Using VR to radically improve learning outcomes
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
“When will I ever use this?” ” Math students have been asking educators this very question for decades.
Tech-less teaching methods could alienate tech-savvy Gen Zs
eSchool News
JANUARY 4, 2024
Technology improves learning outcomes in the classroom Of course, there are many reasons as to why people believe that banning phones in the classroom is the right approach. Failing to recognize the benefits and refusing to adopt a more tech-positive approach to education will only harm children’s learning outcomes.
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Assessment Techniques to Improve Learning Outcomes
Teach Hub
MAY 19, 2025
Once your goals are clear, it becomes a lot easier to create assessments that actually measure what you set out to teach. Use regular check-ins to guide teaching Keep checking in with students as you go, not just at the end. Adjust your teaching based on whats working (and whats not). Did most of the class bomb that quiz?
Gale In Context: Literature Launches to Promote Critical Thinking Skills and Better Learning Outcomes in ELA for High School Students
eSchool News
JUNE 9, 2023
This sparks greater interest in literature, enabling teachers to facilitate meaningful interactions that inspire more compelling classroom discussions that increase critical thinking skills, delivering better learning outcomes. Gale, part of Cengage Group, believes in the power and joy of learning.
Post-pandemic, a new era of teaching and learning
eSchool News
MARCH 17, 2025
As schools closed their doors, remote learning became the primary mode of instruction, accelerating edtech’s role in classrooms. Some students thrived in the flexible learning environment, while others struggled with distractions, lack of direct teacher support, family stress, and social isolation.
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7 ways AI will make a positive impact on classroom teaching
eSchool News
AUGUST 14, 2024
With better feedback mechanisms and more support, teachers could adjust their lesson plans, teach in near-real time, and deliver the help when it’s needed – without slowing down or backtracking the entire class to help the small group of students struggling with that day’s lesson.
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5 ways to teach like a pirate
eSchool News
MARCH 7, 2024
However, studies suggest that a significant percentage of students feel disengaged in their learning, posing a challenge for educators. As teachers strive to adapt their instructional methods to nurture student curiosity and drive deeper student engagement, the principles outlined in Teach Like A Pirate offer valuable insights.
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How Research-Based Tools Provide Impactful Learning Outcomes
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
For example, you might say that math hasn't changed much over the years, but how you teach math and the ability to improve math outcomes can be influenced, and it is something that we're investing a lot of time and effort in. We're looking at bias in adaptive learning and artificial intelligence technologies.
Will Hybrid Teaching Stick Around as the Pandemic Fades?
Edsurge
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. It’s a practice he started at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many students were in quarantine and needed ways to continue learning remotely.
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Teaching Fellows Guide Educators in Integrating AI for Enhanced Student Engagement
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
This article features HP Teaching Fellows Sebastian Basualto and Samira Parhizkar in their journey with AI integration. I have experienced the positive impact of AI-driven tools on personalized learning. They continue to intentionally find new and exciting ways to create powerful learning opportunities for all students.
Bite-Size Learning, Big Results: Why Microlearning is the Future of Education
k12 Digest
MAY 15, 2025
Empirical studies show that microlearning modules improve knowledge retention, engagement, and learning outcomes, with participants reporting high effectiveness scores in these areas [3]. Todays educational chatbots analyse learning patterns, identify knowledge gaps, and adjust difficulty levels in real time.
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How Student Agency Can Ease the Pain of Remote Learning and Teaching
Edsurge
JUNE 11, 2020
Agency as both a learning outcome—and a precious resource Agency is generally defined as an important learning outcome , characterized by the ability for students to set and pursue their own learning goals.
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The Station Rotation Model: Arrange Your Furniture to Maximize Focus and Engagement
Catlin Tucker
APRIL 5, 2023
Research has shown that the way furniture is arranged in a classroom can significantly impact student behavior and learning outcomes (Granito & Santana, 2016; Parks, Corno & Cozzone, 2017). Teachers can easily move around the U-shape to provide targeted instruction and support as needed.
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Blended Learning: What It Is and What It Is Not
Catlin Tucker
JULY 19, 2021
When I work with teachers, I emphasize the value of building a dynamic skill set composed of many different approaches to designing and facilitating learning. There is no single instructional model that will work for every learning outcome. What Blended Learning is Not. We don’t need blended learning.”
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How Professors Can Use AI to Improve Their Teaching In Real Time
Edsurge
JANUARY 11, 2021
When I started teaching data science and artificial intelligence in Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, I was frustrated by how little insight I actually felt I had into how effective my teaching was, until the end-of-semester final exam grades and student assessments came in.
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How Teaching Should Change, According to a Nobel-Prize-Winning Physicist
Edsurge
OCTOBER 17, 2023
He devoted the bulk of his time and energy to studying how to improve teaching. “I In fact he had been pursuing research to improve physics teaching for years, as a parallel area of work that people hadn’t paid much attention to. Wieman has led efforts to improve science teaching. Well, I always hesitate to use myself as data.
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Computer Science professor honored with teaching excellence award
eSchool News
JUNE 2, 2022
At this year’s Commencement ceremonies, she was named the recipient of the 2022 Gladys and Raymond Pearlstine Award for Teaching Excellence. Martin’s legacy began 23 years ago when she accepted a position at MCCC, following past teaching stints at Ursinus College and Villanova University. wrote one student. Written by Eric Devlin.
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What Is Good Leadership in Schools?
eSchool News
JUNE 25, 2019
This research shows a clear connection between skilled school leadership and positive student learning outcomes. Good leadership in schools is the practice of encouraging and enabling school-wide teaching expertise in order to achieve a strong rate of progress for all learners. Leading through teaching and learning.
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3 strategies to maximize ESSER funds
eSchool News
JUNE 10, 2024
Here are three ways school administrators can use remaining ESSER III funds to add or enhance a digital learning program in their school or district. To promptly address these staffing challenges, I propose school and district leaders leverage remaining ESSER III funds by forming partnerships with reputable online learning providers.
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Partnering for a global future: The Madrid connection
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
He knows that having students engage with one another across neighborhoods, nations, and even continents builds cultural understanding, appreciation for diversity, global knowledge and global engagement– learning outcomes we have defined and measured –as well as general academic skills.
Gale In Context: For Educators Launches New Teacher Learning Center
eSchool News
JANUARY 26, 2021
Gale, a Cengage company, is helping educators enhance skills for virtual lesson planning and online teaching. Now teachers can take control of their own professional learning and find support as they work to use For Educators to drive student learning outcomes.
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Birmingham City Schools Leads Groundbreaking Research on Student Motivation and Math Achievement
eSchool News
JUNE 3, 2025
In partnership with sub-awardees WestEd and MIND Education , creators of ST Math , BCS is driving the development of real- time, data-driven insights to improve student engagement and learning outcomes. This three-year initiative is supported by a grant from the Gates Foundation.
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The Hero Awards Program honors standout educators
eSchool News
JUNE 27, 2022
From showing teachers how innovative technology could help improve learning outcomes to ramping up workshops geared toward preparing educators to teach online, this small but mighty team of six went above and beyond to make an impact during unprecedented times.
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Salman Khan’s vision of AI-enhanced education in ‘Brave New Words’
eSchool News
JULY 31, 2024
Khanmigo is designed to provide personalized, one-on-one tutoring that adapts to each student’s learning pace and style. This approach mirrors the benefits historically associated with private tutoring, which has been shown to significantly improve learning outcomes.
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Teaching Tools and Techniques
eSchool News
APRIL 5, 2024
From traditional classroom learning methods like lectures and textbooks to innovative technologies such as interactive whiteboards and educational apps, these tools aim to facilitate effective learning experiences and foster student growth. What are some examples of teaching techniques?
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6 ways to set high-quality peer coaching in motion
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
If you are like many of the tech-savvy, sometimes simply tech-aware, educators I have spoken to recently, you are getting “pinged” by colleagues who hope you will help them shift their pre-COVID teaching practice to a model that supports remote, hybrid and in-person teaching.
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Designing For Deeper Learning: Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions
Catlin Tucker
MARCH 28, 2023
Through our online series, we explored the power of universally designed blended learning models to achieve deeper learning outcomes. Our discussions culminated in selecting specific challenges to explore in-depth, with the goal of prototyping solutions at the Learning Leaders Summit in Dubai.
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9 ways schools can create better makerspaces
eSchool News
DECEMBER 5, 2018
Research from Macquarie University in Australia demonstrates how, with proper training and professional development, teachers can harness makerspaces and improve teaching and learning outcomes. The study examines how maker activities using 3D design and 3D printing technology could enhance learning and teaching outcomes.
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3 Tips for Building Community Online
Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 13, 2021
The social presence is composed of three behaviors–a) expressing feelings, beliefs, and values, b) engaging in open and productive conversations, and c) feeling connected to the other members of the learning community. Most of the teachers I know feel spread thin and short on time.
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Building the Ultimate (and FREE) Teacher Productivity System: A Comprehensive Guide
Teacher Cast
MAY 8, 2025
The guide discusses using Google Sites, Google Classroom, Notion, and Google Gemini to streamline teaching, enhance organization, facilitate lesson creation, and ultimately foster improved student interactions and learning outcomes. To address this, an effective productivity system is essential.
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Research shows significant learning via scholastic esports
eSchool News
JULY 1, 2020
She and a team of researchers have just completed several empirical studies on student behaviors and learning specific to NASEF’s scholastic-based structured environment. The data documents significant positive learning outcomes for high school students because of their participation in NASEF’s scholastic esports program.
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9 ways to create better makerspaces
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Research from Macquarie University in Australia demonstrates how, with proper training and professional development, teachers can harness makerspaces and improve teaching and learning outcomes. The study examines how maker activities using 3D design and 3D printing technology could enhance learning and teaching outcomes.
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5 strategies to close the critical thinking gap
eSchool News
JUNE 4, 2024
Key points: Critical thinking should not be separate from and on top of what teachers are doing in the classroom How to help students build critical success skills 3 lessons on perseverance from Stoffel the honey badger For more news on durable skills, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Achievement discrepancies among U.S.
4 ways edtech tools drive student engagement and build classroom culture
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Key points: Increased student engagement yields better learning outcomes Edtech has a lot of potential to help boost student engagement See related article: With greater access to devices, teachers are folding more tech into instruction As a teacher, I constantly wondered how to get students more engaged in my lessons.
Dyslexia and Instructional Equity: A Conversation for School Administrators
eSchool News
MAY 30, 2024
Listeners takeaways include: A clear sense of the system-level challenges that schools and their leaders face in providing effective, inclusive instruction for students with dyslexia A fuller understanding of the intersections of dyslexia-inclusive teaching and instructional equity Effective and evidence-supported strategies that have systemic, long-term (..)
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Why AI in the classroom needs its own ‘doll test’ 70 years post-Brown
eSchool News
JUNE 13, 2024
To address this challenge, we need a comprehensive evaluation–a metaphorical “doll test”–that can reveal how AI shapes students’ perceptions, attitudes, and learning outcomes, especially when used extensively and at early ages.
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Using free resources to connect the environment to education
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
To make this project happen, I relied on two free resources connecting the dots between the classroom and the wider world: Resource 1: Concept of a circular economy The first resource I used was a pre-made studio teaching about the concept of a circular economy.
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11 unique ideas to finish the school year strong
eSchool News
MAY 9, 2019
We cram in field trips and awards ceremonies after testing, and that can give the impression that “teaching is done.” Here are some ideas that can create a high level of energy to enhance learning and finish the school year strong. Allowing students to have a role in teaching is motivating and will provide intrinsic drive.
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Is generative AI a beacon for more accessible education?
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
On top of this, only one-third (33 percent) of surveyed educators feel that they have the support they need from their district and school leadership to successfully implement generative AI into their teaching. ” This press release originally appeared online.
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Why we need formative assessment
eSchool News
APRIL 6, 2022
Ultimately, in the classroom, a teacher’s instructional action that is framed by a learning objective, skill, concept, or standard that invites students to demonstrate progress or mastery toward that established goal is considered formative assessment.
What are the 5 methods of teaching?
eSchool News
APRIL 5, 2024
What are the 5 methods of teaching? From traditional classroom learning approaches like lectures and textbooks to innovative methodologies such as active learning and technology integration, these methods aim to promote effective and dynamic learning experiences. What are the 5 methods of teaching?
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Thinking outside the classroom: Creative strategies to combat the teacher shortage
eSchool News
JULY 19, 2024
Here are three scalable strategies our district has used to build and strengthen our team of classroom educators: “Grow your own” Untapped teaching talent is all around us. Local industry professionals are a powerful resource pool of work-based knowledge and skills, but require varying levels of preparation before teaching a class.
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A 4-step approach to leveraging technology in instruction
eSchool News
APRIL 7, 2022
However, we need to first start with the why of technology to truly address learning outcomes for all students. Technology needs to be evaluated and chosen for its ability to engage students in meaningful and productive ways within a culture of accelerated learning. Do the research.
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Make Your “Summer Resolutions” a Reality This School Year
Catlin Tucker
AUGUST 12, 2019
We can see beyond the daily challenges associated with teaching and remember why we chose to pursue a career in education. Make a visual reminder of why you teach and post it somewhere in your classroom where you can see it each morning. 2 Build a Learning Community Both On and Offline. Blended Learning: 8 Respectful Routines.
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