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

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. Conducting regular assessments using real-time polls and quizzes allow students to understand how well they’re doing and where they may need to place additional effort.

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Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

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.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

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 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

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. Bethany Bovard defined the difference in her own words. “I Ideally, exams should be used more as a learning tool than an assessment tool.

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Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 97

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. Conducting regular assessments using real-time polls and quizzes allow students to understand how well they’re doing and where they may need to place additional effort.

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

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 110

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 110

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.

Syllabus 96

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 96

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 4, 2018

To keep abreast of information on the site, you can also join the Facebook Page where you can get tips and quizzes in relation to the IELTS exam. It is very common for many IELTS exam takers to focus on the techniques, skills, and practice tests without paying attention to the grammar and vocabulary needed to excel in the exam.

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Exams Instructors Testing Quizzes 74

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication. Have students type a school project (such as a book report or essay) while paying attention to keyboarding skills. Cyber-bullying. How to search.

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Activities Schools Ethics Writing 88

k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Recommended Tools Kahoot and Quizizz: Great for quizzes that feel like competitive games. Surprise and novelty, too, activate attention centers in the brain, helping information stick. Higher test scores and better historical analysis in essays. Even short physical activities can reset attention spans. The result?

Schools 52

Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

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. Professor Stanley Stepanic’s Dracula course file , with links to notes, quizzes, and study guides. Professors will often ask me, “Why are you so good?

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Education Lecturing History Quizzes 133