference may be more pronounced in science classes.

Lecturing 162

Lecturing Participation Instructors Beliefs 162

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2021

Some Black teachers also studied at universities in Northern states. Undergraduate Misters live together in the same dorm, where they elect their own leaders, help each other study, and share the fun and stress of college life. “We The tuition support was a big motivator, he says.

Teachers 192

Teachers Beliefs Elementary School Elementary School 192

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The limited but growing body of research on experiential learning suggests it can deliver superior educational outcomes by facilitating practice and feedback, increasing student motivation and helping students achieve higher rates of employment and wages.

Education 209

Education Learning Culture STEM 209

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

make suboptimal decisions about when/where/how often to study. 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. prefer instructional formats that produce inferior learning outcomes.

Education 159

Education Evaluation Failure Essay 159

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Entrepreneurship studies are not solely for business course students (Hall, 2021). The proposed cross-curricular enterprise study emphasizes developing practical skills and self-awareness for starting a business, rather than integrating abstract academic studies of entrepreneurship into different degree programs.

Education 122

Education Beliefs Study Essay 122

eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2016

This belief is a myth. However, John was especially motivated to graduate so that he could get a well-paying job and be able to live on his own. One teacher learns that the secret to good online teaching is all in the approach. These issues made it extremely difficult for me to decipher his thoughts and grade his assignments.

Teaching 189

Teaching Writing Reading Feedback 189

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2019

Richard confirmed my hunch that learning by teaching is a newer and under-studied strategy that more teachers should take advantage of. Perhaps most interestingly, learning by teaching has one of the largest effect sizes of the strategies he has studied. That’s going to be motivating to see themselves as competent learners.”

Teaching 168

Teaching Learning Students Assignments 168

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It’s a problem for many of our students whose ill-founded confidence makes them think nominal study and practice time will be enough or others who reach only for low standards because they’re convinced they aren’t capable of anything more. Plenty of research documents their belief that ability determines what a person can do.

Skills 89

Skills Beliefs Motivation Feedback 89

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. I often embed study and time management strategies into the curriculum. food, water, warmth, rest, and security). self-actualization).

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 105

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. It’s something that we want to study further.” The mainland Chinese regions, along with Hong Kong and Macau, fared in the middle of the pack. “I

Testing 142

Testing Exams Intelligence Failure 142

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Entrepreneurship studies are not solely for business course students (Hall, 2021). The proposed cross-curricular enterprise study emphasizes developing practical skills and self-awareness for starting a business, rather than integrating abstract academic studies of entrepreneurship into different degree programs.

Education 105

Education Beliefs Study Essay 105

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Inside the Futures suite, offices serve as classrooms and conference rooms host group study sessions around a glossy wood table. Each class session lasts 50 minutes, and is usually followed by what’s known as a guided study session, during which students complete their homework. She wondered whether the school was a good fit.

Teachers 162

Teachers Schools Students Study 162

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

More than 75 percent of students, according to a Chinese study from 2016 , spend their evenings or Saturdays with tutors, studying core subjects, or English, or learning sports, coding, or music, either in person or online, one-to-one or in groups. Other observers read between the lines and discern another motivation.

Culture 161

Culture English Exams Cognitive Development 161

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The belief is that writing affords students extended opportunities to think about, manipulate, and transform ideas and reflect on their existing knowledge, beliefs, and confusions,” says Troia. In a pilot study I conducted last spring with partners at Writable , one teacher stated: “My students don't like writing just for me.

Feedback 135

Feedback Peer Review Writing Beliefs 135

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Effective study habits, a positive mindset, and time management skills must be added to the mixture, and do not forget to sprinkle a proactive attitude on top to improve academic performance and increase the overall college experience. Develop effective study habits Developing effective study habits is crucial for academic success.

Failure 98

Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Effective study habits, a positive mindset, and time management skills must be added to the mixture, and do not forget to sprinkle a proactive attitude on top to improve academic performance and increase the overall college experience. Develop effective study habits Developing effective study habits is crucial for academic success.

Failure 98

Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Initially, to conduct his studies, he typed out text messages by hand: “Your child has missed class two times this week.” There were studies on home visits and other interventions that showed clear benefits,” he says. Your child has three missing assignments.” Course failures dipped by 28 percent. But sometimes these efforts backfire.

Failure 117

Failure Students Assignments Beliefs 117