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Flipped Classroom: Engaging Students with EdPuzzle

Catlin Tucker

These open-ended questions are a great way to begin discussions in class the day after students have completed this assignment. Multiple Choice Questions. Teachers can also create multiple-choice questions to see how well students are understanding and retaining the information they are watching.

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Blended Learning: Design a Mini-playlist that Allows Students to Control the Pace of Their Learning

Catlin Tucker

Students who generally struggle to read at grade level could engage with this assignment in ways equal to their classmates who read at or above grade level. Each time I return to an assignment, I add strategies, like polling, discussion boards, and partner work to make the experience more engaging.

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Watch Out For These 3 Mistakes You’re Making During Distance Teaching

Edsurge

Distance teaching also shone a light on problematic practices that were never effective in person, either. More importantly, give yourself the liberty to try out some of the alternative approaches that can help make distance teaching more sustainable and effective. But this wasn’t the only reason.

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What data is necessary to help students succeed?

eSchool News

These forms of feedback often focus on assignments and homework prior to college, where feedback becomes scarce. In contrast, medical school can overwhelm students with detailed information, like longitudinal reports on multiple-choice question performance throughout the year.

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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

Cult of Pedagogy

In the 10 years since I chose a book called Make it Stick for a book study in the summer of 2015, I’ve been encouraging teachers to add more retrieval practice to their teaching. I have encouraged giving frequent quizzes , think-pair-shares , and teaching students to use flashcards , but there are a lot of other ways to do it.

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Should Professors (a) Use Multiple Choice Tests or (b) Avoid Them At All Costs?

Edsurge

Multiple-choice questions don’t belong in college. They’re often ineffective as a teaching tool, they’re easy for students to cheat, and they can exacerbate test anxiety. After all, she notes, “you’re never going to encounter multiple-choice quizzes on the job somewhere.”

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How AI Can Foster Creative Thinking in the Classroom and Beyond

Edsurge

This shift from standardized assignments to personalized projects can make learning more engaging and relevant for each student. So if we want students to be doing creative thinking, then 30 assignments done by 30 different students should all look different. The benefits of this creative assignment are clear to every educator.