Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Without adequate reading, students will be reluctant, or unable, to participate in class discussions and conversations for lack of understanding and fear of not measuring-up to peers (Severe, E., If a student is reluctant to participate in any of the focused reflections, they are given a doodle paper and three colored pencils.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level. To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Meanwhile, participating in global education programs in countries like Finland, India, and the U.S. How do you ensure your students remain active participants in their learning process, especially in digital or hybrid learning environments? This kind of structured choice fosters agency and motivation.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

This article explores how these three components can reshape flipped learning and address persistent challenges such as student unpreparedness, fear of participation, and lack of motivation. Addressing Fear Through Technology-Supported Safety Fear is one of the most formidable barriers to classroom participation.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

This article explores how these three components can reshape flipped learning and address persistent challenges such as student unpreparedness, fear of participation, and lack of motivation. Addressing Fear Through Technology-Supported Safety Fear is one of the most formidable barriers to classroom participation.

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 89

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

By positioning code as a creative tool, educators can tap into students' intrinsic motivation while simultaneously building computational thinking skills. Designed for grades 6-8, the project-based program is beginner-friendly; no prior programming experience is required for teachers or students.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level. To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 62

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. Something broke in American education these past years.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 139

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

” Another advantage is the fact that they require every student to participate “something in social psychology we call the diffusion of responsibility. And that class, since I started doing that, is a 20 percent improvement in the exam grades. When you walk into the class and say, how are you today? It’s crickets.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 30, 2025

Many shared that they felt supported, motivated, and eager to participate in lessons tailored just for them. This model provides full course instruction aligned to grade-level standards. Increased Student Engagement Students responded positively to the personalized structure of SDI.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Chickering and Gamson (1987) remind us about the importance of participation and engagement in the classroom: “Learning is not a spectator sport. As in the example below, sometimes sharing progress, such as how far they are in the course, can help students stay motivated and engaged near the end of the semester.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 70

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Chickering and Gamson (1987) remind us about the importance of participation and engagement in the classroom: “Learning is not a spectator sport. As in the example below, sometimes sharing progress, such as how far they are in the course, can help students stay motivated and engaged near the end of the semester.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 68

Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2025

Researchers have found that learners’ sense of belonging enhances psychological flexibility, learner satisfaction, motivation, and professional identity, thereby increasing student success (Carter et al., This sense of belonging is not a peripheral benefit – it is foundational to learner motivation, participation, and overall success.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Active, engaged learners retain information better, participate more fully, and develop a deeper understanding of the material. When students feel confident and connected, they’re more likely to stay motivated, and that motivation often builds over time. Encourage your child to participate!

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2025

Researchers have found that learners’ sense of belonging enhances psychological flexibility, learner satisfaction, motivation, and professional identity, thereby increasing student success (Carter et al., This sense of belonging is not a peripheral benefit – it is foundational to learner motivation, participation, and overall success.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 12, 2025

By writing letters to local leaders, inviting leaders to speak in your classroom, or even participating in civic projects, your students can learn about leadership, community impact, and the power of their voices. Hearing directly from experts can motivate students to dream big, explore new fields they haven’t considered, or find a new hobby.

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Writing Questions Discussions Activities 52

Teach Hub

JUNE 18, 2025

Be Present and Participate When it comes to online professional development programs, it’s easy to treat them like background noise while you get your chores done or grade papers. But if you really stay present and actively participate in the program, you’ll get so much more out of it. That’s the point, isn’t it?

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Participation Learning Styles Motivation Classroom Management 52

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The Motive It is unknown whether Ruiz intended to cheat in New York or if the opportunity merely presented itself and she took it. The pressure students feel to get high grades and the pressure for teachers to give them are both real. The fact that AI detection tools are not foolproof (Fleckenstein et al.,

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Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 92

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

Classroom Management and Student Engagement Teach Like a Pirate – A motivational guide to help teachers bring creativity, passion, and engagement into their classrooms. Whole Brain Teaching – An innovative approach to classroom management that enhances student engagement and behavior using active participation techniques.

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Reading Skills Teachers Classroom Management 59

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Photo by Louis Bryant III for CalMatters Grade inflation in high school contributed to those pandemic-era gaps, said Lesley Davidson-Boyd, associate vice president of California State University, San Bernardino. Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

It can be constructive, motivating, and well-meaning in certain contexts. Grades, policies, and standards are employed as tools not just for learning but for controlling behavior and projecting authority. Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. link] Ryan, R.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

It can be constructive, motivating, and well-meaning in certain contexts. Grades, policies, and standards are employed as tools not just for learning but for controlling behavior and projecting authority. Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. link] Ryan, R.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 71

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful society." Learning, in my experience, is primarily a process of self-motivated individuals interacting with their environment and the people they find there. It's not always joyful, of course, but the learning is always self-motivated.

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k12

JUNE 10, 2025

Online learning works for me because I am responsible and motivated to achieve high standards in my academics. My 9th grade year, I earned my Adobe InDesign certification. I also have a half bulletin board and half dry-erase board with sticky notes of reminders, due dates, and inspirational and motivational sayings.

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History English Schools Students 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Psychology “Do Now” Writing Prompts & Slides By Loosli Learning Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Psychology Ideal for psychology classes or any subject focused on critical thinking, these do now writing prompts are an intriguing way to start the day. Should children receive participation trophies if they dont win?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Montour’s first-grade teachers are also working with a team of researchers from St. This two-year researcher-practitioner partnership aims to increase participation of underrepresented minority students in postsecondary STEM programs. These researcher-practitioner partnerships do not happen by accident; nor are they sustained by luck.

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Learning STEM Motivation Culture 322

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The lack of motivation has contributed to lower academic performance and increased dropout rates. The percentage of students who “love” going to school plummets from 74 percent in third grade to 29 percent by 12th grade, and just 36 percent of middle and high school students feel they can develop their own ideas at school.

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Motivation Students Testing Participation 297

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2019

When students feel motivated, everything is better–grades, class engagement, standardized test scores, and determination. That’s why improving student motivation is at the top of many administrators’ to-do lists. What role, then, do schools and educators have in improving student motivation?

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Motivation Schools Students Achievement 245

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

NEW YORK — North Carolina Virtual Academy (NCVA) and 3P Learning announced new results from an online summer learning camp focused on improving reading proficiency among third grade students. The camp also yielded noteworthy results on the DIBELS 8th Edition Reading Assessment.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

On average, about 25 percent of children in the early grades struggle with reading. In a TEDx talk titled The Super Mario Effect–Tricking Your Brain into Learning More , Mark Rober highlighted how video games like Super Mario can motivate people to achieve their goals by viewing failures as learning opportunities.

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Failure Motivation Gamification Cognitive Development 318

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Here’s Why Kids Should Participate in Extracurricular Activities Most parents ignore this, but playtime activities significantly contribute to a child’s overall development. That said, below are a few reasons your child should actively participate in extracurricular activities: 1.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Who decided that grading and assessment should be the exclusive responsibility of teachers? Self-assessment shifts the focus from a grade-centric perspective to a learning-centric one. It promotes ownership of learning, motivating students to be more engaged, active participants in their education.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels.

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Grades Elementary School Elementary School Participation 164

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

And what motivates them? They also find that making can be both a social and self-directed activity that “builds empowerment and participants’ sense of agency.”. More than half of the survey respondents say they work with students in grades K-8. Who are the people spearheading maker education? Maker Education Initiative.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions. Afterward, the tool produces a report showing which students participated, and whether there are any trends or disparities in terms of the backgrounds of students who were more engaged or called upon.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

The survey gathered responses from 1,000 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S. The students queried are participants in this year’s MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3 Challenge), an annual internet-based, intensive math modeling contest organized by SIAM. “Yet,

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Math Motivation STEM Students 288

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. Let your summer school students experience this motivator. I’ve talked about best practices for teaching. What they found wasn’t what they expected.

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