eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Texthelp ®, a leading education technology company focused on helping learners of all ages and abilities improve their reading, writing, and math skills, today announced the launch of WriQ ®, a cloud-based writing assessment and achievement tool. It provides them with their own dashboard of real-time feedback.

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Writing Gamification Motivation Evaluation 257

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Could approaching the design, instruction, and facilitation of learning (in class, online, or a combination of the two) with a “would you rather” lens improve student motivation and engagement? Choice has been shown to improve retention, transfer performance, and motivation (Schneider, Nebel, Beege & Rey, 2018).

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Laboratory Motivation Fairness Participation 543

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

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

As Katie Novak and I write in UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes (coming out May 29!), these are critical skills students need to develop if they are going to become expert learners who are motivated, resourceful, strategic, and capable of advocating for themselves.

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Blended Learning Feedback Learning Beliefs 519

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

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. I’ve built project playlists, close-reading playlists, and writing playlists.

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Teachers Art Feedback Writing 479

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

When I was in college, I started writing a holiday newsletter to include with my Christmas cards. As I began to write, I realized that 2020 for me was a year of extremes. 4 Ask students for feedback. Feedback typically flows from teacher to student, but feedback should be a two-way street.

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Learning Blended Learning Assignments Feedback 544

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

These traditional workflows do not position the students to be active agents or help them to develop into expert learners, who are resourceful, strategic, motivated, and self-aware. I teamed up with Dr. Katie Novak to write a follow-up to our book UDL and Blended Learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

Writing is used to assess student learning more often than it is used to facilitate learning. We talk about writing as a product for assessment, a subject where paragraphs and commas are taught, or a skill that one either has developed or lacks. Rarely do we hear people, even teachers, discuss writing as a process for learning.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

Teachers are frustrated by what they perceive as a lack of focus, engagement, and motivation. Teachers frustrated by a perceived lack of focus, engagement, or motivation should develop routines and resources designed to help students develop these critical self-regulation skills. ” I hear statements like this every week.

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Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning Motivation 543

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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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I ’m a writing instructor in higher education. I’m also a writing specialist in a support center. I work with students from all disciplines and cultural and linguistic backgrounds where I cover the whole spectrum of writing instruction. For students continuing to graduate school, the writing stakes are even higher.

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Evaluation Feedback Writing Languages 119

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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Motivation Students Feedback Achievement 174

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

The moves came prior to the motivation. Cravings are the drives that motivate us to act. Building up a habit like the one I have done for exercise involves both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for most people. First of all, there are approaches that can help reduce grading time while still giving useful feedback to students.

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Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 196

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.” There’s even an option to write stories together. Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. The idea is to keep learners motivated in a class.

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Gamification Motivation Game-Based Learning Math 199

eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

As technology has evolved, writing documents has also evolved. Before programs existed to streamline the IEP writing process, creating IEPs was once a daunting task of paper and pencil. Not only has the process of writing the IEP evolved, but IEPs are becoming technology-driven.

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Technology Special Education Motivation Writing 272

Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2021

If our goal is to cultivate expert learners who are resourceful, strategic, and motivated, they need opportunities to drive their own learning. ” During a free-flow lesson, I used my teacher-led station to provide feedback on work-in-progress (e.g., writing task, performance task, research project).

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Universal Design Blended Learning Learning Feedback 367

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Photo by Glen Noble on Unsplash Embrace Your Inner Storyteller Think about what sparks your desire to write. Identify your audience Are you writing for fellow teachers? For example, if you’re writing for educators, your book might blend personal anecdotes with actionable tips. Writing for students? A general audience?

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Writing Feedback Intelligence Curriculum 174

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

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. I would love to see teachers design lessons that allow them to connect with individual learners.

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Blended Learning Communication Coaching Questions 531

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

The development of Discovery Educations newest content is based on feedback from the companys school-based partners and makes teaching and learning even more relevant, interesting, and personalized for users of Discovery Education products.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I ’m a writing instructor in higher education. I’m also a writing specialist in a support center. I work with students from all disciplines and cultural and linguistic backgrounds where I cover the whole spectrum of writing instruction. For students continuing to graduate school, the writing stakes are even higher.

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Evaluation Feedback Writing Languages 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2020

With Immersive Reader, they go back day after day, and then they get mad at you when the project is over because they want more time to add to their writing. We sat down with Felix to learn exactly how Immersive Reader helps her students and why it’s led them to demand more reading and writing time. They want you to read and rate them.

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Writing Reading Feedback Skills 184

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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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 28, 2020

I want students to know that their teachers are there to support them as they work because learning is a process and everyone needs feedback and help to improve. I want students to be intrinsically motivated to revisit and improve their work because they feel like active agents in the learning process.

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Blended Learning Feedback Learning Communication 343

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

eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

Celebrate achievements: Reflecting on the successes of the school year is crucial for boosting morale and motivation among students and staff. Engage students in meaningful activities : Keep students engaged and motivated until the last day of school by planning meaningful end-of-year projects or events.

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Achievement Schools Counselling Feedback 303

eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2023

BOSTON – As part of its human-centered approach to AI in K-12 education, learning technology company HMH today announced new OpenAI-powered integrations within Writable , its award-winning writing practice and assessment solution for grades 3-12. This saves valuable time teachers can use to invest in student connections. “At

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Plagiarism Teachers Feedback Essay 246

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

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

These cognitive developments allow adolescents to reason abstractly, incorporate new information, and monitor learning progress faster and easier,” researchers write. “In In addition, as course content becomes more challenging in higher grades, teachers may tend to use these complex strategies more often.”

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Motivation Teaching Cognitive Development Critical Thinking 184

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the early days of my transition to blended learning, I had one Chromebook, which I received after writing a Donor’s Choose project. Agency and autonomy can yield higher levels of motivation over time. It was one of the first models, along with the flipped classroom, that I could employ in my low-tech classroom.

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Blended Learning Critical Thinking Communication Participation 535

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

“I love teaching and helping kids grow,” she added, “but I hate that writing instruction takes up hours and hours of my life.” A 2016 study of 3rd to 8th grade educators found that only 55% of teachers said they enjoy teaching writing. 9% of writing assignments in grades six to eight include long form writing.

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Writing Teaching Education Feedback 150

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

The learning teams that enjoy high levels of autonomy and agency tend to be more motivated and engaged. I also encourage educators to share their discoveries and thinking with a larger audience by doing one of the following: Write and publish a blog Produce an original podcast Create a video on the topic Design and publish an infographic.

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Teachers Blended Learning Learning Evaluation 425

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

These real-time insights ensure students work on the specific skills they need to develop, whether it’s phonics, reading comprehension, vocabulary, or writing. Gamification, interactive exercises, and multimedia resources can capture students’ attention and keep them motivated to practice literacy skills.

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Science Reading Gamification Motivation 323

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 108

eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Many times, shy students find it easier to express themselves in writing versus verbally. These platforms provide a non-threatening environment for exploration and mastery, and students receive immediate feedback and support.

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Gamification Interactive Learning Participation Students 325

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

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Because we know that becoming a successful writer is crucial to a student’s overall trajectory at school , work , and as a citizen , teachers must identify the tools that can best support writing instruction including the overlapping processes of drafting, review, and revision.

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Feedback Peer Review Writing Beliefs 128

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

My doctoral research focused on the multidimensional motivational construct of teacher engagement in blended learning environments. In contrast, large-scale playlists may walk students through the process of conducting an experiment and writing a lab report or working through a multi-step project.

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Blended Learning Learning Coaching Discussions 420