eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

For example, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen (Yale) is a survey that asks teachers to make judgments on how often they think a student displays problems in their language behaviors such as oral expression. This ignores the language processing differences between typical and exceptional brains.

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Disabilities Learning Disabilities Evaluation Language 282

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

After more than a decade of researching, writing and presenting, one of the many things he's learned is that course failures are major events for students. Research has shown that traditional variables like attendance and in-class behavior play a role in course failures. The answer?

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Failure Math Academic Development English 157

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2023

I found myself burning out and I didn’t have the language to advocate for my needs, let alone hold that space for the staff I was responsible for. No one told me about the ugly parts of people management, like having to write folks up or design and implement support plans. When I got home, I was tapped out.

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Teachers Failure Schools Coaching 198

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2018

In one NASEF class, English 9 and Game Design , participating students develop English-language skills by writing about topics covering the history of esports to comparing mythological heroes from literature to those in video games. Skills aren’t the only rewards for virtual athletes.

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Teachers Failure English Participation 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Reforming Developmental Education According to the Community College Research Center, developmental education is essentially a “reteach” of high school and junior high school reading, writing, and math. Failure to do so will only compound the disparities present, particularly with our low-income communities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

Ryan Greenberg: When I was thinking about this, I quickly found that the skill people should master is clear writing—the ability to write well. I think that writing English might seem mundane compared with writing a iPhone app, but it really gives you a leg up on people who have just the technical skills.

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Skills Failure Writing Culture 162

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Lessening Grade Anxiety U-M Professor of Linguistics, English Languages and Literature Robin Queen has been using GradeCraft for several years in two courses she teaches that each have anywhere from 85 to 150 students. “I They can actually learn from failure, so there is really no cost to fail. We don’t want you to be a failure.

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Failure Assignments Quizzes Motivation 166

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. It may be one like Storyboard That! Click to view slideshow.

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Activities Learning Art Attention 172

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. It may be a Canva templates, Storyboard That!, Thinking Games.

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Activities Learning Failure Essay 174

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We ought to eliminate those terms from our lexicon and, instead, think of those programs as schools and the adults employed there as teachers, Wuori writes. Significant, transformative public investment,” he writes. There are these important kinds of early forms of language learning. A bigger change the field requires?

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. Literacy skills, including listening, speaking, reading and writing, can be difficult to support because students can fall on such a broad spectrum.

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Reading Failure Motivation Study 168

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Failure to achieve those rates could have led to price increases on course materials. Pearson representatives dismissed the claim that this language suppresses publicity around inclusive access, calling it a standard press release clause. “We

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Textbooks Accessibility Confidentiality Instructors 168

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2015

Pedagogic experts have spent an enormous amount of time attempting to unravel the definition of ‘educated’ It used to be the 3 R’s–reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic. Their motivation is often failure, and taking the wrong path again and again. Strive to be clear when speaking and writing.

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Critical Thinking Knowledge Failure Communication 140

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Back then, the Chinese language program at Latin had begun piloting a proficiency-based model, which is structured differently from a traditional grade-based model. Course scheduling, for example, becomes more complicated with school-wide, mixed-grade language classes. On that front, we were lucky to have the school’s back.

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Grades Essay Language Languages 129

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Psychologist Harriet Lerner, who authored a book all about apologies , has argued that “I’m sorry” are the two most important words in the English language because, as she explained in an interview with Forbes , “a good apology is deeply healing while an absent or bad one can compromise or even end a relationship.”

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Failure Counselling Ethics Communication 191

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The official corrected the mistake by writing down the time Ruiz had told him. Use rubrics as a shared language of the route that teachers and students can use formatively to navigate the path toward high-quality work rather than as a summative tool to justify grades. Writing and reasoning get better with feedback and effort.

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 88

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. Low-stakes practice: Use frequent formative assessments such as polls, quizzes, games, or writing and discussion prompts to reinforce and retrieve essential concepts.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 116

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I asked my English language learners to create films. Did we have failures? That is a great writing and thinking tool. And I realized I’m the one who is going to teach them these skills. I integrated project-based learning and technology in all kinds of ways. I asked them to create websites. Absolutely.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

These often take the form of short, teacher-led or online lessons; students learn about how the brain grows with effort, complete short writing exercises, and share what they learned with peers. They learned about neuroscience, shared personal examples and watched videos of famous failures. At my last school in San Jose, Calif.,

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Beliefs Failure Feedback Math 159

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2016

Due to a schoolwide initiative, my behavior “clip chart” system ended, and in turn, school rules were replaced with a language that promoted growth mindset. I was determined to epitomize this with my students and end hearing the dreaded, “I can’t do this”-esque language that can sometimes plague a lesson or project.

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Science Failure Teachers History 113

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 5, 2015

give as little policy attention as possible to the known educational needs of students who live in poverty or don’t speak English as their primary language (and thus struggle academically), even as those student and family populations increase markedly within the state.

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Failure Education English STEM 89

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Two weeks into the school year, I have students who are still struggling with the diagnostic test, which is designed to see where the students are in reading comprehension and writing for 11th grade literature. That will continue the cycle of failure. Every student in my class had taken and failed the graduation writing test.

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Failure Learning Testing Assignments 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2015

No matter the class, that teacher–be s/he history, literacy, social studies, math, reading, writing, or tech–reminds students of the right way to keyboard. An important part of succeeding in core classes is understanding the language. A lot of learning is accomplished by failure. Vocabulary. domain-specific.

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Teachers Plagiarism History Math 139

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

The first time a declaration along similar lines was made by a student visiting the writing studio, I was taken aback. “Of Students in the latter group would see mistakes and failures as a demoralizing reflection of their limited ability and as a signal to give up. Of course, not,” I answered. What makes you think that?”

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Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

Was Reconstruction a success or a failure?” Luis looks at his paper and reads what he wrote, “I think that Reconstruction was a failure because of the Black Codes.” This framework, which some refer to as the “Habits of Discussion,” equips teachers and students with a common language for engaging in classroom discourse.

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Failure STEM Discussions Participation 112

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

Taking the time to find these individuals, critically analyze and internalize what they write, and even reach out with thought-provoking questions will pay dividends. I sought out the challenging courses that would advance my skills even further, like natural language processing, data structures, and linear algebra.

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Students Failure Beliefs Skills 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 19, 2017

Orton-Gillingham started over seventy years ago as an instructional approach intended for those with difficulty reading, spelling, and writing, like what children experience in dyslexia. Orton was a neuropsychiatrist and a pioneer in focusing attention on reading failure and related language processing difficulties.

Learning Styles 109

Learning Styles Students Language Languages 109

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. Low-stakes practice: Use frequent formative assessments such as polls, quizzes, games, or writing and discussion prompts to reinforce and retrieve essential concepts.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2018

A former art teacher, White is now an education consultant who criss-crosses the continent giving workshops, coaching teachers in her local Saskatchewan district and writing books. Experimentation or risk-taking in a writing class means that students generate an idea they haven’t used before, or come up with new perspectives or opinions.

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Testing Schools Art Feedback 168

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. It may be a Canva templates, Storyboard That!, Thinking Games.

Activities 122

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Attention 122

eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

For example, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen (Yale) is a survey that asks teachers to make judgments on how often they think a student displays problems in their language behaviors such as oral expression. This ignores the language processing differences between typical and exceptional brains.

Disabilities 130

Disabilities Learning Disabilities Evaluation Special Education 130

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students can often learn more from productive failure than from success (Sinha & Kapur, 2021). link] Currier, J. 2022, December).

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students can often learn more from productive failure than from success (Sinha & Kapur, 2021). link] Currier, J. 2022, December).

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

The first time a declaration along similar lines was made by a student visiting the writing studio, I was taken aback. “Of Students in the latter group would see mistakes and failures as a demoralizing reflection of their limited ability and as a signal to give up. Of course, not,” I answered. What makes you think that?”

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Language for the disability statement in their syllabus. A new way to write their course policy on academic integrity or late assignments. Use warm-toned and success-oriented language. So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer. A quick-guide on how to respond to microaggressions.

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Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2025

These activities help develop hand-eye coordination, which is vital for tasks like writing, typing, or even playing sports. Kids learn to embrace mistakes as part of the process, understanding that failure can lead to new ideas. DIY projects also improve motor skills. Building, painting, and crafting all require focus and precision.

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Art STEM Math Critical Thinking 135

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

The launch of the artificial intelligence (AI) large language model ChatGPT was met with both enthusiasm (“Wow! This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can write as well as humans”). Politicians are using ChatGPT to write bills (e.g., “ AI wrote a bill to regulate AI.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98