Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

1 Hard to Motivate After a Long Day at School After spending six to seven hours in a structured, often high-pressure academic environment, students face the additional burden of homework. As a result, writing assignments often fail to meet the psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness required for motivation.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2016

I offer seven questions we typically ask of teachers in the interview process, along with corresponding questions I think are geared to align with how the internet will force the redefinition of a teacher’s added value: Current question: What do you know about your subject?

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 30, 2017

I emphasized the role technology can play in helping teachers to get more eyes on student work and, as a result, motivate students to do their best work. I want to provide my students with meaningful feedback, a live audience, and a fresh perspective. However, the fear of presenting was an incredible motivator.

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Feedback Students Motivation Grades 419

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

I highlighted how blended learning can help educators more effectively provide multiple means of engagement to increase student motivation and ensure all students can successfully engage with learning experiences. In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of engagement. YourChoiceMedia. GraphicOrgComp.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Every time I lead a blended learning workshop, teachers ask me the same question. ” This is a hard question to answer. If the goal is to get kids excited and motivated to learn, then teachers must value self-determination and provide students with the autonomy necessary to shape their learning experiences. Click To Tweet.

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Classroom Management Motivation Blended Learning Feedback 420

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

You can pose a question for a future column here. Reader Question: Dear Bonni, What ideas do you have for student accountability? The moves came prior to the motivation. Cravings are the drives that motivate us to act. The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

When I lead blended learning workshops or coach teachers implementing blended learning, I get a lot of questions about classroom management. When humans are given the autonomy, especially in a learning environment, it yields higher levels of interest, engagement, and motivation. Niestradt, J. & & Wilde, M. Grolnick, W.

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Classroom Management Blended Learning Motivation Coaching 419

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2024

The psychology of motivation: Strategies for engaging students Motivation plays a role not only in people’s choice to get involved in their goals but also in their behavior, persistence, and, ultimately, success. What does motivation entail? Experts in psychology have comprehensively analyzed motivation.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

4 Ask students for feedback. Feedback typically flows from teacher to student, but feedback should be a two-way street. Teachers can learn so much from their students if they ask the right questions. 7 Student agency is the best way to increase engagement and motivation. This brings me to my fourth lesson. #4

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Learning Blended Learning Assignments Feedback 544

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. Students were getting the feedback they needed faster.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Now, when I work with teachers, I encourage them to ask these questions: What is the purpose of this work? This negatively impacts student motivation and can cause students unnecessary anxiety. When students are working toward a finished product that will be assessed for a grade, they need feedback and support.

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Grades Feedback Assignments Motivation 420

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

candidates at MIT’s Lifelong Kindergarten research group, say it all started with a single piece of feedback: “Just make learning fun.” Scratch projects are also released to everyone on Scratch for feedback, comments or “remixing,” but on CoCo, projects remain within a digital “corridor” curated by an educator.

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Gamification Motivation Game-Based Learning Math 205

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Clear expectations positively impact the students’ feelings of competence or confidence in their ability to complete a task, which can motivate them to put in their best effort. Rubrics also provide students with feedback, helping them understand their strengths and areas where they need to improve.

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Fairness Assignments Feedback Evaluation 545

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). Write each question so it can receive its own response.

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Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 109

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

I remember feeling intense pressure to have the “right answer” when students asked questions. In my latest book, Balance with Blended Learning , I write about strategies that turn everyday tasks, like giving feedback, assessing student work, and conferencing with students about progress into opportunities for connection.

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Blended Learning Communication Coaching Questions 531

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Practical Strategies for Classroom Application The research consistently tells us that the application of brain-based learning principles leads to increased academic achievement, better behavior, development of appropriate social-emotional skills, and increased motivation. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2021

The journalism instructor at the University of Minnesota keeps the process simple, with brief questions similar to these: What should keep happening in this class? Golden collects the results, which students give anonymously, then studies the feedback and makes a list of all the information she’s received.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

It begs the question, What is the value of racing through material if students don’t understand or retain it? Writing Assignments: Writing tasks, whether creative stories, essays, or research papers, require students to think critically, organize their thoughts, write a draft, and revise based on feedback.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

I began our synchronous session by addressing frequently asked questions about this model. In this post, I will share answers to some of those questions. Additionally, using a digital format creates space for students to document their learning and for teachers to provide feedback. Q3: How Do I Track Student Progress?

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Blended Learning Feedback Universal Design Art 436

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How many hours each week do you spend on creating, sharing, monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback on student activities? An easy-to-use platform for teachers to handle the entire loop from creation to feedback can be the answer to saving time and energy. In a BookWidgets activity, most question types are automatically graded.

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Feedback Motivation Evaluation Education 161

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). Write each question so it can receive its own response.

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Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 96

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

“Several empirical studies have confirmed that students in gamified learning environments achieve higher levels of motivation and cognitive engagement compared to those in traditional classroom settings” (Dehghanzadeh et al., Other question types include fill-in-the-blank, true or false, drag-and-drop, and matching.

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Gamification Multiple Choice Questions Motivation Social Studies 306

eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Because I have experience in the edtech industry, I have some thoughts on what I think the key question should be: How can I nurture a genuine love of learning? It can offer practice exercises that develop analytical skills and provide immediate feedback on their performance. Should I turn to AI for tutoring when my child struggles?

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Learning Styles Critical Thinking Intelligence Motivation 312

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In high school, I competed in statewide competitions with the Business Professionals of America , a student organization focused on career and leadership development, through which I learned how to receive feedback and how to lose with grace and maintain pride. Competition can be thrilling and motivating to those who choose to engage.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Secondary students in particular need to be able to see and ask questions during remote STEM instruction, such as during laboratory experiments or when receiving feedback when developing their own solutions to math problems. Math made meaningful.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Each factor plays a role in shaping various academic achievements: Prior knowledge of the subject matter Motivation and engagement Learning goals Learning strategies Prioritization of the course Outside responsibilities College students take a course for various reasons, for example, to meet a major or minor requirement or for personal interest.

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Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 126

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

The learning teams that enjoy high levels of autonomy and agency tend to be more motivated and engaged. Engage : Develop a Question to Drive Your Inquiry Cycle. As a group, they identify an area of focus and craft a question to frame and focus their work together. For example, what pedagogical problems are they currently facing?

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Teachers Blended Learning Learning Evaluation 427

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2021

When you have to compete with a warm sun, sandy beaches, and playful friends, motivating students in summer school can be a daunting challenge. Their answers to this question will guide you in how you teach the class. Let your summer school students experience this motivator. What they found wasn’t what they expected.

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Motivation Schools Syllabus Students 154

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

Studies suggest, for example, that grades can frustrate students’ intrinsic motivation and make them more focused on how they’ll be measured than on the material they should be studying. Giving each other feedback. Without grades, some educators wonder, will students stay motivated? We need to be communicating with one another.

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Grades Questions Instructors Motivation 217

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

They responded in kind, asking questions, making comments, and leaning into the learning. Teachers have the time and space to facilitate differentiated small group instruction, engage learners in interactive modeling sessions, facilitate small group discussions, and provide real-time feedback on work in progress. I was hooked!

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Blended Learning Critical Thinking Communication Participation 535

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

Benefits of using Classkick in special education Classkick’s real-time feedback feature is particularly valuable for special education. Through the platform, I create interactive lessons where students practice answering common interview questions. Classkick’s instant feedback feature played a crucial role.

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Special Education Skills Education Feedback 286

eSchool News

MAY 10, 2023

Everyone loves games, and competition motivates people to perform their best. Or they might find it challenging to compete against fellow students to become the first to finish a task or answer a question correctly via touchscreen. Don’t gamify everything; instead, focus on lessons lacking engagement and motivation.

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Gamification Interactive Learning Disabilities Learning 328

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

The situation is made even more challenging by the lack of suitable feedback mechanisms to help teachers understand who is struggling in class and to help them quickly find the root cause of the student’s challenges. Worries about using AI for academic help and answering questions led to many discussions on its role in the classroom.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Each factor plays a role in shaping various academic achievements: Prior knowledge of the subject matter Motivation and engagement Learning goals Learning strategies Prioritization of the course Outside responsibilities College students take a course for various reasons, for example, to meet a major or minor requirement or for personal interest.

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Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 111

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Tricider is a free online tool that simplifies the decision-making process and makes it more equitable by allowing users to leave plenty of feedback. Here’s how it works: a user enters a question they want the group to consider. The feedback that TeachFX provides is private, objective, and non-evaluative.

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Teachers Feedback Evaluation Intelligence 332

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 116

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? This shift raises questions about the efficacy and long-term viability of conventional education methods. Studies show that students in remote settings often feel isolated, which can lead to decreased motivation and engagement.

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