Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Every teacher knows it’s essential, and every teacher tries to motivate students. But it’s just as true that all teachers have experienced those days when they don’t feel particularly motivated, when the content seems old and tired, and when students (sometimes the whole class) are clearly anything but motivated by what’s happening in class.

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Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 98

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

Solution: I teach English, so I started using mini-lessons for essay writing to break down skills. The goal of these videos was for students to “see” how their writing skills were progressing over time. Students were correcting their work as they read out loud, which translated to better writing the next assignment.

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Essay Failure Writing Students 204

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Students, especially in the middle and high school years, have more opportunities than ever to cheat using AI tools, such as writing assistants or even text generators. When students fail to see the connection between what theyre learning and the real world, they lose motivation to engage meaningfully with the content.

Academic Integrity 213

Academic Integrity Failure Culture Students 213

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts. After a semester where I threw out the syllabus, I was left with an inspiring question: How can I make my future courses more practical and still keep the academic writing and the academic requirements intact?

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Teaching Teachers STEM Syllabus 278

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2023

Set Goals With Positive Motivation According to Dr. Kristin Neff, a widely recognized research psychologist, self-compassion can improve well-being and it helps us work toward our goals with positive motivation (the desire for our own happiness) rather than negative motivation (fear of failure and inadequacy).

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Education Motivation Failure Attention 206

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

During the two-week module on positive psychology, I wanted students to experience research and writing as positive and engaging activities. Here is how the project unfolded: Day 1: Setting the Stage for Collaborative Writing The project began by gauging student interest in co-authoring an article on student wellness.

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Collaborative Research Writing Failure Students 107

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level. I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level. I want my students to write every day. That really motivates me to continue.

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Failure Motivation Writing Culture 162

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2023

Below are five of the most critical skills that graduates should possess to make their mark on the job market: Communication Being able to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally, is invaluable when it comes to interacting with colleagues and customers.

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Skills Failure Motivation Communication 186

eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2016

A couple of years ago, I taught a student in an online creative writing class. These failures discouraged him, so he stopped trying completely—which caused his already low skill set to deteriorate even further. His writing was riddled with so many errors that it was difficult for me to read. The path to success.

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Teaching Writing Reading Feedback 189

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

During the two-week module on positive psychology, I wanted students to experience research and writing as positive and engaging activities. Here is how the project unfolded: Day 1: Setting the Stage for Collaborative Writing The project began by gauging student interest in co-authoring an article on student wellness.

Collaborative Research 91

Collaborative Research Writing Failure Students 91

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

GradeCraft is an award-winning, game-oriented LMS designed to boost student engagement and motivation. Gameful learning has a strong focus on students’ self-motivation. They can actually learn from failure, so there is really no cost to fail. We don’t want you to be a failure. Gameful Design.

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Failure Assignments Quizzes Motivation 167

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

These students appeared motivated to learna direct contrast to the disengagement narrative that permeates todays education circles. Academics demands coupled with the pull of daily life can negatively tip the balance of student outcomes, siphoning away student motivation, according to educational scholar Howard McClusky.

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Motivation Students Instructors Failure 64

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Every time I hear this, I am faced with the gut-wrenching realization that the student has internalized failure by age eleven. This raises two questions for me: How can we turn eleven-year-olds who have internalized failure into students like Abby who retain information for years? We’d discuss and students would get immediate feedback.

Teaching 168

Teaching Failure Quizzes Learning 168

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

The problem is that as an educator, my natural inclination is to provide these students more direct instruction, increased support and even hand-holding at times—but in a society that values individuals who are motivated, persistent self-starters with initiative, that’s not fair. This increased motivation.

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Learning Assignments Students Motivation 158

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

Literacy skills, including listening, speaking, reading and writing, can be difficult to support because students can fall on such a broad spectrum. Audiobooks can be used with adolescent readers to improve their reading fluency, expand their vocabulary, develop their comprehension and increase their motivation to interact with books.

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Reading Failure Motivation Study 160

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes. This ownership is important as it fosters motivation, leading to greater engagement and investment in their own education.

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Student Engagement Motivation Students Failure 126

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2025

While many of the students roll their eyes, it may save at least one student a year, says Johnson, who is a writing instructor and head of the writing center at Madison Area Technical College in Wisconsin. This motivates them to complete their classes and gives them a person they can trust throughout their time in college.

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Students Math Writing Skills 168

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

These students appeared motivated to learna direct contrast to the disengagement narrative that permeates todays education circles. Academics demands coupled with the pull of daily life can negatively tip the balance of student outcomes, siphoning away student motivation, according to educational scholar Howard McClusky.

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Motivation Students Instructors Failure 54

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 Certain emotional states invited motivational sustained effort, while others led to relinquishment of effort. You are so intelligent,” led to decreased motivation to undertake challenging tasks.

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Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

An Education Week survey found that the vast majority of educators believe that a growth-oriented mindset can help improve students’ motivation, commitment and engagement in learning. They learned about neuroscience, shared personal examples and watched videos of famous failures. At my last school in San Jose, Calif., Gupta, I get it.

Beliefs 162

Beliefs Failure Feedback Math 162

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The official corrected the mistake by writing down the time Ruiz had told him. The Motive It is unknown whether Ruiz intended to cheat in New York or if the opportunity merely presented itself and she took it. This establishes a baseline of each students writing style, vocabulary, and skills. The time put Ruiz in 11th place.

Academic Integrity 88

Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Good video games are incredibly effective at capturing our attention, converting extrinsic rewards into intrinsic motivation, and creating meaningful experiences. Games Make It OK to Fail Failure is a normal part of learning. You may gasp, but gaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry for a reason.

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Gamification Learning Culture Students 149

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

He also ponders whether games can both teach and measure 21st-century skills, considers the barriers to a broader use of GBL in schools and discusses the not-so-mysterious motivational power of Pokemon. A third reason is the opportunity to experiment with different identities in a safe environment where failure doesn’t matter.

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Game-Based Learning Teaching Learning Testing 168

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes. This ownership is important as it fosters motivation, leading to greater engagement and investment in their own education.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Motivation Students Failure 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. While grades provide extrinsic motivation for some students, not all students are driven by the sole purpose of getting a good grade.

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. While grades provide extrinsic motivation for some students, not all students are driven by the sole purpose of getting a good grade.

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

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. A lot of learning is accomplished by failure. This isn’t just for writing, though. Make this a strategy in the classroom.

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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 Certain emotional states invited motivational sustained effort, while others led to relinquishment of effort. You are so intelligent,” led to decreased motivation to undertake challenging tasks.

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

minimizing failure and providing immediate feedback for students. Well-designed games feature certain design elements that motivate us to either try harder or try a different approach. Yet elements such as clear goals, the use of strategy and even low-stakes failure were less frequently associated with successful outcomes.

Skills 168

Skills Critical Thinking Game-Based Learning Failure 168

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2016

The growth mindset isn’t anything new—people have been writing about it more frequently for the last few years. Specifically, in my classroom, we use the texts to analyze character traits and character motivation, and to discuss how characters’ actions affect outcomes. Wondering why Jennifer chose Aurasma?

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Science Failure Teachers History 113

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

23 Ohio state’s 4-year Dyslexia Pilot Project on grades 1-3 did not reduce the risk of reading failure in 3 rd graders ($960,000). This improvement in brain efficiency often affects the whole person, in terms of learning behaviors, attitude and motivation. The effect is not gradual but shows a sharp knee-of-the curve upward trajectory.

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Disabilities Learning Disabilities Evaluation Languages 285

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

Be intentional and nurture relationships with motivated friends and professionals who support your goals but who are also constructively critical. 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.

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Students Failure Beliefs Skills 153

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Many of our courses have 48 students enrolled, and writing is assigned in all classes. The writing assignments include invention work, draft work, and final versions, which all require feedback and evaluation. The strategy: GRADE We both teach composition and interdisciplinary courses at a regional state university in Georgia.

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Grades Interdisciplinary Evaluation Feedback 116

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The big idea is that VCs simply assumed that any failure to execute the plan was a failure of the founders or the key people in the company. People would say, “Steve, no, we just need to teach them how to write a business plan and we need to teach them finance.” Let me remind people what my intent was.

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Education Failure Syllabus Motivation 125

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

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Many of our courses have 48 students enrolled, and writing is assigned in all classes. The writing assignments include invention work, draft work, and final versions, which all require feedback and evaluation. The strategy: GRADE We both teach composition and interdisciplinary courses at a regional state university in Georgia.

Grades 111

Grades Interdisciplinary Evaluation Feedback 111

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Teachers write blogs about the pros and cons about teaching CS and engineering. They are driven, motivated and informed. For your students who don’t typically identify as “engineers”—many female and minority students as well as some boys—what motivates them to sign up for, and become invested in, an engineering class or activity?

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Science STEM Failure Middle School 111