Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I hope that a close examination of this approach to designing and facilitating lessons will motivate teachers to explore alternative models that free them from the front of the room. Pain Point: Teachers are frustrated by a lack of student engagement and motivation. Consuming new information (e.g.,

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Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning Motivation 544

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

Differentiated Learning Needs: In a class with diverse skill levels, a teacher uses assessment data to identify critical areas where individual students need extra support. Must-do stations are tailored for skill reinforcement, while may-do stations offer extension activities, review games, and metacognitive skill-building activities.

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Metacognitive Skills Math Blended Learning Quizzes 344

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Mirror aims to partner with teachers and help them develop the metacognition and even higher-order skills students need to thrive with AI. This brings the benefit of a more goal-aligned classroom and develops stronger metacognitive skills than ever — an essential skill for thriving in an AI-driven world.”

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Metacognitive Skills Skills Motivation Classroom Management 156

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens. But there is literature on how to adapt the grading process to avoid the drawbacks above, and improve student motivation and engagement, as well as instructor satisfaction.

Grades 122

Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 122

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

During the 2018-2019 school year, I participated in the Consortium for School Innovators (CSI) residency, through which educators like myself shadowed at 3 to 5 schools throughout the Bay Area to learn about innovative techniques in the areas of blended and personalized learning.

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Metacognitive Skills Learning Assignments Group work 166

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens. But there is literature on how to adapt the grading process to avoid the drawbacks above, and improve student motivation and engagement, as well as instructor satisfaction.

Grades 98

Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 98

Tunstalls Teaching Tidbits

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Students show much higher autonomy later in independent math tasks when they actively participate in the initial teaching. For example, in the teaching slides below, students participate in the lessons by moving the picture manipulatives to solve different addition and subtraction scenarios through different strategies.

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Grades Metacognitive Skills Math Participation 52