eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2019

That is, instead of delivering content during class and giving exercises as homework, I had students learn the content at home by watching videos with embedded quizzes. The embedded quizzes enabled me to view student’s responses. I remember the almost paralyzing fear I often felt when I had to respond to questions on the spot.

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Quizzes Learning Feedback Assignments 279

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Students who take quizzes shortly after they study show better performance on a final test relative to students who only study without taking a practice quiz, even when no feedback is given on the quiz ( Roediger III, McDaniel, & McDermott, 2006 ). Invested additional time between quiz attempts to better master the assigned materials.

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Quizzes Technology Hybrid Courses Mobile Devices 226

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2015

Being able to easily create and deliver quizzes and tests to students in the classroom, and then put the results of those tests to work immediately to help improve student learning was the motivation behind Apperson, Inc. It supports several question types, including multiple choice, true/false, short answers and essays.

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Quizzes Essay Education Testing 260

eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

For a literature assignment, I have students design a Canva infographic analyzing a novels themes. Quiz allows educators to embed questions directly into videos, turning passive watching into active engagement. The pre-made quizzes also offer instant feedback, helping students reflect on their learning process.

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Evaluation Quizzes Critical Thinking Feedback 287

eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2017

Some programs allow teachers to create assignments and comment on them through the platform of the program, where each student has an individual account and can see his or her assignments; to help assess the student throughout the learning process. Kahoot allows the teacher to build fun quizzes, flashcards and games.

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Quizzes Mobile Devices Essay Assignments 220

eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2017

We’ve seen educators do incredible things with G Suite for Education tools: creatively teach classroom material, collaborate with students, and design innovative assignments to achieve meaningful outcomes. Classroom is a useful tool for teachers, and since it launched three years ago, students have submitted more than 1 billion assignments.

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Quizzes Teachers Mobile Devices Assignments 199

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The idea is the main component in argument forming, and actively learn teaches students how to communicate by asking and answering questions. Actively Learn is an online interactive platform where students learn through “layers”–the discussion questions that structure readings. Engaging the Reading.

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Art Language Languages Plagiarism 229

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The average student gets just two of the ten questions right. Branch is known for his logical, easy-to-grasp course design, for his engaging assignments like The Armchair Anthropologist, and for the way his classes seem to fly by—which doesn’t happen by accident. Tell me about your Armchair Anthropologist assignment.

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Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2018

Here are sample questions you can ask: 3 things I learned today. 1 question I still have. is a platform where teachers create quizzes, discussions, and surveys. A backchannel is a digital conversation that happens at the same time as a face-to-face activity, where students can share their thinking about the topic or assignment.

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Quizzes Students Classroom Management Assignments 239

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Let’s unravel these questions. Online courses can offer content in audio, text, and video formats, each with interactive elements like quizzes, virtual labs, and social annotation to enhance engagement and provide multiple ways for students to absorb the material. What are the fundamentals of UDL and why is it important?

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Learning Syllabus Universal Design Quizzes 306

eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2022

The course uses Canvas to manage the online, asynchronous portion of learning – this includes recorded lectures by ASU faculty, along with weekly assignments and quizzes. Conducted on Zoom, students from across schools join to review the current learning module, complete homework and ask questions.

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Quizzes Lecturing High School High School 246

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2021

They are unable to answer critical, formative questions such as: What’s the big picture? On the backend, each learning assessment item in TEL courses, such as quizzes, assignments, and quiz questions, is aligned to metadata that indicates specific learning outcomes and Mastery Standards connected to the item, as well as a difficulty level.

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Learning Education Students Quizzes 269

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The video can be delivered to students via a Post to your Edmodo class or as an assignment. You can also check students’ understanding by having them answer follow-up questions on paper or an Edmodo Quiz. with low-stakes opinion questions such as, “Hot dogs or Hamburgers?” What questions do you still have?” Dog or Cat?”

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Distance Learning Culture Gamification Learning 218

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

But even with all this excitement, there are still many questions to answer. One key question is, “How do school and district leaders ensure academic integrity as new technologies continue to emerge, like generative artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT, Bard, Claude, and more?”

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Essay Plagiarism 242

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It can handle a variety of language tasks, including answering questions, writing essays, generating creative content, offering explanations, giving advice, and engaging in natural-sounding conversations” (as explained by ChatGPT itself).

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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 339

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like.

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Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 96

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here are some you can look into–and all online: Easy CBM Educreations –video a whiteboard explanation of how students are completing a task (app) Edulastic –formative assessments; work on any devices (app) Flip — record a video question from your desktop; add attachments; students respond from the app with their answer Flubaroo (app) (..)

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Quizzes Peer Review Failure Essay 159

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

Multiple-choice questions don’t belong in college. Yet more professors seem to be turning to the format these days, as teaching loads and class sizes grow, since multiple-choice quizzes and tests can be easily graded by machines. After all, she notes, “you’re never going to encounter multiple-choice quizzes on the job somewhere.”

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Assignments 155

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework. Worries about using AI for academic help and answering questions led to many discussions on its role in the classroom. The more important question is, when will these tools become ubiquitous in schools?

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Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 325

Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Its great for in-class use and also works well as a homework assignment. Quizzes to review material in a high-energy way. 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.

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Math Textbooks Quizzes Lecturing 86

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

You can pose a question for a future column here. Reader Question: Dear Bonni, What ideas do you have for student accountability? It actually requires some unlearning, and some changes in approach, to create an environment that better encourages students to complete assigned activities.

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Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 196

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Note: A total of 355 respondents answered this question, selecting all options that apply in response to the following question: “Which skills or concepts do you teach through this product?” It’s very informal,” Fine says of her efforts to measure student progress with Google Drive.

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Education History Students Quizzes 216

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

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. rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. “Present students with a multiple choice question.”

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 77

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I vary both the number and type of questions I use on the quizzes. This means students have to determine how confident they are the group has correctly answered the questions. I administer two daily quizzes in that course. My use of these quizzes has evolved. Students got no points if they missed all the questions.

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Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 107

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

During stressful periods when there are more questions than answers, having a positive mental attitude can serve as a “breath of fresh air.” Keep assignments simple. Assignments should be described very clearly so that students can succeed. It can be tempting for teachers to assign lots of independent work. Be optimistic.

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Assignments Learning Schools Quizzes 181

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

While many students say they’re looking for the assistance they’re not getting from their colleges, professors argue that students are using these sites to cheat on quizzes and tests. is a student will post a graded question in its entirety to Chegg.com,” she adds. It's the way quizzes and exams are proctored.

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Study Exams Quizzes Lecturing 191

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

With that in mind, I ask educators this question: How can we use video paratext to advance inquiry and engagement? What kind of introductory text, video or activity might lead everyone into the assigned video without overwhelming them? Prompt students to jot questions before they watch and during their viewing.

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Teaching Instructors Teaching Philosophy Education 181

eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2016

The newly added Assessments tool gives educators full control to create, distribute, and assess custom quizzes, tests, and homework assignments directly within the platform. The Assessments feature includes more than 5,000 pre-built questions covering more than 1,200 science and social studies topics.

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Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Social Studies Exams 126

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Lesson one: Planning teaching presence At our university training during the pandemic, professors learned that enhancing flexibility for online learners involved making all assignments and activities accessible on the first day of class—this way students could work at their own pace.

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Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 126

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Angie says despite testing the games in advance for timing and the desired learning outcome, actually using it in class can get derailed when students start to ask too many questions. The learning objective was to help these students have the confidence to ask questions in front of their peers. “To So we made it more open-ended.

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Teachers Quizzes Testing Learning Outcomes 213

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I vary both the number and type of questions I use on the quizzes. This means students have to determine how confident they are the group has correctly answered the questions. I administer two daily quizzes in that course. My use of these quizzes has evolved. Students got no points if they missed all the questions.

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Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 97

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. By far, the biggest question Boyle’s teachers have had is about assessments. I’m not being rude.

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Schools Students Assignments Testing 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

This doesn’t stop with quizzes, tests, and memorizing facts. It lets everyone know if the big idea of the lesson is understood and if the essential questions have been answered. Quick Quizzes. These are one-two question checks during class to measure understanding. Tools: Socrative, PollDaddy, Google Forms.

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Authentic Assessment Quizzes Knowledge Discussions 152

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

It’s a student response system that allows teachers to make quizzes that students can take on their device. The platform also offers a competition feature in which teams compete to accurately answer questions the fastest. I turn in everything on Canvas, from important research papers to minor homework assignments. Use Canvas.

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Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus Students 137

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Khanmigo is still in its pilot phase but is designed to guide students as they progress through lessons and ask questions like a human tutor would, according to Khan Academy spokesperson Barb Kunz. It is also designed to help teachers create instructions for assignments and review student performance.

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Schools Math Testing Intelligence 273

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponents say catch cheating, but in ways that many students say amount to an unacceptable invasion of their privacy. Students on other campuses agree.

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Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Then, even with that, I provide options to the preferred tool so if the student’s computer is a decade old or their WiFi is quirky, they can still complete the assignment. Traditional classes have absolute due dates for classwork, homework, and quizzes. In mine, I publish the due dates for all homework, classwork, and quizzes.

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Online Learning Teaching Quizzes Learning 174