Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. Students were getting the feedback they needed faster.

Feedback 218

Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 218

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Giving feedback in university courses allows for the provision of supportive ideas for improvement, elaboration, and/or heightened thinking as students prepare for job factors outside of their university preparation. Feedback Literacy.

Feedback 119

Feedback Reading Disabilities Assignments 119

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tutoring can make writing less of an isolating process because students can access different audiences and, as a result, receive feedback that is in the function of its message and not only for the sake of a grade. Tutoring practices that include non-evaluative feedback and mindful approaches support writers’ growth holistically.

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Evaluation Feedback Writing Language 96

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This summer I read Starr Stackstein’s book Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School. Their first task was to read through and rewrite the standards in a way that made sense to them. Another column is dedicated to teacher feedback.

Grades 420

Grades Feedback English Evaluation 420

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Facilitate peer feedback. Students can talk through their plans for a writing assignment or share a thesis statement and receive feedback. Practice an oral presentation and get feedback. Gather reading samples from students to evaluate their reading level and share with parents. Group storytelling.

Exams 325

Exams Feedback Assignments English 325

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

The 5Es instructional model is composed of the following stages: 1) Engage, 2) Explore, 3) Explain, 4) Elaborate, and 5) Evaluate. Evaluate: Assess the Effectiveness. Members of the PLC will need to collect artifacts of student learning and student feedback to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy, technique, or model.

Teachers 427

Teachers Blended Learning Learning Evaluation 427

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Cabin John MD – Early learning leader, Learning Without Tears, today affirmed that equity and access are at the core of Phonics, Reading, and Me —its K–3 supplemental literacy program designed to help students learn the skills they need to become proficient readers.

Reading 244

Reading Accessibility Learning Elementary School 244

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Giving feedback in university courses allows for the provision of supportive ideas for improvement, elaboration, and/or heightened thinking as students prepare for job factors outside of their university preparation. Feedback Literacy.

Feedback 98

Feedback Reading Disabilities Assignments 98

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2024

Over the past few years, more literacy tools have been using generative AI, either to accelerate children’s reading proficiency or to stimulate more reading interest. I have seen that many have the potential to bring learning breakthroughs, for example, by offering personalized fluency practice or feedback tailored to each user.

Coaching 206

Coaching Reading Motivation Feedback 206

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

I asked a variety of questions about their perception of the instruction and assessment practices we had shifted to, the types of feedback they received and how they felt about the class. This was the toughest feedback I have ever received, but it helped me define the problem so I could figure out what to do about it.

Feedback 167

Feedback Culture Science Teaching 167

eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Texthelp ®, a leading education technology company focused on helping learners of all ages and abilities improve their reading, writing, and math skills, today announced the launch of WriQ ®, a cloud-based writing assessment and achievement tool. It provides them with their own dashboard of real-time feedback.

Writing 252

Writing Gamification Motivation Evaluation 252

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Tricider is a free online tool that simplifies the decision-making process and makes it more equitable by allowing users to leave plenty of feedback. The feedback is listed in three easy-to-read columns, which helps make even complex discussions easy to digest.

Teachers 333

Teachers Feedback Evaluation Intelligence 333

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Try asking a Gen AI chatbot such as ChatGPT to customize text to a specific reading level. The traditional methods of testing and evaluation must evolve to accommodate the capabilities of AI. AI-assisted tools can provide real-time feedback, enabling personalized learning experiences that adapt to each student’s progress.

Metacognitive Skills 339

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 339

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 28, 2020

I want students to know that their teachers are there to support them as they work because learning is a process and everyone needs feedback and help to improve. I know how important it is for students to receive regular feedback, so they know where they are excelling and where they need to focus their time and energy to improve.

Blended Learning 343

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Communication 343

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

” I know a lot of teachers who spend the summer reading, reflecting, and refocusing, but it is hard to take those resolutions we make in summer and put them into practice during the chaos of first few weeks of school. The summer break gives us time to recharge and re-evaluate why we do this challenging work. What is our purpose?

Metacognitive Skills 367

Metacognitive Skills Schools Blended Learning Evaluation 367

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: Differentiated Instruction Station At this station, students are grouped by their reading comprehension levels.

Teaching 395

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In short, it has never been more critical to understand how to support students on the path to reading proficiency by the end of 3rd grade. Applying research to practice is at the core of instruction based in the science of reading. Scores have continued to decline, in part because of pandemic-related learning interruptions.

Study 281

Study Achievement Evaluation Curriculum Design 281

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Students, too, interact with data daily, whether analyzing graphs in math class or using feedback from educational platforms to guide their learning. Data literacy in a school context means more than reading charts or calculating averages. Teachers use data dashboards to track student progress. What is data literacy for K-12 learners?

Ethics 278

Ethics Education Culture Social Studies 278

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002). Sojka et al.

Feedback 104

Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 104

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Maybe you were curled up by the fire, reading a good book, and perhaps considering how you were going to integrate feedback, change up your courses, and add some jazz, flavor, and maybe a little bit of spice to your courses. I would like to take you on a bit of a journey – back to mid-December when we were on winter break.

Feedback 111

Feedback Secondary Education Teaching Philosophy Assignments 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

First of all, there are approaches that can help reduce grading time while still giving useful feedback to students. The most common homework given to students in most classes is reading. To incentivize that, I typically assign reading exercises and quizzes.

Motivation 203

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 203

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

I spent countless hours guiding them through the writing process, giving feedback, and encouraging them to think critically. With AIs assistance, my students are able to receive real-time feedback, suggestions for grammar and vocabulary, and even guidance on structuring their arguments.

English 302

English Writing Teaching Essay 302

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002). Sojka et al.

Feedback 91

Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 91

eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2022

AI and ML are being used at every step of the student and educator journey to: Build statistical models of student knowledge, evaluating student achievement and instructor proficiency Streamline recruiting and reduce unconscious bias Create a digital “paper trail” for audit purposes Organize and optimize learning materials, and continually update them (..)

Instructors 257

Instructors Intelligence Evaluation Achievement 257

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. Essentially, they provide a subset to the computer and they develop a model used to evaluate future papers.”

Essay 142

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 142

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

We must transfer the responsibility of evaluating how much of the work is original from the teacher to the student , and we must explicitly teach students how to take on that responsibility. Despite many efforts , there will never be a tool that can evaluate how much of an assignment was influenced by AI. The answer: we ask them.

Essay 338

Essay Plagiarism Assignments Learning 338

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When teachers devote extensive time to explaining, unpacking, modeling, and guiding, it robs them of the time they need to support and provide feedback as students grapple with complex concepts or apply specific strategies and skills. This shift necessitates a critical examination of existing instructional models.

Blended Learning 419

Blended Learning Education Feedback Fairness 419

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester. My first attempt at alternative assessment didnt go very well.

Grades 70

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 70

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

For its ©2023 update, McGraw Hill has drawn upon decades of rigorous literacy studies, collaborated with preeminent reading researchers and experts, and listened to and incorporated feedback from educators and users.

English 260

English Art Language Languages 260

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

For example, to become better writers, readers, and critical thinkers, Quill.org offers low-income students an AI-powered literacy tutor that provides students real-time coaching and feedback on literacy activities that pair nonfiction reading with informational writing.

Education 296

Education Testing Feedback English 296

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The program will utilize federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Title II and feature CORE’s Online Elementary Reading Academy (OERA), as well as individualized coaching sessions for each participating teacher. Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue.

Teachers 259

Teachers Coaching Textbooks Participation 259

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

Rigorous review process confirms Lexia Core5 Reading and PowerUp Literacy programs are strongly aligned to Florida’s newest standards. Finally, the Commissioner of Education assessed the state and district reviewer evaluations, public feedback and cost of the materials before giving approval.

Education 260

Education Blended Learning Learning Peer Review 260

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

Through the process of writing, writers put nascent thoughts into comprehensible language for others to read. In academic writing, this leads back to the text, where writers rethink, re-evaluate, and understand a detail or main idea more deeply. Simply put, writing is our critical thinking made visible.

Writing 655

Writing STEM Learning Critical Thinking 655

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

There is truly nothing more powerful–or that grows your practice morethan watching yourself on video, and the use of this technology will help our teachers engage in more meaningful self-reflection while receiving targeted feedback from coaches and coordinators.

Teaching 281

Teaching Education Learning Interdisciplinary 281

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A similar question was asked by McKinsey three years ago , right before the worldwide pandemic caused the lowest reading and math scores in 30 years. Indeed, the time spent on teaching class is less than the time spent on preparation, evaluation, and feedback (grading). Would that change the game? That time is now.

Teachers 281

Teachers Textbooks Multiple Choice Questions Essay 281

eSchool News

MAY 8, 2017

But that creates a dilemma for the teachers tasked with helping students improve their writing skills: How can they build more opportunities into the curriculum for students to practice writing, while still giving students both timely and meaningful feedback? Revision Assistant isn’t just essay grading software.

Writing 175

Writing Technology Essay Feedback 175

eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In the debut episode, West-Smith described how to evaluate whether a piece of writing is effective. She also revealed what teachers must do to be successful in their writing instruction—including the four essential elements of student feedback. But what that looks like depends on who is reading the essay. “A

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Writing Essay Feedback Evaluation 197