Catlin Tucker

MAY 10, 2016

I was tired of students always asking me about points and grades, instead of asking me about how they could improve their skills. And many do not know how to improve on the skills they are struggling with. As they work, I have conferenced with each individual student to discuss their most recent argumentative essays.

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Grades Essay Feedback Writing 420

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JUNE 28, 2024

Essay writing is a crucial skill for academic and professional success because it teaches clear, logical, and persuasive communication. In this blog post, we’ll unlock the secrets to successful essay writing and share 10 proven tips to help you level up your writing game. What is Effective Essay Writing?

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Essay Writing Plagiarism Communication 157

Catlin Tucker

MAY 9, 2019

Sometimes I didn’t even know what the format of the final exam would be…essay, multiple choice, or short answer. Students meet with their teacher in advance of finals week to decide which skills they want to focus on and have the teacher reassess. ” I never had a clear sense of what content would appear on the final.

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Exams Essay Fairness Coaching 419

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

I’ve blogged about grading for mastery of skills instead of the accumulation of points and ditching my traditional grade book in favor of an ongoing assessment document. I identify target skills and assess these critical skills over the course of the grading period. ” It’s a fair question.

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Grades Essay Exams English 419

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

The bottom line: When students are confident in their writing skills, they will be less tempted to run directly to AI to generate a writing assignment. It’s generally easy to determine if students have used an AI tool to generate a response to a writing assignment or to generate an entire essay.

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Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 329

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

Students learn that human emotions are important as AI grows Its also important to remember the limitations of AI, Taubman said, noting that students need the basic understanding of how AI works in order to question it, identify any mistakes, and use it accordingly in their careers.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2017

If students are working 0n an essay, I dedicate one station each day to providing real-time feedback as they write. I explain what I am seeing in terms of their skills and talk them through the rubric and their scores. Before we end our conversation, I turn to them and ask, “Do you have any questions?”

Grades 420

Grades Blended Learning Essay Feedback 420

eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

has partnered with Story2 , a company that teaches students to tell their stories out loud and write authentic admission essays, to use the Story2 EssayBuilder Plus platform to improve college access and readiness among its high school students. Perris Union School District in Riverside, Calif.,

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Essay Writing Communication Skills 153

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Teaching Critical Thinking Through Essay Examples: Unlocking Minds We’re exploring a fun classroom adventure where teachers teach us to think carefully and write good essays using examples. We’ll see how these great teachers turn simple essays into smart thinking tools. Why Essays? It’s a way of life.

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Critical Thinking Essay Teaching Exams 148

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. Enter a prompt, and AI can turn out a reasonable essay on everything from utilitarianism to the Krebs cycle…for free.

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Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 145

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

AP classes are focused on preparing students for the rigor of college coursework, so AP teachers need to look beyond the test to help students gain the skills and knowledge they’ll need in college and in their careers. As a result, they’re better able to identify what those questions are really asking.

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Exams Essay Testing History 319

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MAY 18, 2023

Many students dread IB essays. Read how to draft an IB extended essay below Writing Strategies for an Extended Essay in the International Baccalaureate Program IB is a rigorous two-year project for personal and academic development. One of them is the extended essay. Hence, you need all the help you can get.

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Essay Writing Plagiarism Evaluation 148

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Students are grouped based on their skill or ability levels and rotate through all the stations. Teacher 1: Provides targeted instruction tailored to each group’s needs, abilities, and skill levels. Teacher 2: Delivers the same instructional content or activity to all groups, regardless of their skill levels.

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Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

You can use their explanations to drive a debrief in which you highlight strong strategies and answer questions. If teachers are assigning homework, it would be more powerful to use that practice to encourage students to reflect on their progress and identify the gaps in their understanding of concepts and skills. 4 Real-Time Feedback.

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Teachers Essay Feedback Quizzes 420

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 17, 2017

Students honed their research skills, organized their information, watched flipped videos on how to complete various aspects of the paper, like citing properly, and they received detailed feedback from me the entire way through! I also added static comments with questions, suggestions, and links to additional resources that might be useful.

Grades 420

Grades Feedback Essay Blended Learning 420

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Below is an image of teacher responses to the following questions: What are the benefits and challenges of the whole group, teacher-led model from your perspective? What: Teaching techniques designed to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners with varied needs, skills, abilities, and language proficiencies.

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Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning Motivation 544

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Many teachers already are rethinking assessments and assignments to shift the question from how students will use AI to cheat, to how students can learn to use AI responsibly. Students analyze, evaluate, and critique the technology’s answers in order to build strong information literacy skills.

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Plagiarism Education Assignments Essay 332

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

While 89 percent of teachers reported in a recent survey that they believe generative AI will have an impact on teaching, recent reporting in the Wall Street Journal and The74 have rightly identified some of AI’s limitations in education, questioning the technology’s ability to serve as, for example, an effective tutor.

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Teaching Essay Teaching Methods Intelligence 327

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

His essay, Money Cant Buy Happiness, included valuable reflections on emotional fulfillment and references to The Great Gatsby, yet his ideas were scattered and the language needed refinement. For example, students can prompt ChatGPT with Help me outline a persuasive essay on solar energy, and it will provide a structured outline.

English 302

English Writing Teaching Essay 302

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Before we usher in the 2025-2026 EdSurge Voices of Change Fellows, we want to reflect on the important themes our recent cohort of fellows wrote about in their personal essays. Now I realize it is not only about being there for them, but about passing on the skills I have gained to live with my neurodivergence.

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Education Essay Culture Math 120

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

It begs the question, What is the value of racing through material if students don’t understand or retain it? Writing Assignments: Writing tasks, whether creative stories, essays, or research papers, require students to think critically, organize their thoughts, write a draft, and revise based on feedback.

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Teachers Art Feedback Writing 481

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

It could be a video, a photo essay, a 3D rendering, or even an interpretive dance performance. Combining PBL with makerspaces (also called maker education) gives educators an infinite number of projects, assignments, and activities that engage students and truly immerse them in learning.

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Curriculum Failure Essay Art 304

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

Software is great for generating immediate, automated feedback on students’ mastery of basic knowledge and skills. Consider, for example, essay grading. And software can’t coach soft skills—such as working effectively in teams, navigating interpersonal conflict, setting personal goals, and persevering through obstacles.

Essay 264

Essay Feedback Intelligence Coaching 264

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. Enter a prompt, and AI can turn out a reasonable essay on everything from utilitarianism to the Krebs cycle…for free.

Essay 98

Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 98

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

AI’s rise in popularity has brought with it questions about ethics, skills students will need for workplace success, and how to balance negatives with positives when it comes to teaching with this new generative tool. Here are five insights around AI in education: What is the best AI tool for teachers? Now prove me wrong.”

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Ethics Education Internet Essay 298

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In this article, I’ll focus on preparation for the SAT essay portion. General preparation hints include: practice good writing with every school essay students write. Revision Assistant — practice writing over a long term and receive targeted feedback to improve skill. take practice tests.

Essay 98

Essay Mobile Devices Exams Writing 98

eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2025

AI-powered writing assistants help students refine their essays and creative writing, offering suggestions that improve clarity and expression. AI Dungeon : Great for improving writing skills, imagination, and decision-making. Deep Dream Generator : Uses AI to transform photos into artistic, dreamlike images.

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Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Essay Art 248

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Students often demonstrate their learning through written explanations in the forms of short answer questions and essays. Demonstrating learning needs to move from testing memorization to showcasing transferable skills. This hands-on approach fosters critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

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Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 339

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

You can pose a question for a future column here. How can I best support students with very poor writing skills when the class is not one specifically focused on writing? Kerry Moore, assistant professor of social work at Vanguard University of Southern California Let me start by saying that I hear this question frequently.

Writing 155

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 155

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

Creating an online graphic organizer on the animal kingdom doesn’t necessarily conflate with knowing how to compare-contrast (a skill mentioned thirty-eight times by Common Core between kindergarten and eighth grade). The question is: Will they participate safely? mouse skills. Internet use. Basics for a digital device.

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Skills Students Plagiarism Knowledge 155

Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2023

It’s time for handwritten essays in class without devices. In these same conversations, I hear teachers eager to revert back to timed writing by hand, the five-paragraph essay, and other formulaic approaches to writing. They scored ChatGPT’s work using the same College Board rubric their essays were evaluated against.

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Essay Writing Plagiarism Discussions 216

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

It’s just more complex and time consuming, he says, to gauge how much a student has learned about, say, how to weigh two competing views of a historical event in an essay assignment. It might seem counterintuitive that the same technology threatening to hinder student learning might be used to boost it.

Essay 205

Essay Social Studies Education Critical Thinking 205

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2017

Schwab profiles a report titled “2017 Designs in Tech” which references writing as among the unicorn skills in design. Paralleling writing with the rare and sought after creature who displays great power dismissed any questions I had about professional relevance. My success is based on my ability to put my skills to good use.

Writing 225

Writing Technology Education Essay 225

eSchool News

JULY 28, 2017

They then create a persuasive video essay as well as a watercolor painting showing why their chosen nominee best displays the qualities of peace. Teaching Basic Technological Skills. Every year when we start this project, I’m overwhelmed by just how many technical skills are woven in. Named for our school, David C.

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Essay Students History Grades 242

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2015

It supports several question types, including multiple choice, true/false, short answers and essays. In addition, questions can include passages, images and video and educators have the ability to set assessment parameters such as time limits.

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Quizzes Essay Education Testing 233

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

To be clear, this assignment would require students to analyze documents and write their own responses using evidence, which are important skills of course, but it would inevitably lead to me manically red inking papers that ultimately were written because I assigned an essay that would only ever be read by me. To what end?

Assignments 205

Assignments Essay History Social Studies 205

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Many teachers are exceptional public speakers and storytellers and should not be deterred from using their skills in their classrooms. When a skilled lecturer incorporates these strategies, students are more likely to feel engaged and involved throughout the entire lesson.

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Essay Teaching Lecturing Coaching 167