Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

They encouraged me to embrace active learning, to create space where students become participants rather than passive listeners. She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application. She taught me to model resilience and curiosity—traits I now pass along to my students.

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Beliefs Education Motivation Failure 106

Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

They encouraged me to embrace active learning, to create space where students become participants rather than passive listeners. She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application. She taught me to model resilience and curiosity—traits I now pass along to my students.

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Beliefs Education Motivation Failure 98

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

The ACLU, representing the students and their families, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) in the U.S. An estimated 67,000 children from active-duty military and civilian families attend the DoDEAs 161 schools worldwide. Black History Month was canceled. Health courses were canceled.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 19, 2025

Accreditation costs, capstone portfolio software, and national and state certification exams have contributed to the enrollment “chill.” Tenure is nice, but diversified interests, your passion, a record of leadership in state and national professional activities, and a history of a strong work ethic will prove highly beneficial.

Teaching 63

Teaching Ethics Teaching Evaluations Evaluation 63

Faculty Focus

JUNE 19, 2025

Accreditation costs, capstone portfolio software, and national and state certification exams have contributed to the enrollment “chill.” Tenure is nice, but diversified interests, your passion, a record of leadership in state and national professional activities, and a history of a strong work ethic will prove highly beneficial.

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Teaching Ethics Teaching Evaluations Evaluation 56

Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

High workload: Besides teaching classes, grading assignments and exams, and providing feedback, full-time teachers must plan lessons, attend meetings and professional development programs, and organize extracurricular activities. States that paid the highest salaries were Washington ($72.3k), California($73.2k), and New York ($76.4k).

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Teachers Education Attention Coaching 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

Try them for a morning meeting, first-week-of-school activity, or SEL check-in. Icebreaker Activity DIGITAL Middle & High School Would You Rather? These work perfectly for whole and small group activities. But with exams, homework, and college prep piling up, its easy to forget theres a whole planet waiting to be explored.

High School 52

High School High School Questions Schools 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2025

A family friend was disqualified at this exam, and this book explains what to do if you have a problem. Applying pits you against a huge pool of highly-qualified applicants. It has check lists, examples of application materials, her application resume and explanations on how to solve certain problems that come up.

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Exams High School High School Intelligence 85

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Students across the country take AP exams in hopes of earning high exam scores that help them opt out of college prerequisites and ultimately save money on tuition. Give students as much practice as possible answering questions that look like the AP exam.

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Exams Essay Testing History 305

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As the fall semester comes to a close, many teachers are thinking about final exams or end of the semester summative assessments. Often those semester exams cover a lot of information. The prospect of preparing students for those exams can be daunting. Instead of asking, “How can I help students to review for the exam?”

Exams 483

Exams Students Textbooks Critical Thinking 483

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 10, 2023

This is an unsustainable practice for teachers, especially if they must create review activities for multiple subjects or classes. This teacher-led workflow also robs students of the opportunity to drive their learning and engage in more meaningful review activities.

Teachers 489

Teachers Exams Feedback Students 489

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2020

UWorld, an online learning tool for high-stakes exams, is offering a free, full-length PSAT practice exam that familiarizes students with the format and content of the real test. Each question answered will provide the student with a detailed explanation of the answer choices to help students actively learn and retain concepts.

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Exams Students Testing Active Learning 182

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 17, 2022

As an educator, I’m always looking for new and innovative ways to help my students prepare for exams. And when it comes to exam prep, there’s no reason you can’t use technology to make the process more engaging for your students. Have students complete interactive activities and exercises online.

Exams 160

Exams Technology Quizzes Lecturing 160

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

While coaching teachers this month, several expressed a desire to include review and practice activities in their station rotation lessons to help students prepare for end-of-the-semester assessments. Helping students review for an exam often takes the form of a study guide or review game. I thought it was a brilliant idea!

Blended Learning 522

Blended Learning Students Exams Study 522

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Longtime professor Cathy Davidson is on a mission to promote the practice of active learning. It contains what are essentially recipes for various active-learning techniques. One active learning technique she cites in the book, for instance, was devised by Samuel Delany, who was also a renowned science fiction author.

Activities 216

Activities Lecturing Exams Active Learning 216

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 24, 2019

One way to create a collaborative challenge that feels more like a game than work is to use Google Forms to create a lockbox activity. Here’s how the activity worked. I like this activity because it encourages conversation and collaboration offline before students attempt to answer the questions online.

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Exams Language Languages Coaching 407

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2014

When I received notification that our school was closing three days before final exams, I was dismayed. ” Once they had actively read the text, they had to synthesize the information in that article with our core text Fahrenheit 451. We didn’t have time to lose an entire day together.

Exams 403

Exams Assignments Fairness Learning 403

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 13, 2023

Preparing for exams requires a systematic approach to ensure you cover all the necessary material and feel confident on test day. This pressure can actually hurt your chances of doing well on the exams. Preparation is the best way to not feel stressed and go into the exams with a clear mind.

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Exams Study Quizzes Testing 142

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer. They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. No more guesswork—students know exactly what to expect.

Exams 119

Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 119

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer. They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. No more guesswork—students know exactly what to expect.

Exams 111

Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To remediate the exam preparation study skills that beginning (and other) students are missing, most of us respond by telling students about those skills that make for good exam performance. Evidence that all these activities were completed is required and they are evaluated to determine the overall assignment grade.

Exams 105

Exams Assignments Study Evaluation 105

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

I encouraged teachers to design activities that would help students to physically engage with mathematical concepts. My students love the kinesthetic station, so I wanted to follow that station with an activity that would maintain their interest. They are not something to be ashamed of. They are something to learn from.

Math 453

Math Exams Blended Learning Questions 453

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Topping our monthly Top 5 list was a look at how professors are rebooting oral exams to respond to concerns that students can now use ChatGPT and other AI tools to cheat on essays. Some are bringing back a classic approach that was once common in medieval universities: the oral exam. Will the ideas catch on?

Exams 141

Exams Essay Reading STEM 141

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We lament the pressure that many teachers feel about teaching inside a metaphorical box because of pacing guides, curriculum demands, and standardized exams. We talk about empowering girls, making tough choices about where we invest our time and living an active, healthy lifestyle. Do you carve out time to be physically active?

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Exams Discussions Achievement Activities 367

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

We’re entering a new era of education where students need opportunities — while they are still in high school — that prepare them for the future of their choosing , not simply by dreaming about it but actively building it,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company.

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Exams Learning Science Lecturing 266

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A great option also is to program one of the widgets for an Hour of Code activity. classes This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. You can also share it to most social media.

Activities 172

Activities Learning Art Attention 172

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

Reading comprehension activates the cerebral cortex of a child’s brain. For example, in intelligence tests, being in a positive mood increased exam takers’ intelligence and creativity. Learning to read is a higher brain function. The effects are complex, but the rationale is straightforward.

Reading 300

Reading Intelligence Exams Testing 300

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

Instead of spending hours grading assignments designed to help students develop these skills, I limit my energy to providing feedback in class as they work and grading the actual assessments–exam, essay, performance task. This reflective activity encourages them to think metacognitively about their learning.

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Grades Essay Exams English 419

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A great option also is to program one of the widgets for an Hour of Code activity. This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Team Challenge. Time required: 1.5 Students love this game.

Activities 174

Activities Learning Attention Failure 174

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In fact, O’Grady’s third graders last year performed 10 points higher than the national third-grade average on NWEA’s Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) benchmark exam. Promoting active learning. O’Grady began using Adventure2Learning’s instructional videos a few years ago as a way to promote active learning in her classroom.

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Exams Learning Elementary School Elementary School 271

eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2016

” Over the past 12 years, Hines has prepared more than 150 juniors and seniors for computer networking certification exams and careers in information technology through Laurel High’s Cisco Networking Academy. “In the past five years we’ve had everybody pass,” Hines said, referring to the certification exams.

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High School High School Exams Schools 259

eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2019

The same is true of college test prep for exams such as the SAT or ACT—without self-direction, personalized goals, and active practice, you’re not going to reach your target score. When I was a principal, students were on their own when it came to preparing for one of the most influential exams of their life.

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Testing Exams Activities Reading 195

eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2023

According to a recent study , grading is one of the least stressful activities early career teachers have to complete. Effective instructional design models and psychometrics generally anticipate that students can master an end-of-course exam with a 70 to 80 percent score.

Grades 262

Grades Teachers Instructors Exams 262

eSchool News

AUGUST 5, 2024

“As a global community, we need to engage students while they are young, partnering with industry, and ensuring that all CTE educators have the tools, lab activities, career exploration materials, and support to inspire the next generation of healthcare workers. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by 2032, the U.S.

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Exams Evaluation High School High School 276

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Takeaway for educators: Start each day with a brief mindfulness activity, such as a two-minute breathing exercise. One initiative involved designating 15 minutes of quiet time after lunch for both students and teachers to engage in an activity of their choice, such as reading, meditating, or simply resting.

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Teachers Students Exams Culture 269

eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

A preliminary study of the program in three states during the late 2010s, found that students showed significant improvement on the ACT English and reading exams, with the average score increasing by 1.3 Learning to read is a lifetime activity that pays dividends for children, youth, adults and our communities. points and 1.5

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Reading Exams Study Achievement 322

eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Because of the way the education system is structured, a lot of curriculum is centered around standardized testing—passing AP exams, getting into colleges, etc. For starters, there are many nonprofit organizations that provide varying degrees of scientific extracurricular activities. Hyper-focused on standardized testing.

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STEM Science Exams Testing 351