Beliefs Critical Thinking Essay 
Teachers Pay Teachers
JUNE 11, 2025
They’re literary detectives, diving into research and using evidence to create well-organized essays. Sharpen critical thinking by comparing and contrasting Expository writing prompts do more than just walk students through a step-by-step process or ask about their favorite things. What makes one better than the other?
Edsurge
DECEMBER 8, 2023
As the college essay program manager for Write the World, a nonprofit writing organization for teens, I oversee a group of advisers who guide students through the essay writing process. I have seen firsthand the anxiety that students experience when it comes to writing their college essays.
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eSchool News
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Educators find it socially acceptable for a student to hire a tutor to help them write their college admission essay. However, if a student uses generative AI to help them edit their college admission paper or brainstorm a science fair idea, there’s a belief that it is dishonest.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Seventy percent of high school juniors and seniors believe AI-powered tools, including ChatGPT, can be a resource in brainstorming ideas for their college essays or short answer responses. AI-powered tools can help students brainstorm ideas for a college essay.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
This research was part of a yearlong study we led, examining how our sharply divergent attitudes and beliefs about climate change are shaped by news and information we encounter, curate, engage with and share. Our survey delved into why some students are distrustful or ambivalent while others still have hope in the midst of gloom.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Literature review Writing assignments have traditionally served as a means to support the development of critical thinking skills in higher education. In a comparison of student English essays by NS and NNS of French origin, Granger and Tyson (1996) found that NNS were far less likely to use a term such as “instead” in their writing.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Literature review Writing assignments have traditionally served as a means to support the development of critical thinking skills in higher education. In a comparison of student English essays by NS and NNS of French origin, Granger and Tyson (1996) found that NNS were far less likely to use a term such as “instead” in their writing.
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