Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

We also explore the role of continuous evaluation and stakeholder engagement in maintaining an AI framework that remains true to an institution’s mission over time. Assessing Effectiveness: KPIs for AI Initiatives To ensure that AI initiatives are achieving their intended outcomes, institutions must establish clear metrics for success.

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Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 74

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Systems thinking and learning-centered teaching are two such approaches that, when integrated, can significantly enrich the liberal arts educational experience (Forrester, 2016). Systems thinking provides tools to evaluate the reliability and relevance of data.

Art 97

Art Curriculum Interdisciplinary Teaching 97

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

Templates, guided note-taking structures, interactive mind maps, and learning journals help students organize their thoughts and reflect on their understanding. When integrated with AI, these scaffolds can be customized based on student performance and learning preferences.

Critical Thinking 88

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 88

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

Templates, guided note-taking structures, interactive mind maps, and learning journals help students organize their thoughts and reflect on their understanding. When integrated with AI, these scaffolds can be customized based on student performance and learning preferences.

Critical Thinking 94

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 94

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

Diagnostic assessments, as opposed to summative assessments, measure students’ current knowledge and skills, helping educators identify gaps and areas for growth, and guide teachers and school leaders toward where students might need additional instruction, resources or support to meet learning outcomes.

Ethics 114

Ethics Evaluation Testing Science 114

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Issues like digital inequality and over-reliance on devices can hinder learning outcomes. Hybrid Learning Models What makes hybrid learning models an effective solution for today’s educational challenges?

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 128

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

Summer brings the chance to slow down, evaluate what matters most, and set new goals for next year. 7 Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive Classroom – Strategies for creating immersive, language-focused classrooms to boost learning outcomes.

Reading 59

Reading Skills Teachers Classroom Management 59

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

In this mode, the professor’s authority, preferences, expertise, and goals (“learning outcomes”), even body, take center stage. It is natural to view students as a means to ends such as low DFW rates , good student evaluations, tenure, or a paycheck. This perspective is not inherently bad.

Teaching 70

Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 70

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

In this mode, the professor’s authority, preferences, expertise, and goals (“learning outcomes”), even body, take center stage. It is natural to view students as a means to ends such as low DFW rates , good student evaluations, tenure, or a paycheck. This perspective is not inherently bad.

Teaching 70

Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 70

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2016

Students expect to come to school to learn and to be challenged (although they may never tell us that). If we want such activities to produce genuine student growth, instructional design must focus on learning outcomes as opposed to the activity itself. Nonetheless, students also want to enjoy learning.

Learning Outcomes 145

Learning Outcomes Activities Learning Discussions 145

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

During these one-on-one sessions, the teacher can personalize the playlist, making the necessary adjustments to ensure the student continues making progress toward learning objectives. Studies in Educational Evaluation , 45 , 17-26. 77, 81–112. doi: 10.3102/003465430298487. Valiandes, S.

Blended Learning 498

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Instructors 498

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Understanding what teachers find cognitively engaging in their work can help them 1) evaluate where they are investing their time and energy resources, 2) reflect on whether those tasks are energizing or draining, and 3) make adjustments in their approach to workflows that they find mentally draining.

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Blended Learning Teachers Learning Grades 535

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2020

As esports grows in popularity, many schools are evaluating whether and how to implement esports programs. There’s a big difference between programs that incorporate only gameplay and tournaments, and those that intentionally incorporate learning into the esports environment.

Learning 344

Learning Critical Thinking STEM Learning Outcomes 344

eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

Listen to highlights of a conversation with literacy experts Dr. David Hurford Executive Director at the Center for Research, Evaluation and Awareness of Dyslexia and Octavia Gray-Essex, Senior Education Advisor at Lexia, as they explore schools’ systemic challenges that include an outmoded understanding of dyslexia and lack of alignment with evidence-based (..)

Evaluation 276

Evaluation Schools Learning Outcomes Teaching 276

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We're looking at bias in adaptive learning and artificial intelligence technologies. We're looking at how reading affects mathematics outcomes. We have even developed an open-source A/B testing platform that allows us to evaluate the effectiveness of content changes we make in our software.

Learning Outcomes 153

Learning Outcomes Learning Math Language 153

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Key points: Increased student engagement yields better learning outcomes Edtech has a lot of potential to help boost student engagement See related article: With greater access to devices, teachers are folding more tech into instruction As a teacher, I constantly wondered how to get students more engaged in my lessons.

Student Engagement 294

Student Engagement Culture Learning Outcomes Students 294

eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2024

To address this challenge, we need a comprehensive evaluation–a metaphorical “doll test”–that can reveal how AI shapes students’ perceptions, attitudes, and learning outcomes, especially when used extensively and at early ages.

Testing 321

Testing Critical Thinking Intelligence Ethics 321

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2022

However, we need to first start with the why of technology to truly address learning outcomes for all students. Technology needs to be evaluated and chosen for its ability to engage students in meaningful and productive ways within a culture of accelerated learning. 4 Steps to Integrating Technology with Purpose.

Technology 294

Technology Learning Outcomes Culture Evaluation 294

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

The summer break gives us time to recharge and re-evaluate why we do this challenging work. Do your grades evaluate knowledge, skills, compliance? Do you feel the time you invest in grading results in improved learning outcomes for students? 1 Articulate Your WHY and Revisit It Daily. What is our purpose?

Metacognitive Skills 367

Metacognitive Skills Schools Blended Learning Evaluation 367

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

There are many theories of why we use words like collaboration, creativity, and communication with students, but we judge and evaluate our teachers with words like individual assessments, standards, and individual accountability.

Teachers 279

Teachers Lecturing Evaluation Blended Learning 279

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Based on the focus, peer observations can be classified into two models: formative-developmental and summative-evaluative. Support learning in and from practice : As highlighted by Ball and Cohen (1999), learning is most effective when embedded in practice, making peer observations a powerful tool for professional development.

Evaluation 101

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 101

eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Seven trends: The transformation of the teaching force) Reimagining the teaching role offers a bold solution through innovative strategic staffing structures that make the profession more attractive and sustainable for teachers–and can ultimately boost student learning outcomes. do not address the issue in state policy.

Teachers 272

Teachers Evaluation Coaching Learning Outcomes 272

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Based on the focus, peer observations can be classified into two models: formative-developmental and summative-evaluative. Support learning in and from practice : As highlighted by Ball and Cohen (1999), learning is most effective when embedded in practice, making peer observations a powerful tool for professional development.

Evaluation 96

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 96

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The study will analyze millions of data points collected as students and teachers use ST Math, to explore how student behavior, student problem-solving methods and teacher actions influence learning outcomes and student motivation. Material from a press release was used in this report.

Math 229

Math STEM Evaluation Motivation 229

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2023

million educators will be able to quickly and easily evaluate a submission for the presence of AI-generated text and provide feedback to students in their current Turnitin workflows. Over 10,700 institutions and more than 2.1

Writing 299

Writing Academic Integrity Education Feedback 299

eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2024

Make learning active Models such as project-based learning and inquiry learning have been demonstrated to improve learning outcomes. But you don’t have to upend your entire curriculum or implement a complicated model to make learning more active. See some examples in the image below.)

Critical Thinking 337

Critical Thinking Metacognitive Skills Knowledge Achievement 337

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

If you teach, you know about learning outcomes. There’s a fair bit of work involved with learning outcomes, and justifiably so. But why limit ourselves to student learning outcomes only? In other words, the teaching and learning principles so many of us embrace call upon us to be learners.

Learning Outcomes 64

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Students 64

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

If you teach, you know about learning outcomes. There’s a fair bit of work involved with learning outcomes, and justifiably so. But why limit ourselves to student learning outcomes only? In other words, the teaching and learning principles so many of us embrace call upon us to be learners.

Learning Outcomes 59

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Students 59

eSchool News

JULY 30, 2024

In my experience, I have found that using creative, dynamic tools significantly boosts student learning outcomes–but you need to know where to look. Each lesson plan includes student worksheets and evaluative materials, write-ups on the relevant STEAM phenomena, and clearly-stated educational standards.

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STEM Education Critical Thinking Students 334

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

How do we get from educational “business as usual” to cultural changes, even transformation, that make learning central? Also, define assessments that provide valid evaluation of learners’ competency mastery, including the specific criteria that assessors will use to consistently determine levels of mastery (typically with rubrics).

Learning Outcomes 263

Learning Outcomes Achievement Culture Evaluation 263

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For example, we have identified specific learning outcomes for each subject and class that students need to be proficient in and have determined the criteria by which successful learning will be measured. We have also built in time to support students who are not yet showing proficiency.

Schools 300

Schools Learning Students Knowledge 300

eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Make learning active Models such as project-based learning and inquiry learning have been demonstrated to improve learning outcomes. But you dont have to upend your entire curriculum or implement a complicated model to make learning more active. See some examples in the image below.)

Critical Thinking 268

Critical Thinking Metacognitive Skills Education Knowledge 268

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

This results in less time to focus efforts on leveraging technology for learning, implementing, or planning for new technology, or evaluating the impact of implemented systems and applications on learning outcomes.

Learning Outcomes 231

Learning Outcomes Evaluation Communication Activities 231

eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2018

But AI requires massive amounts of data, so before jumping on the AI bandwagon we need to: reflect on the kinds of data that would make teaching more effective and improve learning outcomes; consider the systems that will allow us to collect and manage the data; and. create processes to share and analyze the data.

Learning Outcomes 199

Learning Outcomes Intelligence Evaluation Feedback 199

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As educational technology companies look to place learning science at the core of their products, there are three key steps to success: aligning their teams around education outcomes, building a feedback loop, and evaluating and validating your results.

Science 269

Science Learning Interdisciplinary Feedback 269

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2016

An evaluation of adaptive learning products by. SRI Education revealed that different impacts may be found even when the same product is evaluated in different studies. For each of these features, we identified a small number of studies demonstrating that adding the feature to instruction improved learning outcomes.

Evaluation 84

Evaluation Instructors Study Learning Outcomes 84

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

IXL is an approved blended learning program for the Texas Education Agency’s Math Innovation Zones (MIZ) initiative, which aims to improve learning outcomes in math by preparing students for success in Algebra I.

Distance Learning 246

Distance Learning Exams English Math 246