Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It creates an environment where mistakes are seen not as failures but as opportunities for growth and exploration. In pairs or groups, students can compare their answers to an answer key or a strong exemplar and work together to check, correct, and discuss their questions.

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Evaluation Assignments Failure Discussions 428

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Reduces Fear of Failure When students receive feedback that focuses on the process rather than just the end result, they are less likely to fear failure. By encouraging students to delve deeply into their work and the feedback they receive, these three questions pave the way for enhanced understanding, growth, and academic success.

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Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 363

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Last year we engaged Evergreen Education Group on a journey around the world to answer that question. To hear Linda Darling-Hammond lead a discussion on Impact Portraits, register now for Education On Air. During Education on Air on Sunday December 3rd, we will share the findings in Impact Portraits. Getting Real Input from the Ground.

Failure 279

Failure Schools Study Questions 279

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

The issue is not just that K-12 education lacks challenging work; its that the system actively discourages failure. In contrast, the ungraded, complex assignments I encountered in college allowed me to struggle through difficult concepts, ask questions, and refine my understanding in a way that simply wasnt possible in high school.

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Failure Assignments Education Secondary Education 175

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

#ICE18: Rushton Hurley Discusses Tactics for Leading a Digital Media Revolution. He discusses the ideal ways to successfully l ead your school through the deployment of a new classroom technology and why digital media can empower students to take ownership of their learning. meghan.bogardu…. Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:30.

Discussions 121

Discussions Gamification Failure English 121

eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I started smiling on the first day and felt like a total failure. If you’re like me, around the third or fourth hour of each day you might begin to question your decisions in the classroom and might even wonder if you have chosen the right career. Consider equitable systems for calling on students to participate in discussions.

Teachers 322

Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 322

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Last week, Meyer joined in on a very special Google On Air Hangout for a live discussion around exactly that topic—the “core assumptions” of personalized learning, where Meyer thinks PL helps or hurts classroom learning, and how technology fits into all of this. Dan Meyer: That's a great question with a very contested answer.

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Questions Math Learning Grades 147

eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Slooh then combines their pictures, text, and questions to challenge students to further their understanding. 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.).

STEM 283

STEM Science Failure History 283

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

I started smiling on the first day and felt like a total failure. If you’re like me, around the third or fourth hour of each day you might begin to question your decisions in the classroom and might even wonder if you have chosen the right career. Consider equitable systems for calling on students to participate in discussions.

Teachers 283

Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 283

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 239

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?”

Culture 198

Culture Failure Participation Discussions 198

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2018

If you’re considering becoming an online ESL teacher, ask yourself the following four questions. Video: A teacher testimonial discussions qualifications, hours and pay. They will help you decide if your best option is to tutor independently or work as a contracted employee with an established online school. Where’s the Money?

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Questions Teaching Failure Discussions 132

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2021

For this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we’re revising an episode from the summer that looks at a teaching fad from the 1960s and ’70s that has almost vanished from the discussion. Even Keller later admitted it was a failure, calling it a “flash in the pan.” At some point, gamification was going to be the answer.

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Teaching Gamification Failure Lecturing 194

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

One of the latest people to tackle those questions is Josh Eyler, in a new book called “ How Humans Learn.” Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast. Eyler: That is the perennial question. Much of what surprised me most makes up a lot of the final chapter, which is on failure.

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Art Science Teaching Failure 167

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

Problems take the form of a question such as, “How might we design a classroom habitat for plants and animals to co-exist?” Overcoming the Fear of Failure Ironically, one of the biggest hurdles in utilizing design thinking is something that is integral to the process: accepting failure. the end users). Is It All Worth It?

Failure 168

Failure Teaching Disabilities Curriculum 168

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

One day I had been planning to discuss metacognition—a learning strategy I teach to my middle-school students. This raises two questions for me: How can we turn eleven-year-olds who have internalized failure into students like Abby who retain information for years? We’d discuss and students would get immediate feedback.

Teaching 168

Teaching Failure Quizzes Learning 168

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

I discussed how we won’t see desired changes in student learning outcomes until we change what students experience in their schools on a day-to-day basis. One of the obligatory questions in the interview process is What will you do if you disagree with the Governor? 5 big questions for the Iowa Council on Educator Development.

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Questions Schools Fairness Failure 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Basically they argue that students should be challenged with a problem even if they can’t properly solve it because they haven’t learned the material yet, and then the failure to solve it will motivate them to watch the lecture looking for the necessary information.

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Lecturing Learning Instructors Failure 213

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. Technology has helped me answer those questions.

Discussions 168

Discussions Failure Textbooks Lecturing 168

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tie-ins: Use this not only for holidays but any academic class by creating an artistic image of the topic being discussed. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Pass out the questions (organized by categories) that will be part of the Team Challenge.

Activities 171

Activities Learning Art Attention 171

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

Learning is often a social process, taking place through dialogue, discussion and other forms of interpersonal interaction. With more and more students learning remotely, the #DLNchat community set out last week to answer the question: How can universities create meaningful community for online students? We have to gain trust.”.

Failure 136

Failure Instructors Discussions Culture 136

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Tie-ins: Use this not only for holidays but any academic class by creating an artistic image of the topic being discussed. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Pass out the questions (organized by categories) that will be part of the Team Challenge.

Activities 174

Activities Learning Attention Failure 174

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2022

These questions swirled around my head like leaves blowing in the wind. One example of “best” practice is the widespread popularity of SLANT—Sit Up, Listen, Ask Questions, Nod, and Track the Speaker. In the book, she discusses the best way to teach Black children. What was I negotiating?

Culture 183

Culture Failure Students Beliefs 183

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. After the major shifts of the Covid era, the question still remains: What’s next? This year at St.

Schools 335

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 335

Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

In my latest book, “ Coding as a Playground ,” I discuss how playpens keep children safe, but they also keep them isolated. The Value of Failure In this kind of classroom, you see a lot of failure, just as you would on the playground. At the social level, you see conflicts between kids who both want the same toy.

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Failure Art Essay Math 166

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. Knee: A set of case studies about some of the biggest edtech failures, with amazing lessons for current companies.

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Syllabus Education Failure Knowledge 156

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The average student gets just two of the ten questions right. But failure is the whole point of the exercise. One of the failure points of international marketing is human beings’ inability to understand, appreciate, and exploit cultural differences. Failure is the point of the exercise,” he says.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Model them, discuss them with students and reflect on what they add to your innovation toolkit: Flex your empathy muscle: Schools are full of hustle and flow, constant fires and a variety of other tensions. Listen, ask questions and be genuinely curious about their experience in the moment. We are made to triumphantly fail forward.

Failure 164

Failure Multidisciplinary Testing Skills 164

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

A note: Any time students use the internet, start with a discussion on how to use it safely. In my classes, students must qualify to use Minecraft by answering a series of questions I pose. How students answer this question is always interesting. Discuss why you collaborated with others in surviving this world.

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Writing Reading Teaching Evaluation 199

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2022

There’s a lot to be learned from failure. Here’s more detail on how students learn fro m failure. Don’t feel like you have to know the answer to every question. This could be by sharing it with you, posting it to a class blog, embedding it into a Discussion Forum, or uploading it to their digital portfolio.

Skills 167

Skills Failure Learning Knowledge 167

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

After a family discussion, we decided he would repeat Algebra 1 in ninth grade,” Lynem, a journalism lecturer, wrote in CalMatters. The state around her is grappling with similar questions. Not all students are ready for algebra in middle school, and so this can lead to “massive failure rates,” he says.

Math 203

Math Schools Middle School Middle School 203

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sometimes we had an agenda and sometimes it was a virtual open office for teachers to show up and ask questions. In other words, the question is not “How do we get teachers to participate in professional development?” In fact, educational leadership experts say that culture is always at play in a school’s success or failure.

Teachers 218

Teachers Coaching Schools Counselling 218

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.

Failure 111

Failure STEM Discussions Participation 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

From those 20 ideas, the groups narrowed it down to three, which they discussed in detail, considering both research-based and personal experiences. The mind mapping exercise allowed students to visually connect their thoughts and discussions from day one. Each group member took notes to guide the next stage of the project.

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Collaborative Research Writing Failure Students 104

Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 26, 2015

The ability to provide services during power failures and network outages doesn’t happen by accident. When looking to outsource technology, schools and districts should ask questions around how the provider plans and reacts during a power outage, loss of network connectivity, component failure (e.g.

Failure 89

Failure Testing Questions Discussions 89

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Yet, when it came to student-facing work she noted teachers have the most important role to play—words that sparked discussions on Twitter. Yet what failure looks like, and how that can be accepted in schools where the collateral is students, led to debate. Where is it helpful?

Educational Technologies 122

Educational Technologies Technology Failure Education 122

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.

Coaching 218

Coaching Teachers Evaluation Feedback 218