eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

She holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Virginia, where she continues as an instructor in the School of Education and Human Development. In response, I’ve adapted my teaching approach to make assignments more interactive. These included deeper integration of ST Math , which has been a game-changer.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2017

Most introductory geology professors teach students about earthquakes by assigning readings and showing diagrams of tectonic plates and fault lines to the class. But Paul Low is not most instructors. Low recently created a virtual-reality homework assignment for a geology 101 class. Low and Mills prefer. Image credit: Paul Low.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an instructor, I have always considered myself to be friendly and approachable. Student perceptions of their instructors’ attitude toward them has been shown to be a predictor of student motivation (Wilson J. You could also include reminders of any tasks or assignments that need to be completed in the first week.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

This release gives students the power to submit papers, analyze similarity reports (to check for originality), and review instructor feedback on the go. An enhanced interface for instructors offers streamlined grading on- and offline. More than ever, students use mobile devices to manage their assignments.

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Mobile Devices Instructors Feedback Math 184

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. Emphasize the importance of each component or stage.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Participants access learning via textbooks, video clips, interactive learning tasks, and webinars and have opportunities to practice skills via weekly online discussion forums, webinars, collaboration activities, self-check exercises, and homework assignments. Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

This year, we will use video as an informal look at the level of math conversations going on in their classrooms.”. Barb Corna, lead academic specialist for the Accelerate Math program. I have reached out to my PBL PD instructors for guidance on many occasions. Northwood Elementary School, Napa, Calif.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Since the pandemic hit, his research findings are more relevant than ever, as instructors look for guidance on what works as they move their teaching online. Specifically, a mix of graphics and words can help students better apply a concept learned in a lesson to a new situation, such as on a related assignment.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Every time you feel an inkling of math anxiety, math phobia, or are reminded of math trauma, you brush it away, like you might a pesky mosquito. Incorporate mindful use of instructor language/actions/words. Provide low-stakes opportunities for PSTs to try questions, revise solutions, and resubmit assignments.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Research shows fewer students are starting the year prepared for math and ELA, fewer are on target to learn to read, and there are more gaps in phonics, and sophisticated math skill comprehension. Using Kami, teachers can create assignments with their LMS, share class-wide, and offer feedback in real time.

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STEM Math Internet Mobile Devices 336

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Through the two-and-a-half yearlong effort, nearly 2,000 instructors developed and taught 6,600 OER course sections that served 160,000 students. Seven, or about half, of Bay College’s math courses now use OER. The other three happened to be created by my husband—we’re half of the math faculty,” she added.

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Textbooks Instructors Education Participation 198

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. Emphasize the importance of each component or stage.

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Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 82

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The STAR project randomly assigned students to either small classes (13 to 17 students per teacher) or large classes (22 to 25 students per teacher). Generally, in smaller classes, students can establish stronger relationships with their instructors. More positivity reported about participating in learning.

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Achievement Students Instructors Ethics 257

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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

But the tools were also targeted at math teaching. Yet so far these tools have not really affected K-12 math classrooms. In math classes before digital technology, he says, it was actually rare to write out how you think about a problem at length. Instead, math classes involve sketching a lot of graphs and shorthand.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Similar concerns have prompted community colleges to reconsider their own versions of entrance assessments: the placement tests they’ve traditionally used to determine whether students are “ready” for college-level learning or should instead start their pursuit of higher education in remedial math or English classes.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2018

Instructors grade the vast majority of high-stakes summative assessments on paper, and collapse student performance down to a single number for entry into the grade book. For example, if it were easier for instructors to record student performance on specific learning outcomes, instructors could track progress across assignments.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Some of these tasks might include replying to parent emails without emotional interference, creating differentiated assignments with ease and expertise, and creating interactive lesson components and higher order questions that probe thinking patterns. The most time consuming or emotionally taxing items can be processed via prompts.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Students cheating on assignments is hardly a new or surprising problem. In research and surveys conducted by Dr. Donald McCabe and the International Center for Academic Integrity over the span of 12 years, 68 percent of undergraduates who responded admitted to cheating on tests or written assignments.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The right OER provides professors opportunities to teach the latest research and even make areas like math and science more inclusive. They may have overlooked the effort it takes to make homework assignments that have graduated difficulties for students first coming into an area. Is that really what’s best for students?

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STEM Textbooks Instructors Science 178

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

These tools can also help instructors track whether and how students are studying and completing assignments. The theory is that courseware has the potential to improve student outcomes because it tends to offer students personalized instruction and instant feedback on their work, Jones-Davis says. history surveys.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Every time you feel an inkling of math anxiety, math phobia, or are reminded of math trauma, you brush it away, like you might a pesky mosquito. Incorporate mindful use of instructor language/actions/words. Provide low-stakes opportunities for PSTs to try questions, revise solutions, and resubmit assignments.

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Math Teaching Teachers Instructors 94

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

Most people associate Khan Academy with online videos, and that’s largely what it has been since 2005 when founder and CEO Sal Khan began recording instructional clips from his closet to help his cousin better understand math. But that’s slowly starting to change.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall. Kids will wind up hating baseball, not loving math.”

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

New educational guidelines from ISTE stress the importance of contextualizing science, technology, engineering and math skills through everyday classroom activities. . For example, teachers can assign a project that focuses on using foundational STEM skills to approach issues students care about. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Its product is called “Class for Zoom,” and what it’s building is pretty much that—a suite of tools that let instructors take attendance, distribute and grade assignments, and deliver online assessments through Zoom. At Arizona State University, students and instructors have held over 1.3

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Instructors Testing Assignments Math 158

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

So Boyle, who is a secondary school principal at Dalian American International School, located on China’s northeastern coast, let teachers email assignments during the first few weeks out and skip most instruction. His time as a blended learning instructor in Taos, N.M., Watts says she’s heard of schools conducting lessons both ways.

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Schools Students Assignments Testing 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Elementary Math. You can watch the video, rewatch, submit assignments and assessments when you’re ready. At completion, students receive a certificate (or grad school credit) and feedback from certified instructors. Topics include but not limited to: Flipped Classrooms. Student-led Classroom Management. Writing Prompts.

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Teaching Education Learning Assignments 179

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll. Each session includes expert video screencasts, classroom video clips, readings and resources, and assignments that will help participants create a strong foundation of communication within the classroom.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Learning management systems originally got their start in higher education, serving as central hub for college students to drop in assignments, check grades, and contact their professors. Khan Academy modules or math manipulative units from Motion Math) and then take a unit assessment to “prove what they know.”.

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Instructors Assignments Math Grades 176

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2022

I gave only feedback on student work, with no grades on any assignment. This is a class where I try to help students move from a rigid, “there’s only one way to do it and there’s always one correct answer” approach to math into a more nuanced view. I almost always agreed with students’ self-reflections and their self-assigned grades.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2023

It also includes certified teachers who are filling positions outside their subject of expertise — like a history teacher assigned to a math class. Particularly for STEM courses, Nguyen says it’s important to have an instructor who has not just the pedagogical knowledge but also the content knowledge to effectively teach the class.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The traditional approach of assigning non-specialist educators to teach computer science often leads to ineffective instruction due to a lack of expertise and confidence in the subject matter. 00:00:35 Speaker 1 The math teacher. If you’re a computer science educator, you go teach in high school or university. In the end.

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Science Teachers STEM Middle School 285

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

But it wasn’t until her current gig, serving as an instructor for a course on water supply and demand in California, that she got her feet wet with open educational resources. Water is a unique discipline, it’s not like math or history or communication studies were major publishers put out multitudes of textbooks on,” she says.

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Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 122

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

For the most part, lessons for subjects that have been traditionally taught via blackboards and Powerpoint presentations—like math and reading—could still be delivered effectively using online tools. For music classes, Xiong says teachers have assigned song lyrics for individual students to sing.

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Art Teaching Internet Physical Education 196

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

The MyLab Math report is one of 12 efficacy studies the company released about one month ago. The research, done in 2015, includes data from students taking remedial math courses on three different campuses of Arizona State University. It is normally used to help lagging students build math skills.

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Study Quizzes Math Exams 129

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training. Some lightboards can be setup to be one button studios controlled exclusively by the instructor.

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Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111