eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Teachers can’t slow down the lesson plans for the entire class to accommodate a few struggling students, and can’t provide individualized attention to all the students who need it to stay on track. Automated grading and feedback : Automated grading systems powered by AI can significantly reduce teachers’ time evaluating assignments and exams.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The data brief, False Assurances: Many states’ licensure tests don’t signal whether elementary teachers understand reading instruction , provides the most up-to-date analysis on the quality of elementary reading teacher licensure exams being used by each state. Just six exams are rated “strong” and four are rated “acceptable.”

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MAY 4, 2018

Here are five great websites to prepare you: The classroom is not the only place you can prepare for your IELTS exam. There are many platforms online that offer opportunities for you to prepare for the different stages of the exam: Speaking, Writing, Reading, and Listening. Stress has been taken out of your IELTS exam prep.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

By inspiring the next generation of educators, we can build up this honorable profession to ensure all students are receiving the attention and support they need to thrive. At the end of the program of study, which includes three courses, students can earn a certification by taking the Professional Teaching Exam.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2025

This is the third annual CIS report dedicated to K-12 cybersecurity, and the second year CIS has partnered with the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), to direct attention and resources to this critical issue. Building cyber resilience: CIS emphasizes the importance of a collaborative approach to cybersecurity.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2018

The study , published in the journal Educational Psychology, found that when students divide attention between electronic devices and a classroom lecture, they still followed the lecture in the moment, but that long-term retention was reduced, resulting in lower grades on unit and final exams.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high school students prepare for the Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1 Exam. Part 4 will offer a comprehensive exam prep.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2015

Now students can quickly see the areas they need to pay more attention to, and the data presented in My Class Insights should encourage them to fully invest in learning before an exam.”.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

For example, if you’re studying for a biology exam, tagging relevant documents with terms like “photosynthesis” or “cell division” can help you quickly retrieve the information you need. Start by identifying the subjects or topics that require the most attention. Start by setting specific, measurable goals for each subject.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2021

There’s a high-stakes exam that’s created an entire industry selling test-preparation products and services to people willing to shell out big bucks for help honing their skills and strategies. It’s the exam to become a licensed construction contractor. A full collection of exam books can cost thousands of dollars.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Instead of reserving them for high-stakes assessments like final exams, some professors now use these tools for routine work like weekly quizzes. But the attention may not be having the desired effect, as business is booming for Proctorio and other companies that sell automated proctoring services. million exams.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

most of whom came from poor families—and many of whom went on to take (and pass) the AP physics exam. We don’t pay enough attention to that in schools—that thinking is an activity by itself.”. He talked about how he taught algebra-based physics to ninth graders near Newark, N.J., For me, it was the thinking activity that was involved.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Small class sizes ensure that every student receives the individual attention they need. Instead of pressuring students with high-stakes exams, AEF focuses on mastery-based learning. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2024

she [didn’t] pay as much attention as she pays when observing someone in English,” she told researchers. Bilingual teacher candidates in Texas also must take an intensive five-hour exam, Gauna says, to prove their competence not only in the language but in the pedagogy of teaching English learners.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 10, 2019

Increase Cross-Curriculum Communication with Standardized Exams. These end-of-year exams currently help administrators gauge how the general student population is doing on average. Using these three steps, teachers can extend their reach in the classroom and give each student the attention they need to flourish academically.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 3, 2024

Simultaneously, choice boards free teachers to focus their time and attention on working with individual students or small-group instruction, providing more personalized support or challenge. They are great for exam preparation, spiral review, spacing practice, and interleaving or mixing multiple topics to improve student learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Some reasons why you may find these tools beneficial are: Organization: organize lesson plans, assignments, and resources efficiently Communication: between teachers, students, and parents to foster a collaborative relationship, keep everyone informed Student Engagement: to make learning more interesting and interactive Time Management: schedule reminders, (..)

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JULY 8, 2024

Whether they are having trouble getting to grips with core concepts, or they need a little extra assistance with exam prep, there are all sorts of reasons to take this route. Session Length Options : Check if they offer varying session lengths to match your child’s attention span and workload.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

And so they’ve designed systems, strategies and tools to better hold the attention of their students, many of whom are working adults. These institutions may pay attention not only to ordinary life circumstances that can derail students but also to emergencies like the pandemic. You want to avoid that.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

The country regularly ranks among the highest in mathematics, science and reading on international tests like the PISA exam. Yet that comes at a cost: immense academic pressure to do well on exams, which critics believe is a factor that fuels bullying in schools. Education is serious business in Japan.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 4, 2021

Students who just don’t learn well by sitting still and who decide not to pay attention. Students who cram for the test but then forget everything as soon as the exam is over. . Teachers handing out ‘busy work’ to keep students occupied and in their seats. Teachers grading assignments that have been carelessly or sloppily prepared.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

What if instead of having to compete with peers for the sun’s attention, it had room to grow in its own way, at its own pace? Although she was performing at grade level academically, she experienced increasing challenges with her attention, organization, peer interactions and behaviors at school.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

But Im not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

This is an urgent and growing national problem, and immediate attention is needed to help these students who likely missed the benefits of an evidence-based curriculum for foundational literacy skills in early elementary school, especially during the COVID crisis.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2021

In general terms, you want them to know you’ll do your best to make their summer experience worthwhile, get them through the material, and help them pass the required exams with the grades they need. The biggest impact on productivity came from simply paying attention to the workers and their environment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2024

Gamification Dry subject matter coupled with decreasing attention spans means traditional teaching approaches are becoming less effective. AI is again helpful in streamlining tasks like creating and evaluating exams or quizzes, letting teachers focus more on refining their methods or helping students who need extra attention.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

That is the clearest takeaway from survey results published this month by the ACT Center for Equity in Learning, an arm of the nonprofit best known for its college entrance exam. Here’s how some of the student respondents put it: “I feel more engaged and motivated in school than at home. It is harder to learn new topics at home.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

She didn’t really pay attention to the goal of the site—which is for students to share their notes and other class materials. But some professors say that in practice, the site is full of exams and test answers that professors simply don’t realize have been posted there. Rutgers professor Kristen S. I found some homework questions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Back in 2019 , I took to an EdSurge column to share my opinion — a sounding call for more attention to be paid to the role social capital plays in education and workforce training. Those with social capital may wield it to maintain power and reinforce authority, often at the expense of those with less.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

As the bubbly enthusiasm in the democratizing power of platforms like Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Khan Academy quietly wanes, we’ve seen more attention to digital inequity like the homework gap and gender discrimination in coding careers. Despite the sobering findings, 2017 offered some notable bright spots. and globally.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Häkkinen leads the Accessibility Standards and Inclusive Technology Research Group at ETS, the 60-plus-year-old nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization that administers K-12 state exams along with the well-known GRE and TOEFL, among other tests. Sample audio: This is how I speak normally. Ready to try out Amazon Polly?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

During “testing season,” I make sure to pay extra attention to her emotional state. I make sure that my students realize that we do not all learn the same way, therefore we do not all perform the same way on exams. I try to honor her feelings while explaining that these scores help inform what we can continue to work on to grow.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Using these seven suggestions, you can make sure the learning continues even as Thanksgiving pulls their attention away.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

But I’m not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

In other words, too often we merely administer a high stakes exam or a pop quiz to check whether they watched a video. That means the instructor can also cut in with a note to pay special attention to some detail or theme in the next section.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2019

A story in the Wall Street Journal today brought national attention to a program by the College Board that assigns what the newspaper calls an “adversity score” to students who take the SAT. The score is a number from 1 to 100, where 50 is average.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

With SEL, students not only experience less anxiety, less hyperactivity, and less aggression, they’re generally happier and more attentive, too. With heart pounding, palms sweating and flashes of a failing grade in his mind, 13-year-old Jake is all stressed out because he forgot about his Monday morning science exam with Mr. Bunting.

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