Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2023

As posited by Vygotsky (1978), learning is most effective when students are provided with the appropriate level of support and guidance to help them develop their skills and knowledge. Students are more likely to take ownership of their mistakes and apply their newfound knowledge and skills to the task.

Student Engagement 92

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 92

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Create tasks and projects that are “low floor, high ceiling”—accessible for students regardless of background knowledge, experience or their idea of an engineer. Failure is a valuable part of the process, and your attitude toward failure will shape the attitude of your students. Education is an amazing field to work in.

Science 110

Science STEM Failure Middle School 110

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2023

That was sort of her first one really looking at the failure of early reading instruction. They should come in with a certain level of experience and knowledge that they can serve kids on day one But thank goodness for the amazing journalism of Emily Hanford. Is it evidence-based? Is it working for all of our kids?

Reading 162

Reading Failure Fairness Testing 162

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2017

There’s a lot to be learned from failure. Here’s more detail on how students learn from failure. This not only makes submitting work painless (and less likely to get lost) when submitted to a public forum, students benefit from each other’s knowledge. Learn from others and share your knowledge.

Skills 84

Skills Teachers Failure Learning 84

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

At some point the stresses on the system will cause it to break but for now they can continue to push on the edges, knowing that our schools’ eventual failure will occur during someone else’s political cycle. But our ability to make do with less makes it easier for Iowa policymakers to continue to starve our schools.

Questions 111

Questions Schools Fairness Failure 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

If they fail at the Science Fair, they’ll fall in love with art instead. These include Habits of Mind , Depth of Knowledge , and Mindfulness. In a Fixed Mindset your failures define you like, “I’m no good at dancing!” If they decide they aren’t creative, they won’t pursue music. Blended philosophy.

Critical Thinking 96

Critical Thinking Failure Evaluation Fairness 96

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Be responsible for failures. There’s a great opportunity there because it’s also coupled with the fact that the adults are much more skilled and advanced in knowledge. In looking back at your years at LAUSD and in other districts, you’ve worked a fair amount with bringing technology into the classroom. Share successes.

Languages 70

Languages Language Failure Fairness 70

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2017

And while Google vastly improved its scanning technology as the project went along, it wasn’t ultimately able to resolve a persistent cultural challenge: how to balance copyright and fair use and keep everybody—authors, publishers, scholars, librarians—satisfied. That work still lies ahead.

Fairness 167

Fairness History English Internet 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 31, 2023

But, to try to teach this topic in a thirty-minute set-aside dug out of the daily class inquiry is a prescription for failure. Discuss the meaning of ‘Fair Use’ It provides rights to use images for education purposes without obtaining permission from the creator. How does ‘fair use’ apply to your academic research?

Plagiarism 125

Plagiarism Fairness Discussions Art 125

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

But, to try to teach this topic in a thirty-minute set-aside dug out of the daily class inquiry is a prescription for failure. Discuss the meaning of ‘Fair Use’ It provides rights to use images for education purposes without obtaining permission from the creator. How does ‘fair use’ apply to your academic research?

Plagiarism 124

Plagiarism Fairness Discussions Art 124

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

What really helps you to become more creative is learning a bunch of stuff and having a wide, broad base of knowledge that you can draw from, and mindfulness isn't going to help you to get there. And to be fair, Carol Dweck has acknowledged that this is part of her research program, so I'm not criticizing her particularly.

Teaching 149

Teaching Laboratory Motivation Testing 149