Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

Yes, even math! Give them a safe and structured place to let their arguments fly when you assign these persuasive writing prompts. They can even use them as longer argumentative essay topics during an argument writing unit! Write a short essay about your favorite celebrity and their biggest album, movie, or show.

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k12

JULY 18, 2025

Online school students use computer skills to access classes, communicate with teachers, conduct research, review materials, and turn in assignments. These platforms enable teachers to create and deliver course materials, post assignments, review work, and host discussion forums—all in one place—for students and parents. Presentations.

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Skills Internet Students Assignments 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

They’re literary detectives, diving into research and using evidence to create well-organized essays. Try these 7th grade writing prompts for journaling, group discussion, or formal essays: Which is better for connecting with friends: TikTok or Instagram? Are classes like art, gym, and life skills as critical as math and English?

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Writing Grades Essay Middle School 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

19 Longer Journal Writing Prompts for High School For a deeper dive into your students thoughts, assign longer journal prompts for high school. Students can keep a long-term journal to respond all year long, or they can use journal prompts as a springboard into a class essay or assignment. Describe the perfect summer.

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Let’s say the objective of a learning cycle is to help students to craft a strong argument, compare and contrast a plant and an animal cell, or use the formula for volume to solve real-world math problems. argumentative essay, live debate, or recorded speech). In that case, you can use this one rubric to assess each product (e.g.,

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Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 521

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Then there’s the sudden temptation of ChatGPT and other new AI tools, which can make cheating on assignments easy and often undetectable. Instead, college instructors need to change how they assign and communicate their homework assignments. Some students don’t understand how important assignments are, Beckett says.

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Instructors Assignments Textbooks Essay 199

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Barriers to Effective Transfer and Application of Learning Assigning the same task to all students without offering any choices can significantly hinder the effective transfer and application of learning. Can you suggest creative assignments for grade students to express their learning about ?

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History Physical Education Art Essay 382

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Complex Problem Solving: Tasks that involve higher-order thinking and problem-solving, such as math word problems, scientific experiments, or coding projects, often require different amounts of time for students to analyze, understand, and solve. Below is a list of academic tasks that benefit from variable time on task.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Our relationship with math learning is severely damaged in this country. As a Black male educator in northeast Denver, I have seen firsthand the results of poor engagement and learning in math classrooms. As a Black male educator in northeast Denver, I have seen firsthand the results of poor engagement and learning in math classrooms.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

Visualize Your Equations with Paper Math. Paper’s new math literacy solution, Paper Math, gamifies math by allowing students to manipulate equations through an artful interface to help break math problems down into intuitive core concepts, making the experience immersive and fun.

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Essay Feedback Math Assignments 256

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

These AI tools help students fine-tune their essays before they connect with a live tutor or before they submit their assignments to teachers. MATHia is an intelligent math software supported by sophisticated AI technology and is designed to provide individual student support and insightful data.

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Feedback Essay Writing Learning Styles 329

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

One reason for that, he argues, is that it’s easier to measure how much students are learning in math and science by using standardized tests that can be quickly graded by machines. But Cote saw that now an AI chatbot can be trained on the same rubric to instantly give the same kind of feedback.

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Essay Social Studies Education Critical Thinking 205

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For students attending college, there is a college essay review tool, a college application management, and a scholarship search. Earlier this month, Paper announced a new suite of learning tools that includes products addressing math skills, literacy, after-school programming, and college and career readiness.

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Secondary Education High School High School Essay 285

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

For example, one of our high schoolers, James, isn’t doing his assignments in World History class. By redirecting him with an assignment that piques his interest, the teacher helps James boost his confidence and understand that he is truly capable of doing the World History assignments.

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Teaching Students English History 294

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

Rather than relying on this score alone, his teacher called him to discuss the assignment. He went on to explain each piece of art in great detail, showing his understanding of the assignment. Here are a few ideas: Leverage AI to reinforce writing concepts with students like grammar and essay structures.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Essay Plagiarism 237

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Machado was nominated by the Bilingual Department Chairperson Brian Donovan who submitted an essay describing how Machado helps his students. Machado had the student tell the story of the journey through an assignment and took the story to a local dentist’s office where his wife worked as a dental assistant. About Rosetta Stone.

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Essay English Languages Language 180

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Khanmigo was launched last year in grades 5-8 and used in core content areas, which are typically math, reading, writing, and science, according to the district. It is also designed to help teachers create instructions for assignments and review student performance. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a Chalkbeat funder.

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Schools Math Testing Intelligence 267

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

Teaching metacognition equips ELLs with the tools needed to navigate not only language acquisition but also the demands of various subject areas, from math and science to history and literature (Flavell, 1979; Schraw & Moshman, 1995). Can you tell me how you approached this assignment? That helped me finish that part of the essay.

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Essay Ethics Feedback Languages 165

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

I’d honestly rather work on math right now. I was a certified high school math teacher, but like so many of my peers, I also taught advisory—working with students to develop their social skills and help them explore college and career options. This isn’t advisory Mister, this is MATH AND I’M TRYING TO TELL YOU MY ANSWER!”

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Teaching Interdisciplinary Math Essay 167

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2025

. #5 Reflect on Growth Over Time Invite students to reflect on their progress by comparing two similar assignments or products from different points in the school year. This side-by-side analysis helps them see evidence of growth and build a stronger sense of ownership over their learning journey.

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Testing Learning Critical Thinking Essay 195

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

We need low-stakes, shareable writing assignments to break the ice, so I use micro-writing exercises as often as possible. These assignments are efficient and have many academic benefits. In my classes, micro-writing assignments help students develop and strengthen their identities.

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Writing Assignments English Essay 168

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

During virtual learning from 2020 to 2021, that was condensed to 60 minutes and we spent much of our time focused on reading texts, answering text dependent questions and writing essays. Effort was also a strength — he gave every assignment his all. With assistance, he was able to produce a five-paragraph essay.

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Accessibility Essay Disabilities Learning Disabilities 172

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback , which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke. Instead of teaching with a math textbook, it’s way more fun to teach with Chrome Music lab, he added.”

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Essay Plagiarism Coaching Learning Disabilities 167

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

One solution, says Garcia, is for professors to give “more authentic” assignments, like project-based work and other things that students would be more likely to see in a professional environment. One key to her approach is to set objective measures for each possible grade a student can get on the assignment (or it can be done pass/fail).

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Assignments 156

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For example, if a student is working on an essay in a language arts class and is way off track, the teacher can pop a message on their screen that says, "Hey, this paragraph looks off-topic, try focusing on." History course assignment about the Constitution. How does this software support personalized learning?

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Teachers Students Special Education History 199

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It counts when an essay expands from one unclear sentence to three paragraphs of of compelling narrative, even if three paragraphs doesn’t cut it on the rubric. Academic Effort When Junior first came to McClarin, he would rarely submit more than a first sentence when asked to write an essay. Probably not.

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Testing Essay Writing Motivation 135

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

The letters in ThinkCERCA represent the building blocks of an essay: claim, evidence, reasoning, counter argument, and audience. But ThinkCERCA is more than just a traditional framework; the online program provides a lesson library with texts related to literature, math, science, and social studies.

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Writing Essay Teaching Quizzes 123

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

9% of writing assignments in grades six to eight include long form writing. Source: Checking In: Do Classrooms Assignments Reflect Today’s Standards? How many kids want to write yet another essay on whether the cafeteria should serve chocolate milk? There are so many tools to track reading and math, but very few for writing.”

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Writing Teaching Education Feedback 155

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

For instance, when assigned to work in groups during class, students who may have trouble focusing or even hearing the discussion due to the noise level may ask the professor for permission to work in the library or outside. Most common accommodations by students with disabilities. Cold or random call.

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Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 144

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan provided strategies and resources for teachers to use in their classrooms, and through this assignment, he learned a variety of skills including how to design compelling professional learning opportunities, how to find and evaluate sources and how to communicate his findings clearly to an audience.

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High School High School Interdisciplinary Education 210

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For example, creating an outline that eventually leads to some type of media, such as an essay or a podcast. For example, creating an outline that eventually leads to some type of media, such as an essay or a podcast. I also practice flexibility with regard to due dates, topic assignments, and how students engage with course content.

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Feedback Secondary Education Teaching Philosophy Assignments 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. For example, they may decide to assign experts on each category or make everyone a generalist. It may be one like Storyboard That! Pixton , or another that you prefer. You may offer an example or rubric if those are available.

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Activities Learning Art Attention 171

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. For example, they may decide to assign experts on each category or make everyone a generalist. Here are some of my favorites: Math Pickle – put students in a chaotic situation and see how they solve the problem.

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Activities Learning Attention Failure 174

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. Because students couldn’t access school-based materials at home (for reasons like no internet or no digital device), I had to assign homework that could be completed without school resources, by themselves.

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Assignments Students Quizzes Evaluation 113

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2016

For example, if a third of students scored poorly on ‘Diagrams’ in the math rubric, the teacher knows immediately this is an area that requires review. Essay Tagger’s Common Core Rubric Creation Tool is an easy way to create rubrics that address exactly the Common Core standards important to you.

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Essay Evaluation Authentic Assessment Assignments 79

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2016

Have your own story about how math, ELA, or assessment tools have impacted your instructional practice? Linane's story is one of many educators’ stories that will be part of the next chapter of our year-long “ State of Edtech ” series, out in September. We’re exploring how real educators are using technology in their classrooms.

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High School High School Quizzes Teachers 99

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

For example, instead of traditional essays, instructors might assign reflective portfolios, oral presentations, or collaborative projects that require students to engage deeply with the material and demonstrate their understanding in ways that go beyond what AI can produce. link] Means, B., Bakia, M., & Murphy, R. Mitchell, T.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 88