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.

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Math Schools Middle School Middle School 199

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

PSI involved having students read through material at their own pace rather than go to lectures, and move on to the next part of the material after they had passed a test on the previous section. Even Keller admitted it was a failure, calling it a “flash in the pan.” But almost as quickly as it emerged, the practice faded.

Teaching 146

Teaching Failure History Lecturing 146

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

Recognizing their failure to prepare for a digital future—after a year of so-so emergency remote instruction—higher ed leaders are now trying to make up for lost virtual decades by rushing to partner with online program managers (OPMs), commercial vendors who help colleges deliver and market online programs.

Failure 194

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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 164

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 164

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Similar concerns have prompted community colleges to reconsider their own versions of entrance assessments: the placement tests they’ve traditionally used to determine whether students are “ready” for college-level learning or should instead start their pursuit of higher education in remedial math or English classes.

Exams 164

Exams English Math Instructors 164

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A third reason is the opportunity to experiment with different identities in a safe environment where failure doesn’t matter. In the education community, we pay lip service to 21st-century skills, but they aren’t really on the high-stakes test at the end of the semester.

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Game-Based Learning Teaching Learning Testing 168

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.

Learning 158

Learning Assignments Students Motivation 158

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Instead of learning from a combination of books, lectures and software, as students do at most schools, the primary mode of instruction for kids attending Quest to Learn is games. Yet even though the school is zoned for a wealthy area of Manhattan, where achievement is highly prized, standardized test scores were nothing special.

Skills 168

Skills Critical Thinking Game-Based Learning Failure 168

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Ken Bain, the author of “What the Best College Teachers Do,” talks about this a lot—this idea that failure is a part of learning. So there should be failure in all of our classes. Or to think that] it’s not a big deal if I put an hour-long video [lecture]. And then I get feedback and I try again. And that’s the learning process.

Failure 141

Failure Feedback Students Exams 141

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. It was a challenge to correct her without having her shut down, declare herself a failure, and move on. Teaching no longer involves a knowledgeable teacher who lectures from the front of the room. I had a 4th grader once.

Teachers 141

Teachers Failure Quizzes Knowledge 141

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. Why do this?

Teachers 148

Teachers Failure Learning Styles Lecturing 148

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

That research indicates that students in these schools generally have higher scores on both traditional state tests and international assessments. They are seeing increases in average test scores, decreases in students earning less than a C, and numerous other benefits. The question isn’t whether active learning techniques work.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Cognitive Development 104

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2015

Makerspaces energetically ignite children’s brains and stimulate areas of interest and curiosity that they generally are not accessing during time spent in traditional lecture-type environments. Perhaps most importantly, there is no wrong way in a makerspace – failure is seen as just another opportunity to learn.

Education 153

Education STEM Failure Participation 153

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Research shows that for low-income students, this can be the difference between success and failure. It build rapport in a way traditional lecturing simply cannot.” While Elementary schools across MSD can feel proud of the test results, at the middle and high school level, growth is harder to see.

Blended Learning 142

Blended Learning Learning Elementary School Elementary School 142

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.

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Teachers Textbooks Lecturing Social Studies 134

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

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. Based on these findings, Georgia State has plans to test the chatbot with in-person classes. Too Much Help—Or Not Enough?

Student Engagement 194

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 194

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Then, I test instructional concepts and product ideas by building rough prototypes that I put in front of learners to get their feedback quickly. If you’re looking for a crash course in digital education specifically, recordings from Stanford’s lecture series on Education’s Digital Future are all available for free online.

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Feedback Failure Lecturing Reading 163

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The most common way to do this is with some kind of a test, which traditionally happens at the end of a unit — a final exam of some kind. We call these two kinds of testing summative assessment , the kind that happens at the end, and formative assessment , the kind that happens during the learning cycle.

Multiple Choice Questions 125

Multiple Choice Questions Culture Questions Grades 125

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

I felt like a failure. I didn’t need to lecture about the anti-Asian history of California. Learners, especially adolescents, test boundaries and try on new identities and personalities. She didn’t apologize. It was like she was just waiting for me to stop talking and send her to the office. We must let them.

Beliefs 156

Beliefs Coaching History Attention 156

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 94

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 94

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2019

Last year, only 61 percent of students who took the ACT high school English achievement test were deemed college-ready. In a Mastery-Based program, a successful student is no longer defined as the one who arrives at school on time, homework completed, in their seat attentively listening to a teacher lecture. Keep working.

Learning 90

Learning Achievement Failure Math 90

k12

MAY 2, 2025

Like their brick-and-mortar peers, their influence goes far beyond textbooks and test scores, leaving a lasting imprint on students lives. Understanding the Role of Teachers in Youth Education Teachers do far more than lecture in front of the class. Teachers impact students as mentors, motivators, role models, and leaders.

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Teachers Education Failure Beliefs 52

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2017

What the majority of students are getting in large, state institutions, even large private institutions, because it doesn't make a lot of sense to have small Gen Ed classes, are large lecture halls. But I would say that the failure of ideals doesn't mean that the ideal is bad or unworkable.

Gamification 111

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2022

The idea was fear of failure would motivate students to do whatever it takes to stay above water academically. Faculty have been educated their whole academic lives in the lecture mode, and that’s what they reproduce in their own classrooms as instructors,” says Negar Farakish, assistant dean of the division.

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Ethics Lecturing Motivation Instructors 160

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

He might just change the way you think about things like growth mindset, comprehensive testing, and encouraging students to make mistakes. On the one hand, we want to train independent, innovative thinkers, and then we want to do that by making sure that all of them get the same answer on the state test.

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Teaching Laboratory Motivation Testing 141