Catlin Tucker
AUGUST 16, 2024
Feedback is critical for helping students enhance their conceptual knowledge and skills. Despite its value, with the time constraints and the large number of students in classrooms, providing focused, actionable, and timely feedback often feels unattainable. It avoids language that might confuse learners.
eSchool News
MAY 5, 2025
Having conducted well over a thousand observations of K-12 teachers over the last 15 years, I have noticed there is one piece of feedback I have given more than any other–and it involves a seemingly minor word change. Saying Tell Us, instead of Tell me, validates each student’s role as both a learner and giver of knowledge.
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eSchool News
MAY 7, 2025
One might assume that the most desirable skills for someone entering a STEM field would be things like vast scientific knowledge or a laser-like attention to detail. I especially like using it for collaborative timelines, maps, and peer feedback. Ive wondered about this myself on a few occasions.
k12 Digest
MAY 19, 2025
Mind, brain and education science combines knowledge in the fields of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and education to inform methods of teaching and explore the impact of those strategies on learning, helping to transform the field of education. Lecture is a common passive learning practice.
k12 Digest
MAY 15, 2025
Knowledge grows in bits. The implications stretch far beyond convenience or novelty- they represent a fundamental shift in how knowledge transfers from source to student. Unlike traditional educational models, where feedback loops stretch across days or weeks, virtual tutors close these loops in seconds.
Catlin Tucker
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
The goal of a playlist is to move students from point A (where they currently are in relation to content knowledge, skills, or a multi-step project or process) to point B (firm learning goals). Teachers can use this time to facilitate conferences, provide feedback, or conduct side-by-side assessments. That requires data.
Catlin Tucker
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
Rubrics also provide students with feedback, helping them understand their strengths and areas where they need to improve. When teachers include too many criteria in a rubric, they may unintentionally assess skills or knowledge they do not spend significant time helping students master.
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