Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

The more physical distance between the teacher and the learner, the more challenging it is to collect formative assessment data consistently. The more formative assessment data a teacher collects, the more effective they’ll be in differentiating learning experiences to meet a diverse group of students’ needs.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] What are the benefits of formative feedback and assessment? Formative feedback involves multiple feedback-learning cycles that are informally assessed for a given assignment. Room for error is higher when students only get one high-stakes assessment upon completing a course or unit.

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Neo LMS

MAY 24, 2022

The consensus is that fostering student collaboration through group activities leads to more engaging and efficient learning. . However, collaborative learning is not about dividing students into groups and assigning tasks. How LMS groups enable student collaboration for better learning outcomes . What are LMS groups? .

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

We need more strategies than fist to five or thumbs up thumbs down. Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. 5 Formative Assessment Strategies to Help with Classroom Management. But these are also strategies that help with classroom management.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 19, 2024

Although routines like this are beneficial for learners, teachers would often tell me that they were looking for more creative strategies for deepening students’ understanding of and ability to use academic vocabulary. This was critical because they needed to know these terms to access the questions and texts on their end-of-unit assessment.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

As a collaborative teaching strategy, the think-pair-share approach has sparked controversy among teachers. Is it a valuable strategy you shouldn’t overlook or is it just not worth the time? As teachers, our job is to create a safe and engaging learning environment for all students, and here is where the strategy may fall short.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 1, 2022

As an educator, you need to find the best ways to increase student self-efficacy and implement those strategies in your classes. 8 strategies to improve student self-efficacy. There are a few strategies you can use in your online classes to improve students’ self-efficacy. It can also happen in smaller groups.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 17, 2018

Teachers see my examples which show four separate groups and assume that all station rotations must have four groups. However, there are several strategies they can use to create an effective rotation in a traditional school schedule. Then the groups switch half way through the period. That is not the case. Flip-Flop. #2

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2020

This encourages them to think about the topic the group will be discussing in advance of the conversation and identify some aspect of the topic that interests them. This creates opportunities for the teacher to group students strategically to ensure students are more likely to engage in conversation. .

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

Data-driven decisions are increasingly recognized as a critical component of K-12 education, enhancing personalized learning, improving assessment and feedback, optimizing resource allocation and fostering early intervention. EdSurge: Why is data-driven decision-making important in K-12 education at the classroom and district levels?

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This week we look at Formative Assessment, how it works and why it can be a powerful tool no matter what your teaching and learning looks like. Traditionally, teaching has been a one-way enterprise with the teacher dispelling knowledge for a period of time and then assessing what the students know either through a quiz or test.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of spending precious class time transferring information live for the whole group in the form of a lecture or mini-lesson, which presents myriad barriers (e.g., Now, let’s explore some strategies you can experiment with to address the issue of students coming to class unprepared.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

” When someone shares a strategy they describe as a “smashing success,” I want to shine a light on that in the hopes that it can help other teachers. I invited Rabbi Elchanan Poupko , a middle school teacher, to write a guest blog and share a strategy for pairing and grouping students for after school work.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Group Projects: When students work in groups, they need to coordinate efforts, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively on a shared task. Some groups will work more quickly, while others will benefit from having more time. Teachers can use this one-on-one or small group time for a range of tasks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2020

Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA), often equated with Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), is any form of assessment that measures progress toward fulfillment of a stated curriculum. Once these are in place, you devise the assessments — formative and summative — that will provide the evidence of achievement.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In this post, we delve into various strategies educators can use to assess students’ prior knowledge. From interactive classroom activities like quizzes and mind maps to reflective practices like learning logs and self-assessments, these methods offer a diverse range of ways to gauge what students know and how they think.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2016

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to so many daily tech-infused education. Category: ASSESSMENTS.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Creating an effective edtech strategy for when schools reopen. Also, edtech can be used in many ways to spark students’ curiosity, provide support during their learning process, assess their mastery of concepts, all while keeping them engaged every step of the way. 6 Ways in which an LMS is central to an effective e-learning strategy.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

So what are some of these classroom strategies that drive students motivation? Before we delve into these strategies let clarify something here: when we talk about motivation strategies we need to differentiate between instructional interventions and self-regulating strategies.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Strategies for educators to support inclusive learning Inclusive classrooms are classrooms where students with diverse abilities and backgrounds learn together in a mainstream classroom setting. Here are three strategies for educators to support inclusive learning: 1.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Engage students actively for deeper learning and enhanced academic outcomes Enhance learning through active participation, collaboration, and critical thinking skills Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Active learning strategies engage students in the learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the concepts of portfolio and portfolio assessment have garnered significant attention as comprehensive tools for evaluating student growth. This post delves into the intricacies of portfolio assessment, drawing primarily on the insightful research presented in the works of Valeri-Gold et al.

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Linways Technologies

JANUARY 6, 2023

To do so, they need to have a proper assessment strategy in place. In the absence of a clear mapping between program outcomes and assessment tools, student achievement of program outcomes is inaccurate and unreliable. Conscious efforts need to be made to bring application skills or higher cognitive skills to the assessment.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Modeling A pedagogical strategy where the teacher or student(s), demonstrates how to complete tasks and activities related to the learning target. Feedback Verbal and non-verbal means to justify a grade, establish criteria for improvement, provide motivation for the next assessment, reinforce good work, and act as a catalyst for reflection.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2020

Just having one student use it during large group while the others watch just doesn’t cut it in my opinion. Professional learning opportunities need to go beyond just how to use the device and associated software to include strategies that empower students to use it as a learning tool.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

95 Percent Group LLC, the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, launched 95 Phonics Core Program® Word Study, Grades 4 and 5. About 95 Percent Group Founded in 2005, 95 Percent Group is an education company whose mission is to help educators identify and address the needs of all readers.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

These strategies empower students to effectively acquire, retain, and apply knowledge, fostering lifelong learning skills essential for personal and professional development. Let’s explore the question: What are the 6 learning strategies for students? What are the 6 types of learning strategies?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

He also explores how technology can aid in more accurate, unbiased, and motivational assessment methods. Technology can offer benefits in assessment by providing support for generating questions and allowing students to demonstrate their knowledge in various ways. It can help reduce the limitations of traditional assessments. ➔To

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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. When Should Teachers Use This Strategy? These formative assessments can take the form of quizzes, short written responses, exit tickets, online discussions, and graphic organizers.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

In my last two posts on self-awareness and self-management , I explored strategies for helping students identify, understand, and regulate their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. What strategies might help students develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills? Strategy #1: Co-construct Classroom Agreements.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 7, 2021

22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation. 22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation. Update: I just realized that discussion strategies don’t necessarily have to be grouping strategies. 22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation. 22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Educators want proven strategies that can be implemented readily that will address diverse learner needs while leading to an improvement in outcomes. It is driven by high-agency strategies such as voice, choice, path, pace, and place. For specific strategies that can be used in each tier, click HERE.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 30, 2020

For teachers using StudySync in combination with Google Classroom, I’ve described three strategies that educators can use to capitalize on the activities in the StudySync First Read lesson plans to engage students in online discussions, collaborative research projects, and online vocabulary review. #1

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

We live in exciting times as unprecedented access to knowledge, research, and effective strategies at our fingertips can assist educators in creating meaningful experiences for students that align with both needs and strengths. Another standout for me was to see firsthand how much progress has been made with effective co-teaching strategies.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Recently, I had the privilege of meeting with a group of international educators in Dubai grappling with these challenges. Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions Prior to our meeting in Dubai, each school group selected a challenge related to achieving deeper learning that they wanted to address.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

– K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA released today a new study that takes a deeper look into instructional practices driving high academic growth. The findings highlight 10 instructional strategies that utilize small changes to teaching practices leading toward growth outcomes for students. PORTLAND, Ore.–

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

First, I do not think grades are an effective long-term strategy for motivating most students. Instead of assigning practice and review then collecting massive stacks of student work to grade, pull that work into your teacher-led station, or dedicate class time to self-assessment. What aspect[s] of their work was particularly strong?

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