eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

Additionally, educators can use AI-driven assessment tools to evaluate students’ historical thinking skills, such as sourcing, contextualization, and corroboration. However, despite the potential benefits of AI in social studies education, educators may encounter challenges related to digital literacy and ethical considerations.

Social Studies 290

Social Studies Study Ethics Intelligence 290

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

If students overuse AI to write essays, they may not engage in critical thinking and creativity. Educational institutions must balance using AI technologies with keeping students engaged in the learning process, especially in improving their creative and precise thinking skills.

Essay 187

Essay Writing Ethics Plagiarism 187

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

Educators often ask: How can we help ELLs succeed academically while fostering their independence and critical thinking skills? The answer lies in two transformative strategies: metacognition and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI).

Essay 168

Essay Ethics Feedback Languages 168

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article addresses these questions through a three-part exploration: tracing AI’s historical development, critically evaluating its role in community college classrooms, and offering practical, evidence-based strategies for faculty. How can it enhance teaching without diminishing faculty agency? Spitale et al.

Faculty Development 89

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some academics see these tools as a danger to the full spectrum of learning and as a shortcut. Further, students may not develop the skills necessary for original ideas and critical thinking. However, it is a challenge that should be embraced sooner rather than later.

Intelligence 98

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some academics see these tools as a danger to the full spectrum of learning and as a shortcut. Further, students may not develop the skills necessary for original ideas and critical thinking. However, it is a challenge that should be embraced sooner rather than later.

Intelligence 98

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article addresses these questions through a three-part exploration: tracing AI’s historical development, critically evaluating its role in community college classrooms, and offering practical, evidence-based strategies for faculty. How can it enhance teaching without diminishing faculty agency? Spitale et al.

Faculty Development 82

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 82

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Literature review Writing assignments have traditionally served as a means to support the development of critical thinking skills in higher education. Of course, one may prompt an AI tool to evaluate its own responses, so ensuring that students themselves conduct the evaluations remains an important endeavor in higher education.

Essay 126

Essay English Lecturing Writing 126

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Literature review Writing assignments have traditionally served as a means to support the development of critical thinking skills in higher education. Of course, one may prompt an AI tool to evaluate its own responses, so ensuring that students themselves conduct the evaluations remains an important endeavor in higher education.

Essay 111

Essay English Lecturing Writing 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

It’s a classic idea : In the 1600s it was the basic model of evaluation at Oxford and Cambridge (with the grilling by professors done in Latin), and it was pretty much what Socrates did to his students. And oral evaluations of student learning do still happen occasionally — like when graduate students defend their theses and dissertations.

Exams 215

Exams Essay Instructors Education 215