Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 8, 2021

In the last ten months, teachers have had to design and facilitate learning for various teaching and learning landscapes. Regardless of the learning landscape, the last year has presented a steep learning curve for everyone in education. Help students develop their metacognitive and self-regulation skills.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

Katie Novak to write a follow-up to our book UDL and Blended Learning. In our second book, UDL and Blended Learning 2: Shifting to Sustainable Student-led Workflows (coming out in spring 2022), we tackle 10 unsustainable teacher-led workflows. Want to learn more about blended learning and UDL?

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2023

Feedback also Provides clarity on learning goals and expectations. Supports skill development and mastery of concepts. Enhances metacognitive skills, such as self-regulation and self-monitoring. Encourages engagement and active participation in the learning process. Builds confidence and self-efficacy in learners.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Most academic interventions focus on core knowledge and basic skills: Lets practice two-digit addition. Learn these vocabulary words. These kinds of exercises can help students make marginal gains in reading, math, and general content knowledge, but they dont address the root of the problem: learning how to think and how to learn.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

2 Flex Your Metacognitive Muscles. Metacognitive skills must be taught. If students are going to be our true partners in the learning process they must learn how to think about their learning. There are simple routines a teacher can put into place to help students develop these skills.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Part IV: Thinking About Thinking This is part four of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

2 Build a Learning Community Both On and Offline. I remind the teachers I coach that students will only lean into learning if they feel comfortable and safe in our classrooms. It is critical that we proactively develop a learning community in our physical and online spaces. Blended Learning: 8 Respectful Routines. #4

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

You can certainly teach more than one standard a day, but that doesn’t give you time to explore them, unpack them, and revisit them, which is where learning and mastery actually happen. Some have limited application and require lower levels of critical thinking; others are foundational to future learning and broadly applicable.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For more news on generative AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page As we step into 2024, the educational landscape is just beginning to feel the transformative shift brought on by generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI). Visual content creation : Gen AI can design images, graphics, and diagrams, useful for visual learning aids.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Part III: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part three of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

.” Our classrooms are composed of diverse groups of students with different skills, abilities, preferences, language proficiencies, and academic needs. Given that variability, it makes sense that not all students would need to spend time engaged in the same learning tasks or activities.

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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. The post Unleashing Metacognition: The Power of See, Think, Wonder appeared first on Dr.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

You can certainly teach more than one standard a day, but that doesn’t give you time to explore them, unpack them, and revisit them, which is where learning and mastery actually happen. Some have limited application and require lower levels of critical thinking; others are foundational to future learning and broadly applicable.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Part II: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part two of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The GoGuardian Research and Insights team today announced its comprehensive findings on the factors that create an engaging learning experience in K-12 schools, both online and in-person, in its 2020 State of Engagement Report. Developing students’ metacognitive skills required for learning.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2025

The report, “ Lost in Transition: Fixing the Skills Gap ,” released at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting , warns of a potential global “skills chasm” between employer needs and employee capabilities, and urgently calls for a fundamental shift in approaches to learning and skills development.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Part V: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part five of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Feedback is a powerful tool that can profoundly impact student learning and success. Let’s Review the Characteristics of Effective Feedback In an article for ASCD, Grant Wiggins identifies key elements that make feedback particularly effective in enhancing student learning. What is the secret to effective feedback?

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In my last blog post titled “ Part I: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning ,” I explored the benefits of shifting from explicit teaching as a whole class experience to a differentiated small group experience. Similarly, follow-up activities after the small group sessions can reinforce and extend learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

It is a part of the Lumen Christi Academies , a group of Catholic schools in the San Francisco Bay Area whose mission is to “nurture ethical scholars who will change the world” through active, personalized and student-led learning. Microshifts in Practice 1.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Automated reflection can help solve the intrinsic motivation challenge by fostering goal alignment on both individual and communal levels, expediting learning processes, and establishing fresh assessment benchmarks. Reflection holds untapped potential to revolutionize education and prepare students for life in an AI-driven world.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 4, 2024

It restricts students’ ability to learn at their own pace, explore topics in-depth, and engage in hands-on, practical problem-solving. Asking students to explain their mathematical reasoning and write about their process can help them to understand, retain, and apply their learning. Math is no different!

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning tools like textbooks and whiteboards to innovative techniques such as flipped classrooms and educational software, these resources aim to optimize educational outcomes and engage students effectively. What are tools and techniques in education? What are tools and techniques in education?

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 8, 2023

Nearly any writing prompt one might assign to be completed outside of class (with a few notable exceptions) can be written pretty well, quickly, at no cost, and undetectable by our current plagiarism software by anyone who takes a little time to learn the nuances of ChatGPT. What could we accomplish then? Would all this be so terrible?

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? The ability to revise an assignment supports a growth mindset because it suggests that effort produces learning. I had [sic] been able to learn a vast amount of knowledge…”. “I

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Teach Hub

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As an educator , you have probably heard the buzz around personalized learning and growth mindsets. Self-assessment is a deeper, more empowering approach that puts students in control of their learning. It empowers students to take meaningful charge of their learning. Its essentially a fancy word for an essential skill.

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Teacher Mood

MARCH 24, 2025

As teachers, we know that learning isnt just about getting students to memorize informationits about helping them truly understand and retain it. So, how do we help students remember what they learn and make learning stick? There are specific strategies we can use to improve each stage and help students retain what they learn.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

The role of interdisciplinary teaching and learning in these institutions is pivotal in shaping the minds of future pioneers and visionaries who will propel us to Mars. Students can acquire integrated perspectives and solution-focused strategies through interdisciplinary learning, which contributes to their intellectual and personal growth.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 8, 2023

Nearly any writing prompt one might assign to be completed outside of class (with a few notable exceptions) can be written pretty well, quickly, at no cost, and undetectable by our current plagiarism software by anyone who takes a little time to learn the nuances of ChatGPT. What could we accomplish then? Would all this be so terrible?

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Metacognitive Skills Ethics Writing Plagiarism 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? The ability to revise an assignment supports a growth mindset because it suggests that effort produces learning. I had [sic] been able to learn a vast amount of knowledge…”. “I

Grades 98

Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

The role of interdisciplinary teaching and learning in these institutions is pivotal in shaping the minds of future pioneers and visionaries who will propel us to Mars. Students can acquire integrated perspectives and solution-focused strategies through interdisciplinary learning, which contributes to their intellectual and personal growth.

Interdisciplinary 98

Interdisciplinary Study Multidisciplinary Metacognitive Skills 98

Tunstalls Teaching Tidbits

OCTOBER 2, 2024

High-Yield Strategy 1: Interactive Mini-Lessons for Teaching Practices Mini-lessons that involve students in the learning allow first graders to actively engage in their learning as mathematicians. Likewise, moving pieces and parts in teaching slides can reinforce the learning.

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