Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It promotes ownership of learning, motivating students to be more engaged, active participants in their education. It creates an environment where mistakes are seen not as failures but as opportunities for growth and exploration. The beauty of self-assessment lies in the empowerment it provides learners.

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Evaluation Assignments Failure Discussions 428

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

And if we’re discussing transformations in geometry, I urge them to consider the movements of their favorite football players across the field. As each of us eventually learns, life isn’t as simple as right or wrong, failure or success. These are all examples of ways I help all students get a practical grasp of what math truly is.

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Math Failure Study Participation 279

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

They will have some amazing successes—and some failures—as they light the way forward and the rest of us endlessly discuss the potential uses and abuses of AI in our classrooms. I participate in a podcast called AI Café , hosted by BAM Radio, where we’ve talked about a plethora of topics connected to AI in education.

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Education Intelligence Failure Feedback 330

eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I started smiling on the first day and felt like a total failure. Consider equitable systems for calling on students to participate in discussions. In my own classroom, I use fishbowl strategies to encourage discussions and debates. That did not work for me at all. I finally asked myself what does work.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Students often learn best by doing and by being active participants in the learning process. We talked about what happened and tied what they already knew about celestial occurrences into the discussion. Ironically, students seem to enjoy the failures even more than the successes.).

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STEM Science Failure History 280

eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2025

Yes No Teachers should set their own classroom policies Δ Google and Vivacity , which provides turnkey Chromebook devices and support to K-12 schools, recently invited edtech leaders to a series of roundtable discussions at Googles Chrome Experience Center in San Jose, California.

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Schools Failure Discussions Participation 248

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

I started smiling on the first day and felt like a total failure. Consider equitable systems for calling on students to participate in discussions. In my own classroom, I use fishbowl strategies to encourage discussions and debates. That did not work for me at all. I finally asked myself what does work.

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 280

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Not to mention their further education when the time comes to write dissertations and other research papers: Afraid of poor grades and stipend loss, ESL students get tempted to plagiarize from others or use writing services from third parties to prevent failures and get the desired diploma.

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Writing Skills Essay Language 281

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2024

However, these worksheets merely listed definitions and coping mechanisms without providing engaging content or opportunities for meaningful discussion. This program aimed to blend their passion for basketball with meaningful discussions on emotional expression and self-worth. How did you overcome it?”

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Culture Failure Participation Discussions 194

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2018

In one NASEF class, English 9 and Game Design , participating students develop English-language skills by writing about topics covering the history of esports to comparing mythological heroes from literature to those in video games. Please join the discussion on Twitter by using the #ConnectIT hashtag. . . by Joe McAllister.

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Teachers English Failure Participation 167

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

Earlier this summer, I traveled to Dallas to participate in a training on design thinking led by staff from Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design , better known as the d.school, which pioneered the approach. doing things instead of simply discussing them—are key facets of the process. Is It All Worth It?

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Failure Teaching Disabilities Curriculum 168

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Some activities are low-stakes, some are linked to evaluative assessments of their work, and one is entirely merit-based and influenced by their participation in the course. They can actually learn from failure, so there is really no cost to fail. We don’t want you to be a failure. We want you to fail productively.

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Failure Assignments Quizzes Motivation 165

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. Low-stakes practice: Use frequent formative assessments such as polls, quizzes, games, or writing and discussion prompts to reinforce and retrieve essential concepts. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 121

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

I do not hold to the essentialist thinking that puts teachers into categories of “will participate in professional development” and “will not participate in professional development,” but rather, I follow the context principle as discussed in Todd Rose’s “The End of Average.” There are so many dehumanizing workplaces.

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Teachers Coaching Schools Counselling 218

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2022

I was participating in a DEI Cohort sponsored by The Education Equity Center of St. While discussing literature, Dr. Rudine Sims Bishops once stated: Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. In the book, she discusses the best way to teach Black children.

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Culture Failure Students Beliefs 187

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

Failure to understand this can lead to the loss of your opportunity to serve in the capacity of president. Years ago, I recall participating in a multi-day strategic planning session. These charges are critical and should guide all day-to-day efforts in the advancement of the institutional mission and service to your students.

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Failure Textbooks Learning History 160

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2019

The thing is, I really wanted to contribute to class discussions. To this day, when I want to contribute to a discussion, raising my hand makes my heart beat a bit faster. For example, I was recently in a faculty meeting, and I was eager to contribute to the discussion. I just didn’t always know how to.

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Discussions Failure Textbooks Culture 168

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

You are feeling confident that, after 20 minutes or so of prep time, students will engage in a lively discussion on the theme of regional identities in the post-Civil War era where they acknowledge one another’s contributions, weave in conflicting viewpoints and dig deeper into the source material to arrive at new conclusions. Henry starts.

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Failure STEM Discussions Participation 108

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

It’s a 6-lesson course that gathers coworkers to discuss trending educational topics and philosophies, and our colleagues have found that it has been helpful in helping them succeed in their roles. Then, we ask Seminar participants put their entrepreneurial hats on and pitch ideas for a business. Class Clowns ” by Jonathan A.

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Syllabus Education Failure Knowledge 156

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Vrain Valley School District, we will continue to provide our teachers with ample opportunities to collaborate, discuss, and share resources and strategies to enhance their understanding of AI and the potential benefits of AI tools. This year at St. –David Baker, Professional Development Coordinator.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 333

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

He had just approved my participation in a teacher leadership program. Here are just some of the things that would need to change in order for me — and maybe others like me — to consider pursuing a principal role: Political leaders must demonstrate openness to others’ ideas to bring back civil discussions in our communities and schools.

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Schools Failure Attention Participation 187

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. Low-stakes practice: Use frequent formative assessments such as polls, quizzes, games, or writing and discussion prompts to reinforce and retrieve essential concepts. 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

When we feel like students’ every movement is a reflection of our professional competency or personal failure, it is easy to focus more on enforcing student compliance than cultivating student joy. Ultimately, it hurts students when teachers approach our work from a place of stress and fear.

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Coaching Teachers Evaluation Feedback 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

She didn’t try to be my best friend and she didn’t make excuses for my third-grade failures. A lesson in the effect of railroads on opening up the American West may morph to a discussion on the Underground Railroad. It was a challenge to correct her without having her shut down, declare herself a failure, and move on.

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Teachers Failure Quizzes Knowledge 136

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Active learning: Engage in active learning techniques such as participating in class discussions, asking questions, and seeking clarification on challenging topics. Collaboration: Form study groups or seek out peers for discussions and knowledge sharing. Failure should be viewed as part of the learning experience.

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Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Active learning: Engage in active learning techniques such as participating in class discussions, asking questions, and seeking clarification on challenging topics. Collaboration: Form study groups or seek out peers for discussions and knowledge sharing. Failure should be viewed as part of the learning experience.

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Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 97

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

After reading and discussing it, we created our own version of the model pioneered at ASB called the Keala`ula (“the shining path”) Innovations Institute. Instead, we relied on activities that were more tailored to participants and helped them collaborate with each other.

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Teachers Coaching Schools Failure 155

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

The remaining 36 hours of the event were spent discussing innovation where the institution was the end user, not students. So when we talk about innovation, why are students missing as active participants in the conversation? When we talk about innovation, why are students missing as active participants in the conversation?

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Motivation Students Failure Participation 117

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

To be prepared for success, struggling students need just as many opportunities to participate in self-directed learning and to develop autonomy as high-achieving students. I teach my students that failure is an opportunity for growth and that they shouldn’t be afraid to try new things, but sometimes it’s hard to take my own advice.

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Learning Assignments Students Motivation 160

Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

Many discussions have highlighted uncertainty about how colleges will support the academic pathways of students beyond their initial enrollment to ensure degree persistence. The stakes are high and so are the needs of our students.

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Education Learning Outcomes Study Failure 209

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2025

This reverence may lead to reserved behavior in the classroom, hindering active participation. This deference to authority may manifest as reticence, timidity, or reluctance to participate in class activities and discussions (Wan, 2021). Creating a safe space in the classroom for international students is crucial.

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Feedback Culture Learning Students 96

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

The most important part of exploring innovative ideas is sharing your successes (and failures) with your peers so that your ideas can be duplicated, built upon and customized to work in other environments. That’s why I’m participating in the #NGLCchat.

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History Critical Thinking Learning Interdisciplinary 136

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

It started last summer, when I participated in Adjacent Academies , a new experiential learning program for college students that combines technical skills training with liberal arts. One year ago, the changes we are seeing would have sent me, then a sophomore at Davidson College, into a panic. But this summer, I'm not worried.

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Students Failure Beliefs Skills 153

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2025

This reverence may lead to reserved behavior in the classroom, hindering active participation. This deference to authority may manifest as reticence, timidity, or reluctance to participate in class activities and discussions (Wan, 2021). Creating a safe space in the classroom for international students is crucial.

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Feedback Culture Learning Students 89

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Failure is a learning tool. Assessment might include a quiz or test, but it also judges the student’s transfer of knowledge from other classes, their tenacity in digging into the topic, their participation in classroom discussions, and more. It means you differentiate for the needs of your parents.

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Critical Thinking Textbooks Gamification Knowledge 163

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Part 2 discusses how you can redesign assignments using the TRUST model to serve as a pedagogical tool. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.” Redesigning assignments can reduce the potential for cheating with AI.

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Academic Integrity Failure Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Part 2 discusses how you can redesign assignments using the TRUST model to serve as a pedagogical tool. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.” Redesigning assignments can reduce the potential for cheating with AI.

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Academic Integrity Failure Assignments Universal Design 98