Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The most common way to do this is with some kind of a test, which traditionally happens at the end of a unit — a final exam of some kind. You want to create the kind of culture where formative assessments are not intimidating. Any time we teach our students something , we need to check to see how well they learned it.

Multiple Choice Questions 125

Multiple Choice Questions Culture Questions Grades 125

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Or, in an Italian Studies class, students could create an open access eBook that teaches younger students about the Italian language and culture (see “ Empowering College Students to be OER Creators and Curators ”). Students can often learn more from productive failure than from success (Sinha & Kapur, 2021).

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Or, in an Italian Studies class, students could create an open access eBook that teaches younger students about the Italian language and culture (see “ Empowering College Students to be OER Creators and Curators ”). Students can often learn more from productive failure than from success (Sinha & Kapur, 2021).

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

The district’s proximity to big technology companies at the heart of Silicon Valley also seemed like a cultural fit for this kind of futuristic learning. Is mixed data enough to call a program a failure? TTO is also aligned with Common Core standards and runs on the Chromebooks that the district had invested in.

Learning 146

Learning Multiple Choice Questions Math Evaluation 146

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2020

At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success. Thinking Games.

Activities 122

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 122

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? These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008).

Teaching 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

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? These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008).

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Back channels give students the opportunity to have their own conversations, to share questions and comments, and, yes, memes and jokes that, in our experience, are a strategy that allow students to shape the culture of the classroom. It might seem counterintuitive, but a rich backchannel can make individuals more inclined to speak up.

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

I’ve seen a number of tools that pass the privacy tests and offer tutoring on specific national and state standards and exams which are very attractive to schools if the price is right. Schools can reduce their risk of data breaches by fostering a culture of cybersecurity best practices among students, parents, educators, and staff.

Schools 337

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Back channels give students the opportunity to have their own conversations, to share questions and comments, and, yes, memes and jokes that, in our experience, are a strategy that allow students to shape the culture of the classroom. It might seem counterintuitive, but a rich backchannel can make individuals more inclined to speak up.

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success. Thinking Games.

Activities 76

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 76

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success. Thinking Games.

Activities 76

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 76

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

I attended Boston Latin School, a public exam school in Boston. I'm sure the reasons for that decision are many, but we have a cultural and systemic problem around a failure of listening in a way that would get us to truth, that would get us to facts that would lead to an engagement with science and more informed decisions.

Art 202

Art Science Reading Failure 202

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Because the brain is a complicated organ; it's embedded in social systems, in cultural systems, and it's constantly learning. And so, even though students hate cumulative exams, those are the ones that actually force them to keep encountering the material repeatedly over the course of a year in order to make sure that it gets in there.

Teaching 141

Teaching Laboratory Motivation Testing 141

k12 Online Schools

MAY 6, 2025

Parental Pressure We often feel guilty when our kids are bored, interpreting it as a failure to engage them. In highly structured, exam-focused systems, any form of “free time” is viewed as wasted time. Instant Entertainment Access to tablets, phones, and TV makes fixing boredom too easy.

Intelligence 52

Intelligence Evaluation Interdisciplinary Writing 52