Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

. #2 Flex Your Metacognitive Muscles. Metacognitive skills must be taught. They need to set academic goals, monitor and track their progress and reflect regularly on the work they are doing and what it reveals about their skill set. I also dedicate a chapter in my new book Balance with Blended Learning to metacognition.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

We must explicitly teach these skills and give students time in class to practice them. Starting the year with routines designed to encourage students to develop their metacognitive skills can yield deeper learning all year long. 4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking. #5 What are you grading and why ?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? Consider implementing the following categories and grading them on a scale of 1–5: Building Block: How much future learning is dependent on this standard? Given a typical school year of 180 days, that’s 1.1 standards a day!

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

Metacognition, often referred to as “thinking about thinking,” is a cognitive skill that empowers learners to reflect on their thought processes, learning strategies, and understanding of a concept or subject.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? Consider implementing the following categories and grading them on a scale of 1–5: Building Block: How much future learning is dependent on this standard? Given a typical school year of 180 days, that’s 1.1 standards a day!

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What is wrong with grades? Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

(Newswire.com) – Swivl , a future-ready edtech company with a suite of reflective tools, announced today the addition of its newest tool, Mirror, an AI-enabled hardware and software platform that automates reflection and brings valuable metacognitive insights for educators. Source: Swivl

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What is wrong with grades? Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 4, 2024

For teachers, the adoption of math journals can also lessen the burden of managing and grading piles of worksheets. Instead of having teachers collect stacks of student work to grade for accuracy, I’d like to put that responsibility on students. What specific mathematical concept[s], processes, or skills did you learn?

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Explicit teaching helps students grasp the material better and equips them with the skills to apply that knowledge. We do (Engaging the Group): The teacher and students work together to practice the new concept or skill. This allows students to solidify their understanding and demonstrate their ability to apply the concept or skill.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

Fostering autonomy and responsibility can lead to significant growth in students’ academic and metacognitive skills. Metacognitive Skillbuilding Academics are important, but they can often overshadow other important aspects of education, such as socioemotional skills.

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Tunstalls Teaching Tidbits

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This post focuses on high-yield strategies for addition and subtraction in first grade. This strategy provides the means to flexibly compute in first grade. High-Yield Strategy 4: Use Technology for Engaging Practice Math on technology offers engaging ways to reinforce math skills.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

This requires the seamless integration of knowledge and skills across various disciplines to address Mars’s multifaceted challenges. It facilitates the comprehension of complex issues and equips students with the skills needed for complex jobs in STEM and the humanities (Spelt et al., 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

This requires the seamless integration of knowledge and skills across various disciplines to address Mars’s multifaceted challenges. It facilitates the comprehension of complex issues and equips students with the skills needed for complex jobs in STEM and the humanities (Spelt et al., 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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Teacher Mood

MARCH 24, 2025

When I taught 4th grade math, I had students write what they knew about a rectangle from the perspective of a rectangle. For example, when I taught 1st grade, non-standard units of measure fell on the pacing guide in October. Build Metacognition Skills Metacognition is thinking about thinking.

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