Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

by Jacquelyn Whiting When a group of tenth graders turned in essays using politically slanted sources, media specialist Jacquline Whiting knew it was time for a lesson on the dangers of bias confirmation. So why has it attracted so much attention and action lately? Happy New Year! Everyone Has Invisible Bias. So she created one.

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Exams Counselling Motivation Essay 129

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Do exams still serve a purpose? 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. But why, then, do so many courses still rely on exams? In other words, exams do serve a purpose.

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Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 101

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

While teachers may always be the best line of defense for students falling behind, busy schedules don’t always permit the special attention and feedback that students need. One of the key differences between the two exams was the elevated level of conceptual understanding among the students. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 06/21/2018 - 15:06.

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Teachers Teaching Assistants Intelligence Math 153

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam.

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, both topics have received considerable attention in recent years with proponents linking assessment and feedback—and strategies for these—to educational, social, psychological, and employability benefits (Gaynor, 2020).

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Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. Habits, templates, and routines are much easier than reinventing the assessment wheel but a tool that results in passionate students committed to lifelong learning gets my attention. Google Forms.

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Learning Essay Students Testing 104

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, both topics have received considerable attention in recent years with proponents linking assessment and feedback—and strategies for these—to educational, social, psychological, and employability benefits (Gaynor, 2020).

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam.

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Holiday Poll.

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Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 122

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Davidson: In 1869, a major attention-grabbing article appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. Well, that essay was called The New Education and it was so important that Harvard hired this young man—he was only 34. EdSurge: Throughout the book you tend to to put things into a historical context.

Education 141

Education Intelligence History Essay 141

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

It’s not for the faint of heart, though she manages to bring to it a great deal of attention and enthusiasm. The 25-year-old teacher is herself a student—an apprentice, in fact—and must use that quiet period to crank through some homework, study for an exam, start drafting an essay or take a quiz. Until then, from 7:30 a.m.

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Achievement Education Coaching Attention 141

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Data was only collected from a formal diagnostic, which was similar to the final exam, and a final exam or state test in the classes that required one, like American Literature. During whole-group instruction, we worked on essay organization, a domain where students scored low across the board. Did the student leave the room?

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Failure Learning Testing Assignments 114

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. High-stakes exams may in fact do a better job of measuring how well students cope with test taking, rather than assessing actual learning.

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Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

But what brought them together was wanting to give teachers an “extra pair of hands”—for instance, a teacher can ask the assistant to give the class a math problem so that she can momentarily divert her attention to one student. “A There are multiple-choice questions, coding exercises and two essay questions. According to cofounder Ba?ar

Multiple Choice Questions 109

Multiple Choice Questions Testing Questions Essay 109

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. High-stakes exams may in fact do a better job of measuring how well students cope with test taking, rather than assessing actual learning.

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Thanksgiving Poll.

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Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 76

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Thanksgiving Poll.

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Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 76

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

I attended Boston Latin School, a public exam school in Boston. I described him as a “listening poet” in an essay and my professor called me in and asked, “Can you tell me more about this?” I was the translator in some ways. All of that together attuned me to this life of sound around me. He's trying to bring sound into the text.”

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Art Science Reading Failure 207

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

If you’re not entertaining students enough, they’re not going to pay attention to you. Otherwise 1) they’re not going to pay attention, and 2) they’re not going to learn. I can do 30 exams in 15 minutes, which used to take me three days. Professors will often ask me, “Why are you so good? What do you do that’s different?”

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Education Lecturing History Quizzes 132