Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Assessment is a critical component of the teaching and learning process.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

When it comes to increasing rates of student achievement, satisfaction, and graduation, what really makes the difference? For example, I want to make sure my quizzes and/or exams consistently measure deep content understanding and analytical skills as opposed to my students’ competency in reading, writing, or the English language.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

These web-based classes offer motivated students a self-paced, self-directed path to achieving their college dreams in an affordable, flexible, quality ecosystem that prepares them for future careers in fields they love. Take quizzes and proctored exams available in your subscription. Work through the videos, PDFs, and other materials.

Exams 83

Exams Quizzes Textbooks Mobile Devices 83

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Assessment is a critical component of the teaching and learning process.

Fairness 109

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 109

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Conducting regular assessments using real-time polls and quizzes allow students to understand how well they’re doing and where they may need to place additional effort. In a field study involving schools across the United States, teachers gave students the opportunity to revise an essay they’d written. Educational Psychology Review.

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. Once they finish, teachers can assess learning either formatively or summatively using quizzes, games, and more. Badges are a great way to authenticate student achievement. Google Forms.

Learning 104

Learning Essay Students Testing 104

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

But overall the question that everyone wanted to address was the same: How does a company achieve scale? They adopted a similar strategy in Maryland, offering schools quizzes that aligned to the state’s high-stakes assessment. Scaling a business to profitability while operating on a freemium model is nearing urban myth status.

Counselling 120

Counselling Quizzes Essay Beliefs 120

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2017

When I started teaching, homework always involved paper–a worksheet, a poster, a written essay, or something else like that. quizzes and polls. If it isn’t intuitive, do you have the personnel, funding, and time to train students and faculty to use the LMS well enough to achieve the goals you wish to get? whiteboard.

Assignments 113

Assignments Students Quizzes Evaluation 113

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Conducting regular assessments using real-time polls and quizzes allow students to understand how well they’re doing and where they may need to place additional effort. In a field study involving schools across the United States, teachers gave students the opportunity to revise an essay they’d written. Educational Psychology Review.

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

When it comes to increasing rates of student achievement, satisfaction, and graduation, what really makes the difference? For example, I want to make sure my quizzes and/or exams consistently measure deep content understanding and analytical skills as opposed to my students’ competency in reading, writing, or the English language.

Syllabus 93

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 93

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2018

When they apply the knowledge to authentic situations (like typing a book report or an essay), students return to hunt-and-peck, watching their hands, and hating what they’re doing. The feedback I often get on these sorts of sites is that students do improve speed and accuracy but only on the site. Click to view slideshow.

Quizzes 90

Quizzes Essay Grades Knowledge 90

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication. It includes certificates of achievement, badges at the completion of units, and a classroom tracking poster to show how students are progressing. Plagiarism.

Activities 88

Activities Schools Ethics Writing 88

Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 25, 2025

Families can also help students practice at home with quizzes, discussion topics during dinner, etc. Spelling The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a prestigious literacy competition that promotes academic achievement and curiosity. Start with a structured schedule and incorporate study guides or practice materials when applicable.

Critical Thinking 52

Critical Thinking Essay Participation Math 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Recommended Tools Kahoot and Quizizz: Great for quizzes that feel like competitive games. Higher test scores and better historical analysis in essays. Recognize and celebrate kindness and collaboration in addition to academic achievement. This helped make school fun for students. ” Students laughed, but the analogy stuck.

Schools 52

Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

It has over time become a mirror for what we are, or for things we strive to be and haven’t achieved. I’ve automated the grading for my essay test, which I was finally able to do with the help of a friend who programmed me a special little system this past year that I call Alucarda. I used to have Dracula as one of the core texts.

Education 133

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 133