k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Teachers can develop and design their own applied learning course(s), such as AL Business & Finance, AL Synthetic Biology, AL Engineering, AL Big Data Analysis, AL Epidemiology, AL Social Entrepreneurship, AL Creative Writing, and AL Fashion Design. Traditional tests don’t always capture things like creativity, grit, or collaboration.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Tools like NoRedInk can help reduce the planning load for teachers while providing students with structured opportunities to continue developing their writing skills. Her books include How Teams Work , The Social-Emotional Learning Playbook , and How Feedback Works. She can be reached at nfrey@sdsu.edu.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Use AI for Your Benefit Generating activity ideas or lesson plans, creating rubrics, and assisting with basic writing tasks are three ways to easily get started with an AI chatbot. What other questions could be asked to dive deeper and more concisely into the information? Use AI to assist you with generating clearer and more concise messages.

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Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 97

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

I provide specific deadlines for initial contributions and peer feedback to maintain momentum. For example, at the end of our discussion on memory formation, I ask students to quickly write down the most important concept they learned and one question they still have.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 64

Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

For example, if they’re writing an essay, help them focus on just the intro first. Provide Personal Feedback Telling a struggling student how they are doing, and if they need to try harder, doesn’t always help them improve. What struggling learners need is specific feedback they can use to actually improve.

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Teaching Failure Students Feedback 94

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives” (p. Simple Course Design Supports Student Success Darby (2019) writes about how students can easily become overwhelmed by online classes and may struggle using the institution’s portal or LMS. Dr. Jennifer P.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 67

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives” (p. Simple Course Design Supports Student Success Darby (2019) writes about how students can easily become overwhelmed by online classes and may struggle using the institution’s portal or LMS. Dr. Jennifer P.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 66

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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Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 189

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

Paper pockets held fun incentives like extra recess, sitting in the teachers chair, or the rare treat of writing with a pen. It provides immediate feedback and fosters a sense of community and achievement, all while giving students autonomy in their reading choices. A bulletin board reading Want a bright idea?

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Motivation Reading Achievement Feedback 167

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Each semester, the surveys were refined based on student feedback and changing classroom dynamics. Many were enrolled in leadership-focused sections of FSHN 101 and 120 and took on active roles in the analysis, writing, and design of the final open-access book: What Your Students Arent Telling You. They were rooted in lived experience.

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Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 53

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Use AI for Your Benefit Generating activity ideas or lesson plans, creating rubrics, and assisting with basic writing tasks are three ways to easily get started with an AI chatbot. What other questions could be asked to dive deeper and more concisely into the information? Use AI to assist you with generating clearer and more concise messages.

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Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

My Journey in Alternative Grading: From Curiosity to Clarity The first time I stood in front of 20 bored freshmen, all alone, teaching a course I had designed, also all alone, I was teaching a general education writing and speaking course at the University of Iowa. As a TA, I even received rubrics with that language. Inoue, Asoa.

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Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 72

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The official corrected the mistake by writing down the time Ruiz had told him. Gather baseline evidence of writing skills across academic disciplines using a simple, in-class prompt that requires students to provide a claim and supporting evidence in a full paragraph. Writing and reasoning get better with feedback and effort.

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Teach Your Kids

JULY 7, 2025

I’m excited to introduce a few of the tutors I’m most enthusiastic about right now and I’d love your honest feedback on how we’re presenting them on Modulo. She is also a gifted creative writing teacher who can support children in creating their own narrative. Why or why not? Warmly, Manisha

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Feedback Language Languages Culture 90

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

In turn, we can immediately utilize new information to further our faculty assessment reports, professional development, academic writings, and research publication. Write them down and have it with you as you start the lecture. When your class ends, write down the during-action reflection as soon as possible.

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Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge Laboratory 55

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

Ready to ignite your students’ imaginations and sharpen their writing skills? With these engaging 7th grade writing prompts, students will dive into a world of self-expression. They’re developing the skills to investigate real-world topics, explain ideas clearly, and write with purpose.

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Writing Grades Essay Middle School 52

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

One autistic educator explained to Rabinowitz that because of her cognitive inflexibility, the open-ended nature of a graphic organizer actually made writing harder. Graphic organizers, for example, are a widely used tool in special education, but they don’t help everyone.

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Disabilities Teaching Culture Special Education 91

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Whether its writing a research paper with academic integrity or designing a technology solution that addresses a global issue, Elmwood girls learn how to think deeply and act responsibly. Elmwood encourages students to create and lead clubs that reflect their passionswhether thats robotics, creative writing, or cultural heritage.

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Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Beliefs 209

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

But with the advent of technology, the internet, and cell phones, it seemed like reading for pleasure (not to mention the requisite attention span) had gone the way of buggy whips, writing quills, and powdered wigs. Student Feedback At least once a semester, I survey my students to see how it’s going.

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Reading English Grades Attention 75

k12

JULY 10, 2025

Virtual Whiteboards: These online tools replicate the traditional classroom whiteboard—and in some cases, students can even write or draw on them too. Encourage Feedback and Conversation: Feedback is key to growth, both for students and teachers. Multimedia Learning Materials: Mixing things up helps keep learning fresh.

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Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

UC Riverside found that math and writing skills were lower among the students who graduated from high school during the pandemic than for previous high school graduates. Likewise, 25% of freshmen entered the university at the lowest writing level in 2019. The following year 29% of incoming students started at the lowest writing level.

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Math English Lecturing High School 86

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

We also know teachers can play an integral role in equipping young people to have safe, responsible and enriching online experiences, and we take their feedback seriously. Back in the day, you could write a note and throw it away for it never to be seen again.

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Middle School Middle School Schools Students 86

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 16, 2025

One of the best ways to get good at a complex action (such as playing a musical instrument or pitching a baseball game) is to practice it until it becomes a motor plan," writes movement expert and psychologist Christine Caldwell. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years.

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Writing Attention Feedback Assignments 75

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

Intuition has a maligned reputation as one of the lesser kinds of reasoning," writes neuroscientist Patrick House, "but is, in fact, second only to consciousness itself as the mammalian brain's greatest feat. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years. I've written since 2009.

Language 91

Language Languages Communication Writing 91

Teach Hub

JUNE 10, 2025

Think About Summer Learning Take a few minutes to review your child’s report cards and teacher feedback. Maybe they want to write a thank-you card to their teacher or make or purchase a small gift. Remind your child to make sure that they’re consistent with their study and homework routine right up until the very last day of school.

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Students Math Assignments Learning Styles 74

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Complete with 34 slides including blank, customizable slides, a form for peer feedback, and a set of teacher notes for implementation, this no-prep activity is a great way to practice CCSS for speaking and listening. Bring in debate topics after a persuasive writing unit. or science (Should humans be allowed to make their own clones?).

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High School High School Schools Counselling 52

Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

However, its a powerful tool for guiding instruction, providing feedback, and helping students grow. Consider writing your learning objectives in I can statements that are simple, concrete, and kid-friendly. Thumbs up/down : An easy visual during lessons that gives you instant feedback. This reflection is when growth happens.

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Learning Outcomes Learning Feedback Essay 78

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

Feedback is how students feel seen and supported. When we give feedback as students work, we signal that the work they are doing is important, and we care about their progress. Teachers want to give students timely, focused, and actionable feedback, yet it is easy to neglect. Peer Feedback Choice Board. I really liked __.

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Feedback Peer Review Assignments Online Learning 546

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 20, 2020

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools teachers have in their “teaching toolbelts” for guiding learners toward mastery. Without feedback, students do not have a clear sense of what they are doing well, what they need to focus on, and what they can do to improve.

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Feedback Blended Learning Writing Communication 546

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

I would like to see teachers balance the time they spend on instruction with the time they spend facilitating learning and providing feedback as students attempt to do something with that instruction. The challenge for teachers is figuring out how to create the time and space necessary to prioritize feedback. Blended learning can help!

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Blended Learning Feedback Learning Instructors 498

Catlin Tucker

JULY 4, 2017

Since I published “ Stop Taking Grading Home ,” I’ve had a ton of teachers ask me how I am able to give feedback on Google Docs so quickly. I give real-time feedback to ~8 students in a 25-minute station. Here’s how… I hope this tip helps other teachers provide feedback on student writing more efficiently!

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Feedback Grades Writing Skills 420

eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The art of writing, invented roughly 5,000 years ago, represents a blip in human history. In short: Writing remains a new feat of technology. Despite its relative youth, writing has evolved into a vital skill. Despite its relative youth, writing has evolved into a vital skill. The Value of Peer-to-Peer Writing Feedback.

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Feedback Writing Skills Instructors 265

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.

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Feedback Coaching Assignments Motivation 348

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In our newest book, Shift Writing into the Classroom with UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I guide teachers in creating the time and space to support all parts of the writing process in the classroom. If there is only one pathway provided, students may question their ability to complete a writing task successfully.

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Assignments Writing Feedback Motivation 457

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Feedback is a powerful tool that can profoundly impact student learning and success. However, not all feedback is created equal; some approaches to feedback can propel students toward growth, while others may hinder their progress. What is the secret to effective feedback?

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Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 363

eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

The company announced last week that it is offering elementary educators nationwide the unique opportunity to participate in the development of its latest product, Mystery Writing by Discovery Education , through a free, year-long trial. Individual educators interested in claiming their free trial can visit the Mystery Writing website here.

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Writing Feedback Schools Science 309