Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

The fundamental question becomes: How can educators plan for and deliver instructional content that is relatable and meaningful? One student articulated the need for relatable, real-world, authentic tasks, stating, “My favorite activity was creating videos to connect with the assignments in class.”

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 60

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Sometimes they will cold call students, while other times they will ask students to share what they learned after theyve had a chance to read the assigned material or discuss it with their classmates in groups. Tell me indicates that I, the teacher, have asked a question and want an answer. I want to judge what has been said.

Culture 271

Culture Feedback Language Languages 271

eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

But as AI adoption accelerates, one critical question remains: Will AI strengthen learning, or will it undermine it? The question is no longer whether AI will influence classrooms. These platforms offer unprecedented opportunities to personalize learning, refine curriculum development, and support teaching. The result?

Education 297

Education Quizzes Ethics Academic Integrity 297

eSchool News

MAY 9, 2025

Teachers havent stopped assigning projects on wolves, genetic engineering, drug abuse, or the Harlem Renaissance, but the way students approach those assignments has changed dramatically. Encouraging assignments that require diverse sources and source types helps to build research resilience. They no longer just surf the web.

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Evaluation Ethics Academic Integrity Internet 256

eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

Teachers can integrate SEL strategies directly into academic instruction, such as modeling emotional regulation during challenging tasks or building communication skills through collaborative assignments. These small modifications can significantly improve comprehension and reduce a students frustration.

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Students Learning Styles Assignments Communication 231

Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

In a course that requires out-of-class reading, that conversation is highly reliant on students doing their part and completing the assigned reading.However, in recent semesters, students engaging in focused reading in which they annotate text is dwindling. It seems as if a quick scan of one of the assigned pages is the best effort.

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Instructors Assignments Participation Students 91

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Students also use Gemini for real-time academic help, such as asking follow-up questions and details about a particular topic. A recent Google blog post outlines how four different school districts are leveraging Google AI tools, like Gemini and NotebookLM, for innovative teaching and learning.

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Education Quizzes Coaching Special Education 211

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

They’ll memorize elaborate lore, master mechanics, mimic skills, and explain them to others—all without being assigned a single worksheet. After showing one of his classic street interview segments—where he asks everyday people basic science questions that many fumble to answer—he surprised the audience by pushing back against their laughter.

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Motivation Learning Students Achievement 277

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

It was OK to use AI in this scenario, the mom said, but they shouldn’t use it for writing school assignments. A red use would be inappropriate or unethical, such as asking ChatGPT to write an essay based on an assigned prompt. Providing straightforward questions to consider can “help people proceed when they don’t know what to do.”

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Essay Ethics Fairness Assignments 171

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Almost a third of both groups said that teachers should put more weight on tests–where AI cant be used–as opposed to homework and class assignments, to ensure student understanding of materials. How could or should the math teachers role change as a result of student AI use?

Math 244

Math Participation Feedback High School 244

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Navigating the Disorienting Dilemma As we reason through this innovative technology, we will question truth and reality. Step Up Your Thinking Game An advanced thinker not only poses questions to others but focuses within. What other questions could be asked to dive deeper and more concisely into the information?

Critical Thinking 97

Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 97

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Provide multiple sources and access points for assignment requirements and expectations (written descriptions, presentations, instructional videos, examples, rubrics).

Accessibility 94

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 94

Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly prevalent in higher education, raising questions about how students can engage with AI meaningfully. Educators can incorporate assignments that require students to verify AI responses, identify bias, and analyze conflicting perspectives.

Critical Thinking 79

Critical Thinking Skills Ethics Academic Integrity 79

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Therein lies a paradox I have struggled with in my career: How can I continue to teach students that questioning authority is not only okay, but sometimes necessary, while maintaining a position of authority myself? Martin began explaining a concept to the class when I raised my hand and questioned, “Why do we have to learn this?

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Multiple Choice Questions History Students Beliefs 115

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Turnitin, a longtime leader in the plagiarism-detection market, released a new tool within six months of ChatGPT’s debut to identify AI-generated writing in students’ assignments. That detector first became popular among professors when the internet made it easy for students to copy and paste information from websites into their assignments.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 118

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. ” assigning points : Blunt strongly discourages assigning points to whiteboard retrieval activities. “Present students with a multiple choice question.” ” Rivers explains.

Multiple Choice Questions 80

Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly prevalent in higher education, raising questions about how students can engage with AI meaningfully. Educators can incorporate assignments that require students to verify AI responses, identify bias, and analyze conflicting perspectives.

Critical Thinking 69

Critical Thinking Skills Ethics Academic Integrity 69

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

English learners often face challenges in understanding lessons, participating in discussions and completing assignments , which can lead to lower achievement and increased feelings of isolation. Elianis: Before using the tool, I couldnt ask questions or talk to other students in the classroom. Now, I understand my teachers better.

English 134

English Language Languages Assignments 134

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

Each assignment has 1-10 points, with a total of 100 points. In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester. What a good question. Students were still demotivated by a lack of clear expectations.

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Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 72

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Navigating the Disorienting Dilemma As we reason through this innovative technology, we will question truth and reality. Step Up Your Thinking Game An advanced thinker not only poses questions to others but focuses within. What other questions could be asked to dive deeper and more concisely into the information?

Critical Thinking 111

Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 111

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2025

The decision has also emboldened opponents of the emerging school choice movement, which aims to give parents options beyond the assigned district public school, often using public dollars to do so. Classifying charter schools as private would have opened questions about whether that could continue across the states, he said.

Schools 77

Schools Assignments Questions Testing 77

Teach Hub

MAY 2, 2025

How to Implement: Assign students a real-world problem, such as designing an eco-friendly home, creating a marketing campaign for a fictional product, or developing a plan to improve their school. How to Implement: Pick a thought-provoking question related to a book, historical event, or current issue.

Activities 81

Activities Learning Students Critical Thinking 81

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

When students own the device in question, the situation gets a little trickier. Our ultimate assignment is to create cyber-secure classrooms for future learners. With personal devices, finding the right balance between protecting a students privacy and securing data is crucial.

Local Government 266

Local Government Counselling Intelligence History 266

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

In higher education, we see our students use AI in many ways, to provide both authorized and unauthorized aid in their completion of assignments. Why College Instructors Matter: A Student’s Perspective I had a conversation with one of my students recently about this exact question.

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Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 97

Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Its great for in-class use and also works well as a homework assignment. Clickers allow students to respond to questions anonymously, so even those who are hesitant to speak up can still engage. It offers interactive activities and visual representations to keep students engaged. Math doesnt have to be a dreaded subject.

Math 88

Math Textbooks Quizzes Participation 88

Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

The key question is: how can we transform AI from a potential source of plagiarism into a valuable educational resource? Strategic Approaches to AI Integration One effective strategy is to intentionally redesign classroom activities and assignments to incorporate AI tools. Lets confront the reality: students are using AI.

Ethics 87

Ethics Plagiarism Education Intelligence 87

Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

Reciprocal reading is a structured yet flexible strategy where students work together to make sense of a text using four roles: summarizer, questioner, clarifier, and predictor. Questioning The role of a questioner teaches students to stop accepting text at face value and start digging deeper. First, you choose a text.

Reading 66

Reading Discussions Fairness Questions 66

Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

Not only is it okay to stop grading every single assignment , but there’s also a smarter way to ensure your students are learning and growing: self-checking student work. Math Fluency Practice Without the Grading Drain You assign a daily math warm-up with 50 addition facts. Thats where self-checking student work comes in.

Students 52

Students Peer Review Math Assignments 52

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

I walked into my classroom and started with a question I didn’t know the answer to. The Paradox Effect That one question—unresolved, unanswerable, alive—did more to wake up my students than any HBR case ever had. I still assign readings. I never position the question as rhetorical. Students asked sharper questions.

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Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

For example, private practice environments powered by chatbots or simulations can offer students a space to make mistakes, ask questions, and rehearse ideas without fear of embarrassment. For instance, if a student demonstrates mastery of foundational concepts, they can be prompted with higher-order questions to challenge their thinking.

Critical Thinking 86

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 86

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

I walked into my classroom and started with a question I didn’t know the answer to. The Paradox Effect That one question—unresolved, unanswerable, alive—did more to wake up my students than any HBR case ever had. I still assign readings. I never position the question as rhetorical. Students asked sharper questions.

Syllabus 85

Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 85

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

For example, private practice environments powered by chatbots or simulations can offer students a space to make mistakes, ask questions, and rehearse ideas without fear of embarrassment. For instance, if a student demonstrates mastery of foundational concepts, they can be prompted with higher-order questions to challenge their thinking.

Critical Thinking 93

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 93

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

As the potential for students to misuse AI tools raises ongoing questions about accountability, cheating, and academic integrity, a scandal from the past offers insights into the future. Inquiry about integrity begins with the question Does this work accurately represent the students skills and understandings?”

Academic Integrity 92

Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This project started with a deceptively simple question: What arent our students telling us? I wanted to change thatnot just by asking better questions, but by building an open-access platform that would amplify student voices and inform actionable change. Not because they lacked courage, but because they didnt feel invited to speak.

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Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 53

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

You can also ask survey questions like “What should I know about you before the school year starts?” That placement makes it easy for them to avoid answering questions, sleep in class, or chat with friends without you noticing. Then you can get to know them yourself!

High School 52

High School High School Beliefs Schools 52

Teach Thought

JULY 11, 2025

Revisit Old Questions The simplest curiosities arise from old questions that were never fully answered, or that no attempt to answer was made. Strategy to actuate : Revisit old questions—through a journal prompt, Socrative discussion, QFT ( Question Formulation Technique ), or even a fishbowl discussion.

Learning 95

Learning Students Critical Thinking Game-Based Learning 95

eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

It’s certainly something that I hear all all the time and there’s no question that people being aware of. So I think it wasn’t that long ago we thought of student accounts as being pretty innocuous and it wouldn’t be unusual for a school system to assign easily guessable username and password to a student.

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Education Local Government Internet Questions 196