Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

After a family discussion, we decided he would repeat Algebra 1 in ninth grade,” Lynem, a journalism lecturer, wrote in CalMatters. Not all students are ready for algebra in middle school, and so this can lead to “massive failure rates,” he says. They hoped it would increase his confidence and mastery, she wrote.

Math 205

Math Schools Middle School Middle School 205

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In English courses, making curricula and instruction more culturally relevant to diverse students is a relatively “straightforward” task, Rodriguez says, whereas in math, “the traditional lecture-based approach where students practice problems and take tests and sit in lectures is the standard.

Exams 174

Exams English Math Instructors 174

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Many believe they need to succeed immediately and that any failure they encounter will be devastating. My classroom was set up with desks in rows and my lessons included lectures with PowerPoint presentations, worksheets and textbook work. Many of my students don’t have this mindset. This viewpoint can be debilitating for a learner.

Teachers 143

Teachers Textbooks Lecturing Social Studies 143

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

For example, when MIT changed its freshman physics class from a model of hundreds of students listening passively to lectures in an auditorium to a model of smaller, interactive classes that emphasized hands-on, collaborative learning, it found that attendance increased and that the failure rate dropped more than 50 percent.

Active Learning 105

Active Learning Activities Learning Cognitive Development 105

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

But declining student participation may also stem from the challenges inherent to remote and hybrid learning. This can be a real challenge for procrastinators, multitaskers, responsibility jugglers and anyone tempted to half-listen to a lecture while scrolling through social media—in other words, many people.

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A third reason is the opportunity to experiment with different identities in a safe environment where failure doesn’t matter. Now if the test changed and you saw an emphasis on those skills—and if you could demonstrate that games were a more effective way to teach them than a lecture or a reading—then I think you’d see the adoption skyrocket.

Game-Based Learning 168

Game-Based Learning Teaching Learning Testing 168

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

Study 100

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 100

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Many are intimidated by their professors, see attending office hours as a failure to figure the material out on their own or simply don’t understand what their purpose is. In Vaughn’s study, students also viewed visiting office hours as a sign of weakness or a form of academic failure.

Instructors 194

Instructors Failure Questions Communication 194