Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

We had a chat with Kate about her views on STEM education, supporting underrepresented and underserved students, and how learning to fail helps all kids succeed. Kate Sample EdSurge: Not everyone has an engineer dad to support their passion for STEM. One of the things I've seen is the way kids light up when you bring STEM to them.

STEM 187

STEM Teaching Failure High School 187

eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Even with the Next Generation Science Standard’s emphasis on engineering, there’s still a feeling that in preschool and kindergarten, teachers shouldn’t place as much emphasis on the E in STEM. They get to touch, squish, and test the properties of different items. But younger children can learn and benefit from modified lessons.

Failure 280

Failure Learning STEM Curriculum Design 280

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

YES draws on more than three decades of research and development by the Museum’s PreK-12 education division, under the leadership of founding director Dr. Christine Cunningham, senior vice president of STEM Learning at the Museum of Science.

Science 263

Science STEM Failure Ethics 263

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Existing STEM programs A few years ago, we were looking for a robotics solution for our middle school students to use primarily to get them engaged with engineering before high school. At the time, we did not have a robotics course for middle grades at all, though we did have an after-school STEM club.

Teaching 292

Teaching STEM Middle School Middle School 292

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

The issue is not just that K-12 education lacks challenging work; its that the system actively discourages failure. In undergraduate courses, particularly in STEM fields, weekly homework assignments often required upwards of 12 hours of effort. This wasnt a sign of failure; it was an essential part of learning.

Failure 175

Failure Assignments Education Secondary Education 175

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. Its enhanced accuracy in math and vast knowledge base make it the ideal option for teachers teaching advanced-level courses in STEM subjects.

Quizzes 291

Quizzes Lecturing Ethics Exams 291

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.

Art 218

Art Education Multidisciplinary Students 218

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The future has swooped in early: We’re already seeing drones being added to the mix of teaching tools that educators are using to help bring STEM to life in their classrooms. Drone Competition Creates Fun STEM Opportunity. Drones Prepare Students for a STEM Future. I’m proud of our team.”.

Learning Tools 161

Learning Tools STEM Learning Failure 161

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.

Math 217

Math Learning Schools Failure 217

eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The MakerBot Innovation Center will help us teach these skills as it offers a very different, more hands-on learning environment that gives students more freedom to experiment, learn from failure and progress their thinking.”. Combining the arts with more traditional STEM learning is really where the magic happens.”

High School 210

High School High School Schools Failure 210

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

The workforce has undergone significant changes, and today’s jobs require advanced skills and specialized training, particularly in STEM fields. Thus, preparing the next generation of STEM-literate citizens has never been more critical. The excitement comes from the possibility of both success and failure.

Schools 333

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 333

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2015

His knowledge of and interest in both the EdTech world and the importance of a STEM education highlight the importance of inquiry-based education, DIY cultures and technology for enhanced learning as crucial 21st century activities. Common Core: A Lesson Plan for STEM (on Bridges). High Tech In The Classroom.

Education 144

Education STEM Failure Participation 144

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

Not all students are ready for algebra in middle school, and so this can lead to “massive failure rates,” he says. In these systems, students are automatically enrolled in algebra — unless they choose to opt out — after they achieve high scores on standard tests. There are some examples of this model in practice now.

Math 205

Math Schools Middle School Middle School 205

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

After intervening and supporting approximately 16,000 students, dropout rates have decreased and test scores have improved. AWS Educate has released cloud badges for the following services: RoboMaker makes it easier to develop, test, and deploy intelligent robotics applications at scale.

Education 167

Education Intelligence Failure Testing 167

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Computer Science (CS) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are popping up all over. The media tells us there are STEM career opportunities for students in abundance. Industry debates about the STEM jobs pipeline. Encouraging diverse participation in STEM in middle school is crucial.

Science 108

Science STEM Failure Middle School 108

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 172

Exams English Math Instructors 172

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Students love this game.

Activities 171

Activities Learning Art Attention 171

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Here’s a look at some of edtech’s notable successes and failures that might shed light on the decade to come. In many cases, our assessments are used in place of others because computer-adaptive tests have proven a more efficient model and better predictor for end-of-year tests. Clearly, a lot has changed over the last decade.

Education 140

Education Textbooks Blended Learning Failure 140

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Students love this game.

Activities 174

Activities Learning Attention Failure 174

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. Most game spaces are by design complex problem spaces.

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 164

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 164

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

But declining student participation may also stem from the challenges inherent to remote and hybrid learning. Based on these findings, Georgia State has plans to test the chatbot with in-person classes. It’s often said that online courses offer students increased flexibility—supposedly a positive quality. Too Much Help—Or Not Enough?

Student Engagement 200

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Students 200

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.

Active Learning 105

Active Learning Activities Learning Cognitive Development 105

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Many believe they need to succeed immediately and that any failure they encounter will be devastating. By taking risks, and in some cases even failing in front of our students, we demonstrate that not everything works as planned and prove that we can rebound from any situation. Many of my students don’t have this mindset.

Teachers 141

Teachers Textbooks Lecturing Social Studies 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I don’t think education is a predictive task,” said Gilliard, criticizing the use of data systems that allegedly forecast student success or failure. A director of innovation at the University of Texas at Dallas described in a presentation how his institution tests Echo Dots— which record sound data —in residence halls.

Testing 103

Testing Students Failure STEM 103

Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

Early failures and failed first trials are not interpreted as a diagnosis of what could be done , and are instead seen as proof of what cant (Yeager & Dweck, 2020). 2020), entrepreneurs become comparatively more successful when failures are absorbed and used as a means for diagnosing what needs to be changed.

Teaching 59

Teaching Failure Feedback Knowledge 59

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Students love this game.

Activities 122

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Attention 122

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Working as an entrepreneur, executive, philanthropist and investor over the past few decades, at some of the very organizations Watters bemoans, I’ve had a unique vantage point for observing numerous successes, failures and—most importantly—long-term trends that make me optimistic about the next wave of education innovation.

Educational Technologies 166

Educational Technologies Technology Education Internet 166

Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

Early failures and failed first trials are not interpreted as a diagnosis of what could be done , and are instead seen as proof of what cant (Yeager & Dweck, 2020). 2020), entrepreneurs become comparatively more successful when failures are absorbed and used as a means for diagnosing what needs to be changed.

Teaching 52

Teaching Failure Feedback Knowledge 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Schoolzilla claims its tools help address issues like absenteeism, course failures and disproportionality in suspensions. In 2017, an independent researcher discovered a flaw in how Schoolzilla stored personal information including test scores and social security numbers.

Schools 96

Schools Failure Learning Exams 96

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 99

Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 99

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

We have the third-highest average ACT score of states that test at least half of their graduates. At some point the stresses on the system will cause it to break but for now they can continue to push on the edges, knowing that our schools’ eventual failure will occur during someone else’s political cycle.

Questions 111

Questions Schools Fairness Failure 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Students love this game.

Activities 71

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Attention 71

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Students love this game.

Activities 71

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Attention 71

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

His continuous failure—or iteration, as we’d call it today— taught him to innovate. Discuss how despite repeated failures, all heroes complete their journey. When teaching fictional texts, you can apply lessons in resilience to the hero’s journey ; discuss how heroes aren’t successful all the time.

Failure 140

Failure Motivation History Learning 140

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2018

Sometimes teachers unintentionally set kids up for failure by making assumptions about the prior knowledge and experience they bring into the classroom like presuming that all students grow up in a home with conversation about the political climate in our country, or that they’re all born digital natives with an iPhone in hand. I felt awful.

Technology 117

Technology Teaching Failure Essay 117