Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

Meanwhile, in my online section of the same course, students worked through carefully crafted modules at their own pace, their participation in discussion boards ebbing and flowing unpredictably. One of the most powerful techniques in my traditional classroom is the think-pair-share discussion format.

Active Learning 66

Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 66

Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

Discuss how Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Whoopi Goldberg, etc. By discussing the many success stories of famous people who overcame great adversity through perseverance, you can make a real impact on a struggling student’s life. When you scroll through social media, you’ll see perfect grades, perfect families, perfect everything.

Teaching 97

Teaching Failure Students Feedback 97

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. Flipped Classroom 2.0 This incremental mastery builds confidence and reduces cognitive overload.

Critical Thinking 89

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 89

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. Flipped Classroom 2.0 This incremental mastery builds confidence and reduces cognitive overload.

Critical Thinking 95

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 95

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Create community guidelines for discussions that include intention and impact/anti-bias language. Immediately address ableist /biased remarks in the classroom through discussion. Examine course syllabi to make sure policies (late work, absence, participation grades, etc.)

Accessibility 96

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 96

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Gen ed is great, so why is it discussed as a “hurdle.” Currently, she is in a general psychology course, and although she finds the concepts interesting, she is grinding her way through online discussion boards to finish her degree. She is not being asked to manufacture responses to hypothetical scenarios on weekly discussion boards.

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Syllabus Education Ethics Instructors 95

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Online courses can quickly become overwhelming as the emails, discussion posts, and papers roll in like the next COVID-19 variant. At our institution, low-tech and familiar options like phone calls and photos worked well to meet students’ needs for immediate feedback with a low level of stress.

eLearning 70

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 70

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Online courses can quickly become overwhelming as the emails, discussion posts, and papers roll in like the next COVID-19 variant. At our institution, low-tech and familiar options like phone calls and photos worked well to meet students’ needs for immediate feedback with a low level of stress.

eLearning 68

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 68

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

English learners often face challenges in understanding lessons, participating in discussions and completing assignments , which can lead to lower achievement and increased feelings of isolation. I feel more confident when working in groups because I can understand what's being discussed and can communicate with others. an EB student.

English 130

English Languages Language Assignments 130

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2025

WordPress Use a free WordPress blog, but instead convert the pages to topics discussed below. Include not only the step-by-step, but samples, artifacts, assessment strategies, feedback from students and parents, and reflections from you after it’s completed. Here’s an example. Here’s how. Save them until requested.

Teaching Philosophy 83

Teaching Philosophy Knowledge Feedback Language 83

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Gen ed is great, so why is it discussed as a “hurdle.” Currently, she is in a general psychology course, and although she finds the concepts interesting, she is grinding her way through online discussion boards to finish her degree. She is not being asked to manufacture responses to hypothetical scenarios on weekly discussion boards.

Syllabus 52

Syllabus Education Ethics Instructors 52

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level. When considering a teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge, eliciting student feedback is paramount. Rotate roles to ensure individual accountability and contribution.

Assignments 73

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 73

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Earlier this year, I administered a survey to my students, asking them to evaluate my classroom management skills and provide feedback on our classroom. The Moment I Came Around As I reflected on the level of choice I give to students, and the degree of authority I have over them, I recalled my own schooling during fifth grade in Ms.

Multiple Choice Questions 113

Multiple Choice Questions History Students Beliefs 113

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Download it here: [link] In higher education, we often track student success through grades, credit hours, and retention rates. Each semester, the surveys were refined based on student feedback and changing classroom dynamics. Each chapter is co-authored with students who lived the realities we discuss.

Disabilities 54

Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 54

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Start the year off with foundational lessons based on CCSS from the previous grade (or even the grade below that) to ensure students have the tools they need to succeed. Once reluctant learners know that success is in their control, you’ll find their grades starting to rise.

High School 52

High School High School Beliefs Schools 52

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level. When considering a teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge, eliciting student feedback is paramount. Rotate roles to ensure individual accountability and contribution.

Assignments 62

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 62

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. Platforms like Zoom or Google Classroom enable real-time discussions, while forums foster ongoing dialogue beyond scheduled sessions. Something broke in American education these past years. I went out to our international contributors for ideas.

Hybrid Learning 135

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Multi-sensory learning techniques, such as hands-on activities, visual aids, and interactive discussions, further enhance understanding and retention. Thats why AEF schedules quarterly conferences where teachers, staff, and parents sit down to discuss student progress, strengths, and areas that need extra attention.

Skills 137

Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

With these engaging 7th grade writing prompts, students will dive into a world of self-expression. Challenge your advanced writers with writing prompts for middle school that go beyond 7th grade expectations. Informational Writing Choice Board (Distance Learning) By Swain in the Middle Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS W5.2,

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Writing Grades Essay Middle School 52

k12

JULY 10, 2025

Discussion Forums: Some programs include online forums where students can continue conversations beyond the classroom. Supporting your child in joining these discussions—even casually—can reinforce the material and help them feel part of a learning community. Interactive Games: Learning can (and should!)

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

k12

JULY 18, 2025

These platforms enable teachers to create and deliver course materials, post assignments, review work, and host discussion forums—all in one place—for students and parents. Discuss age-restricted websites with your child. Moodle, Canvas, and Blackboard are popular learning management systems. Age limitations. Personal information.

Skills 52

Skills Internet Students Assignments 52

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Photo by Louis Bryant III for CalMatters Grade inflation in high school contributed to those pandemic-era gaps, said Lesley Davidson-Boyd, associate vice president of California State University, San Bernardino. Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said.

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Math English Lecturing High School 88

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Fun Debate Topics Persuasive Speaking Activity Middle School, High School By Lindsay Ann Learning Grades: 6th-9th Subjects: English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening Standards: CCSS SL.9-10.4, Should grades matter a lot when it comes to a student’s future career? Which is more harmful: online videos or endless television?

High School 52

High School High School Schools Counselling 52

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Boise’s One Stone doesn’t resemble your typical high school—here you won’t find classrooms, teachers or even letter grades. Starting a school like ours meant taking a lot of risks, and after some some open discussion in culture club, we realized one key trait—vulnerability—is what enhances our ability to connect with each other.

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Failure Feedback Culture Students 297

Teach Hub

MAY 20, 2025

Whether youre juggling multiple classes, trying to keep parents in the loop, or just trying to stay organized between all the grading and lesson planning, the right electronic gradebook can take a lot off your plate. It has a clean interface and strong support, and the grading tools are quite effective.

Teachers 90

Teachers Assignments Grades Feedback 90

Catlin Tucker

MAY 10, 2016

At the start of this year, I wrote a blog titled “ Grading for Mastery and Redesigning My Gradebook ,” which detailed my desire to rethink assessment in my classroom. I was tired of students always asking me about points and grades, instead of asking me about how they could improve their skills.

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Grades Essay Feedback Writing 420

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2017

Students collaborating kindly, on and offline While I love how Google is tackling the difficult to discuss issue of Internet safety with their new program, it’s really just going to turn into just another initiative unless we as teachers take the digital lessons it’s trying to teach and apply it to our own practices.

Internet 199

Internet Students Curriculum Feedback 199

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

CoderZ, an award-winning, cloud-based robotics and STEM platform, is helping educators introduce computer science in elementary and early middle school with its new Code Farm coding and robotics course for grades four through six. Creating and collaborating on projects.

Grades 288

Grades STEM Ethics Middle School 288

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Example: Two Teacher-Led Stations – One Differentiated, One Guided Reading and Discussion Reading Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2 Teacher 1 provides targeted instruction based on each group’s needs: Group 1 (Below Grade Level): Students work on identifying key details in a simplified fable with additional visual supports.

Teaching 395

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. York found that TeachFX listened to her very carefully, and generated a detailed feedback report on her specific teaching style. TeachFX is easy to use, York says.

Feedback 218

Feedback Teachers Language Languages 218

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

It’s exciting to see so many teachers trying this blended learning model and creating opportunities for small group instruction, real-time feedback, collaboration, and differentiated learning. 2) Switch up your groups! ” 9) Give yourself permission NOT to grade everything kids do in stations. I don’t grade practice.

Teachers 418

Teachers Feedback Blended Learning Grades 418

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Instead of collecting homework or practice activities and grading that work for accuracy, teachers can encourage pairs or small groups of students to spend time assessing their work using an answer key or exemplar and rubric. Teachers can use a weekly feedback from to streamline feedback and make this practice a sustainable part of each week.

Blended Learning 506

Blended Learning Feedback Achievement Coaching 506

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

As they discuss the challenge or problem, observe them. Many teachers collect homework and take piles of student work home to grade. Homework is designed to be practice, so I’ve never understood why it is graded and often becomes punitive. 4 Real-Time Feedback. 1 Hook the Group. 3 Homework Check & Review.

Teachers 420

Teachers Essay Feedback Quizzes 420

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

This has been accompanied by a growing demand for educators to provide quality feedback in a timely manner. Krystina Wood As a 13-year veteran at Toledo High School in Toledo, Washington, Wood was looking for a way to improve her feedback loop with students. I wasn’t seeing everything and wasn’t giving feedback on all of their work.

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Feedback Math Teachers Students 196

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

With the time it takes to score and give feedback on student work deterring many writing teachers from assigning lengthier writing tasks, and with the long turnaround time most students wait to receive grades and feedback, there is significant timesaving and learning potential in an AI helping grade student work.

Grades 186

Grades Essay Teachers Feedback 186

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment. Present-Pause-Discuss. A present–pause–discuss format allows the teacher to focus on introducing one concept or skill at a time. Each section has a different purpose and can be modified as needed given the length of a class.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Discussions 546

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

Teachers can pop in and out of breakout rooms while students discuss academic topics and collaborate around shared tasks, but it isn’t the same as walking around a classroom with watchful eyes and attentive ears. Then they can work collaboratively to discuss what that standard might look like broken up into clear success criteria.

Learning 543

Learning Knowledge Discussions Writing 543