Metacognitive Skills Motivation Skills 
Catlin Tucker
MARCH 8, 2021
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. Key Process Necessary to Develop Self-regulation Skills.
Catlin Tucker
MAY 20, 2023
How can formative assessment data help students to develop their metacognitive skills? These informal assessments provide information to the teacher about students’ understanding of the material being covered and the skills being introduced. Formative assessments are ongoing assessments embedded throughout the learning process.
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Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 10, 2022
These traditional workflows do not position the students to be active agents or help them to develop into expert learners, who are resourceful, strategic, motivated, and self-aware. When teachers do the bulk of the thinking and work, they rob students of opportunities to develop these critical life skills.
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. There are three main ways to approach differentiation.
Catlin Tucker
APRIL 22, 2020
In Tinker , you’ll be given templates to design how you’ll implement the skill with students. In Reflect , you’ll think about your current practice, your student needs, and consider the possibilities for innovation. Consider bringing Balance with Blended Learning into your professional learning community.
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.
Catlin Tucker
APRIL 15, 2024
” Our classrooms are composed of diverse groups of students with different skills, abilities, preferences, language proficiencies, and academic needs. 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.
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