eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

We are no longer keepers and passers of knowledge as we once were. The basic steps of design thinking are empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test (Interaction Design Foundation, 2016). The use of design thinking can foster a healthy relationship with failure within students. Industry and Higher Education , 30 (3), 215223.

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Failure Critical Thinking Essay Feedback 297

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

We can’t test students on their innovation, but we can encourage them to explore new concepts, look at challenges from all sides, and embrace failures as opportunities to try again with more knowledge. Innovation is more than a buzzword today—it’s something educators strive for in their classrooms, schools, and districts.

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Failure Schools Knowledge Testing 279

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It is a process where students evaluate their work, reflecting on what they’ve learned, how well they’ve understood complex concepts, how much progress they’ve made toward mastering key skills, and where they may need to invest time and energy to improve their concept knowledge and skill set.

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Evaluation Assignments Failure Discussions 428

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Growing up, an unsteady family life meant that I frequently moved from school to school, and such an upbringing left me with no desire to focus on schoolwork, feeling like a failure because I lacked the foundation a consistent education would have given me. Despite having only seven weeks to study for the exam, I passed with flying colors.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Here is one way teachers can use AI tools to curate an entire class’s flow, its study materials, and practice tests without the aid of an army of teaching assistants. By distilling a lecture’s knowledge into a set of handy flashcards, teachers can ensure their students’ progress and performance.

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Quizzes Lecturing Ethics Exams 287

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

According to National Assessment of Educational Progress test results, roughly two decades of academic progress has been lost during the pandemic. Drawing on scientific knowledge, learners brainstorm designs, and then build, test, and analyze them iteratively to generate original solutions.

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Science STEM Failure Ethics 260

eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2020

Because MathReady can target each individual’s knowledge and put them on a personalized path to success, we can help level the playing field in math for all students – and not just those that can afford it – through this free offer.”. For over 20 years, ALEKS has served more than 20 million K-12 and college level math students.

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Math Failure Science Skills 246

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

ESL students won’t be able to succeed at school or college if they can’t use the language well enough: Their grades and overall subject knowledge will suffer. ESL students need stellar writing skills to pass exams and language tests or enter the university. Above-average writing skills are a must here to succeed.

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Writing Skills Essay Language 278

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

The issue is not just that K-12 education lacks challenging work; its that the system actively discourages failure. This wasnt a sign of failure; it was an essential part of learning. I cant recall a single homework assignment that was easier than a test question. It was assumed that students would struggle.

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Failure Assignments Education Secondary Education 170

eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

As schools are adopting and using more digital tools, they are looking for solutions that not only consolidate functions to reduce the risks of privacy or security failure, avoid confusion among teachers and parents, and also better connect and engage school communities. Dr. Carolyn Brown, president and co-founder, Foundations in Learning. •

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Failure Learning Outcomes Communication Activities 280

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

The material feels irrelevant or unvaluable to students One of the primary reasons students cheat is that they dont perceive the material being tested as valuable or relevant to their lives. The pressure to perform well on assessments can create a situation where the grade becomes more important than the actual knowledge being gained.

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Academic Integrity Failure Students Culture 199

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

Biggest challenge: Our school is required to enforce a series of standardized tests every year to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level. When students weren’t passing these tests, their self-confidence was diminished and it affected their willingness and effort during difficult tasks.

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Essay Failure Writing Students 189

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

When I saw her speak, I found it easy to get swept up in her vision to democratize blood testing and save lives. Education technology is similarly beset by high-profile failures. Knee recounts the tales of several doomed education ventures, including those emerging from Michael Milken’s Knowledge Universe.

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Failure Peer Review Learning Science 152

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Even as Anderson excelled in his coursework at Jackson State University, he struggled to pass one of the licensure tests required in Mississippi to gain full admittance into the teacher preparation program at his school. In 2015, 25 states required teacher candidates to pass a basic skills test for admission into a preparation program.

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Exams Teachers Testing Math 193

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 27, 2018

That “those” kids “need” a test-prep education so they can get higher test scores and close our “achievement gap.”. In my book, there is no greater moral failure for us as professional educators. The soft bigotry of low expectations.” Perhaps no more profound words were ever put forth by President George W. via [link].

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Testing Failure Achievement History 91

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

They will not need to pass multiple choice tests or regurgitate facts to be successful in 2035. They require self-directed learning and interactions with abstract knowledge and the application of higher order thinking skills. Testing new models: Develop and test new school models.

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Failure Multidisciplinary Testing Skills 164

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

In the 1960s, the federal government started pushing more achievement tests and public education began to focus more on raising standardized test scores in math and science, which led to decreasing time spent in the very courses that instill, teach and develop creativity and personal identity.

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Art Education Multidisciplinary Students 218

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2025

Peskes organization found that most elementary teacher prep programs dont give potential teachers enough time to develop math content knowledge. Programs that cant add that time should require math content tests, the report says. But even for teachers who get credentials, its complicated. Not everyone believes that is enough.

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Elementary School Elementary School Math Teachers 196

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2019

Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened, homework as worksheets, and tests regurgitating facts. Transfer of knowledge is key. Respond to their varied time constraints and knowledge levels.

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Failure Gamification Textbooks Knowledge 125

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

They have a hypothesis of what they think will help students learn, and they’re going to test it out and then learn from it and revise. Much of what surprised me most makes up a lot of the final chapter, which is on failure. And the best teachers also often approach teaching and teaching issues scientifically.

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Art Science Teaching Failure 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

And the action is everywhere: an indoor plastic pool awaits student design teams testing their ship prototypes, while in the courtyard, groups of students engage in a game that both explores and challenges their perception of themselves as mathematicians.

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Math Learning Schools Failure 217

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened to the chapter being reviewed, homework as worksheets based on the text, tests regurgitating important facts. Transfer of knowledge is critical.

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Critical Thinking Textbooks Gamification Knowledge 162

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

The program is designed for our employees to build knowledge of what actually happens in classrooms, as well as an understanding of the deep tensions and issues with our educational system. Knee: A set of case studies about some of the biggest edtech failures, with amazing lessons for current companies. Class Clowns ” by Jonathan A.

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Syllabus Education Failure Knowledge 156

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

These brief screeners use a sample of disconnected test items that are just as likely to miss a student’s problem areas as to find them. These brief screeners use a sample of disconnected test items that are just as likely to miss a student’s problem areas as to find them. Worse, some screeners do not even test students’ skills.

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Disabilities Learning Disabilities Evaluation Language 277

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

She didn’t try to be my best friend and she didn’t make excuses for my third-grade failures. I started by reviewing knowledgeable websites like Benchmark Education. They are knowledgeable. It was a challenge to correct her without having her shut down, declare herself a failure, and move on.

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Teachers Failure Quizzes Knowledge 132

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

The economists found that banning mobile phones helped improve student achievement on standardized test scores , with the biggest gains seen by low-achieving and at-risk students. Here are my thoughts on this… The outcome measure is standardized test score improvement. if they did, how sad is that?).

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Failure Testing Critical Thinking Knowledge 109

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 17, 2015

Test the tool. When I got my first computer, most people didn’t have one so I taught myself by testing, trying, failing, researching, or whatever worked. A lot of learning happens through failure. With your knowledge and teaching skills, you’ll understand the directions and how they connect to the bigger picture.

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Technology Teachers Critical Thinking Failure 167

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

At my suburban school in South Carolina, the term is used liberally to describe students who may fail the End of Course Tests, students who might not get promoted to the next grade level and those at risk of dropping out of school. The majority of my students work hard but test poorly, though a small percentage of them are unmotivated.

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Learning Assignments Students Motivation 160

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Yet even though the school is zoned for a wealthy area of Manhattan, where achievement is highly prized, standardized test scores were nothing special. minimizing failure and providing immediate feedback for students. The takeaway? Quest students learned skills like problem solving at a much faster rate than students in college.

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Skills Critical Thinking Game-Based Learning Failure 168

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. Yet, many college assignments lack the opportunity for students to construct knowledge with others.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. Yet, many college assignments lack the opportunity for students to construct knowledge with others.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

Educators teach, sometimes administer a test, and move students on to the next unit or body of material regardless of their results, effort and understanding of the topic. Students only move on once they demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and skills at hand. If they fail, that’s fine.

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Teaching Failure Feedback Skills 122

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

It just means that many of us struggle to operate simultaneously inside and outside of a system that was only built to test content-knowledge in a very standardized way. While this performance demonstrates that our model works on many levels, these test scores alone are not good enough measures for our students.

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History Critical Thinking Learning Interdisciplinary 135

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2020

More succinctly: “…repeated, direct assessment of targeted skills in basic areas using materials taken directly from the teaching curriculum” While CBA is assessment based on the curriculum, it isn’t chapter tests from a text. Students write a short two-four minute piece. More on standards-based grading.

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Curriculum Textbooks Evaluation Achievement 151

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

classes This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. A great option also is to program one of the widgets for an Hour of Code activity. Team Challenge Time required: 1.5 Students love this game.

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Activities Learning Art Attention 171

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

By implementing these strategies, CTE educators can expect a vibrant, engaging learning environment where students can obtain skills and knowledge for a successful future. More students than researchers previously thought struggle to decode or, use their knowledge of letter sounds to sound out complex, multisyllabic words.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 331

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2023

What there is is a teacher not afraid to try new ways, test them out in a classroom environment, toss what doesn’t work and share the rest. Her/his success doesn’t come without lots of failure and mistakes, widgets that sounded good but were too complicated or non-intuitive for a 21st century classroom.

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Teachers Failure Lecturing Learning Styles 148