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Self-Regulation in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

Teachers are frustrated by what they perceive as a lack of focus, engagement, and motivation. I can empathize with their frustration, but I attribute these behaviors to underdeveloped self-regulation skills, especially in online and blended learning environments. .” “Students will only do the work if I grade it.”

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Shifting from Time-consuming Teacher-led Workflows to Sustainable Student-led Workflows

Catlin Tucker

Teaching has always been a demanding profession, but this school year takes the cake! Yet, the last two years have highlighted how crucial school is for students and families. Teachers are navigating substitute teacher shortages, COVID protocols, and record numbers of absent students in addition to the normal demands of this job.

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Partnership with LINCspring: Balance with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

A community discussion forum also supports collaboration across districts, so you’ll get the benefit of shared ideas and insights beyond your own school.

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The Power of Claim-Evidence-Question

Catlin Tucker

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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Unleashing Metacognition: The Power of See, Think, Wonder

Catlin Tucker

By becoming metacognitive thinkers, students develop the capacity to monitor their learning, recognize gaps in understanding, and be strategic when attempting to solve complex problems. Students can delve into the imagery, symbolism, and themes while also questioning the motivations of characters/people or the author’s choices/biases.

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How and When to Give Feedback

Catlin Tucker

Process feedback is vital in enhancing student learning by honing their metacognitive skills , guiding their efforts, boosting motivation, and fostering a growth mindset. This creates mountains of work for teachers outside of school, and students do not receive the feedback they need to improve the piece as they work on it.

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EdTech Leader Swivl Expands Its Toolset, Launching the Mirror

eSchool News

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.”