eSchool News

JULY 14, 2025

Studies and anecdotal reports suggest that students in tech-enhanced CTE classes show increased engagement and motivation. These platforms often come with features like automatic grading and analytics, which free up teachers’ time to focus more on hands-on instruction and one-on-one mentoring.

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Technology Quizzes Teaching Methods Blended Learning 267

Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 30, 2025

It seemed like each time I spoke with him he was enthusiastic about some new hobby or other -- outer space, collecting knives, electric trains, bicycles, playing guitar -- all self-motivated. There has never been a scientific study done that finds that holding a body still improves cognitive function. Movement is not a choice.

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Motivation Assignments Testing Writing 104

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology. Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones.

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Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

Many students thrive in this environment, especially those who are motivated and enjoy working independently. Teens need access to a reliable internet connection, a quiet and comfortable space to study, and a computer or device that can handle educational platforms. They also need a support system.

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eLearning Schools Motivation Counselling 145

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]. This kind of adaptive, data-driven support is helping students achieve more in less time, making learning both more effective and more motivating.

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Education Learning Knowledge Feedback 150

eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

Without appropriate support, such as assistive technology, students may fall behind academically, which can affect their confidence and motivation to participate. The student can magnify the image, scan and study it, and take what they need from it. Socially, central vision loss can create additional barriers.

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Assistive Technology Students Textbooks Reading 203

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

What college instructors are needed for, he said, is to motivate our students to learn. What we can do as instructors is inspire them to learn the content, to ask their own questions, and to perhaps motivate their AI use to serve their own curiosity beyond the conversations in our classes. Saucier, Ph.D. Saucier, Ph.D.

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Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 97

Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Since it encourages internal motivation through an outwardly-created set of circumstances, gamification sits at the awkward intersection of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. In both cases, the specific content and the nature of the goals serve to motivate and direct behavior in classroom contexts.” Personal) your praise?

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Gamification Learning Motivation Learning Styles 104

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

A 2021 OECD study found that 15-year-olds consistently show lower levels of creativity and curiosity than 10-year-olds globally. A follow-up study in 2025 confirmed this trend, highlighting even steeper declines where secondary students have fewer opportunities to build new skills.

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Ethics Science Game-Based Learning Motivation 155

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Not only do these courses offer students a jump-start on credits once they get to college, but they also equip them with skills like time management, critical thinking and study habits that researchers say encourage them to enroll and stay in college. Students in these courses enroll in college at higher rates, according to the study.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, this new content supports instruction in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration.

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Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 189

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

This kind of structured choice fosters agency and motivation. I have seen powerful learning emerge when students explore a topic like “community resilience” through the lenses of science, social studies, and civic action. The boundaries between subjects are becoming less relevant to students’ lives.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 248

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

The Rise of Online Learning Online learning has increasingly become a staple in education, with studies showing that over 30% of students now prefer it over traditional classroom settings. A study from the U.S. Department of Education found that 77% of online students reported a better balance between their studies and personal life.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 128

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse. Motivated by intentional opportunities for collaboration, students actively process information in favorable conditions that are both supportive and stimulating.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 60

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

This is something that you should keep in mind when looking for where you want to study, as you can find an electrical and computer engineering online degree that gives you access to excellent information, whilst staying at home and being able to engage from all over the world. One of the biggest is self-efficacy and motivation.

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Lecturing Essay Motivation High School 81

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

In the 10 years since I chose a book called Make it Stick for a book study in the summer of 2015, I’ve been encouraging teachers to add more retrieval practice to their teaching. A big and growing body of research tells us that when we study with retrieval, we learn and remember things much better than we do by other review methods.

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

The employability and leadership skills–and just the motivation and the confidence you get from involvement withSkillsUSA–is amazing, a former SkillsUSA participant is quoted as saying on the organizations website. It helped me to have a feeling of worth.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Course Context I teach a required, writing-intensive course for students in their junior year of their undergraduate studies. A qualitative investigation of students’ complex motivations for verbalclassroom participation. In addition to a heavy writing component, there is also a heavy reading component. Stalnaker, J., Hubbard, A.,

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Instructors Assignments Participation Students 91

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

This kind of structured choice fosters agency and motivation. I have seen powerful learning emerge when students explore a topic like “community resilience” through the lenses of science, social studies, and civic action. The boundaries between subjects are becoming less relevant to students’ lives.

Interdisciplinary 144

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2025

Researchers have found that learners’ sense of belonging enhances psychological flexibility, learner satisfaction, motivation, and professional identity, thereby increasing student success (Carter et al., Faculty should strongly consider whether their academic space provides the area for learners to study and have meals together.

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Evaluation Motivation Activities Study 59

Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2025

Researchers have found that learners’ sense of belonging enhances psychological flexibility, learner satisfaction, motivation, and professional identity, thereby increasing student success (Carter et al., Faculty should strongly consider whether their academic space provides the area for learners to study and have meals together.

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Evaluation Motivation Activities Study 53

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Many studies have looked at ways to ensure the quality of online courses, providing general suggestions for best practices in the online environment (McNeal & Gray, 2021). As in the example below, sometimes sharing progress, such as how far they are in the course, can help students stay motivated and engaged near the end of the semester.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 68

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Many studies have looked at ways to ensure the quality of online courses, providing general suggestions for best practices in the online environment (McNeal & Gray, 2021). As in the example below, sometimes sharing progress, such as how far they are in the course, can help students stay motivated and engaged near the end of the semester.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 66

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2025

Fulfilled and Frazzled Katharine Strunk, dean of the University of Pennsylvanias Graduate College of Education, wasnt surprised by the studys findings about teachers feeling toward their workplace versus their workload.

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Teachers Intelligence Motivation Writing 136

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 12, 2025

These interactions are more than just a social studies lesson… they show students what it takes to be an active member of their community! Hearing directly from experts can motivate students to dream big, explore new fields they haven’t considered, or find a new hobby. Plan ahead!

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Writing Questions Discussions Activities 52

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

We tag-teamed – every morning, I taught all the math, reading, and writing, and in the afternoon he would teach science and social studies. We read approximately 5,000 picture books together during snack time, finished 10+ novel studies together, and I even created an entire unit based on going to four different Pumpkin Patches.

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Teachers Math Social Studies Language 52

k12 Online Schools

JUNE 24, 2025

Studies have shown that students with strong digital skills tend to have higher grades and better engagement in their educational pursuits. Children must learn to understand the motivations behind media messages and recognize bias or persuasive techniques.

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Skills Critical Thinking Evaluation Discussions 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

And speaking of procrastinating, project-based learning is a great way to make students aware of their own study habits. Find more 8th grade ELA resources that meet students where they are and motivate them to strive for more. Have regular check-ins, reflections, and team sessions to keep students on track during a bigger project.

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Grades Teaching Teachers Teaching Philosophy 52

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 3, 2025

After students know the expectations for transitioning (after a few days), I have a student timekeeper time how long each transition takes… there is something SO motivating to them about trying to beat their time, and I love saving all those precious minutes of instruction! To make great observations!

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Teaching Schools Math Activities 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

Journey to “The Planets” by Gustav Holst – Music Virtual Field Trip By Music and Motivate Grades: 2nd-4th Blast off into learning with this space-themed lesson that uses Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite to explore our solar system. But don’t hit pause there: Music and movement are key players in a child’s development.

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Activities Elementary School Elementary School Students 52

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college. It can be constructive, motivating, and well-meaning in certain contexts. But a few years ago, I removed the slide. This perspective is not inherently bad.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 69

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

And they entered college with gaps in study skills and anxiety about social interactions. Cal State San Bernardino reinforced study skills through summer programs for some incoming students, with primers on writing fundamentals and “how-to college math,” she said. They struggled to pass classes and navigate college applications.

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Math English Lecturing High School 88

k12

JUNE 24, 2025

One thing that really helps me study that I couldn’t do at my old school is consistently listening to music. I really love studying in the forest because it can be very calming, and the ambience is nice. On the other hand, last year, my favorite was my elective art courses because I was studying 2D animation. I believe so.

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Schools Grades Students Online Learning 52

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college. It can be constructive, motivating, and well-meaning in certain contexts. But a few years ago, I removed the slide. This perspective is not inherently bad.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 69

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The Motive It is unknown whether Ruiz intended to cheat in New York or if the opportunity merely presented itself and she took it. Cheating in the age of generative AI: A high school survey study of cheating behaviors before and after the release of ChatGPT. Miles, S., & Zrate, R.C. Campbell, M.,

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2025

Perfect for educators at any level of experience, for independent reading or for schoolwide book studies, this practical book will leave you feeling inspired and ready to do the things that matter most for the people who matter most―your students. This is no ordinary teaching book.

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Reading Education Classroom Management Intelligence 92

k12

JUNE 16, 2025

The study looked at when these entrepreneurs reached key income milestones, what motivated them, and how their school environment supported the development of skills like independence and creativity. The most common way these entrepreneurs earned their first $10K was through freelance services like design, writing, or coding (30%).

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