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.

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Essay Exams Testing High School 276

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2024

It’s not a mastery-based standard and it hasn’t been given the same weight as crafting a clear argument in an essay or explaining the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration. In an essay penned in 1935, which has become one of the anchor texts I’ve drawn from throughout my career, W.E.B.

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Beliefs Essay Schools Students 187

Teach Hub

DECEMBER 26, 2024

As an educator , you have the unique opportunity to guide your students through crafting a compelling college essay that truly resonates with the reader. The Importance of College Essays College essays are your students’ chance to stand out above their peers. So, where do you start?

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Essay Beliefs Feedback Students 59

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Last year, an English teacher at my school came to me with an all-too-common concern about an essay a student named Kyle had just turned in. The teacher’s 10th grade class had just finished op-ed essays on a topic of their choice, and Kyle had chosen to examine the economic impact of illegal immigration on the U.S.

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Essay Beliefs Students Languages 168

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

She tapped into my untapped potential, fostering a profound sense of self-belief and cultivating my passion for learning. In math, James could be tasked to analyze basketball stats, or in English, he could write an essay on his favorite athlete. This same approach would work in other classes as well.

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Teaching Students English History 288

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This lack of belief in Black students’ potential can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy, where students internalize these low expectations and perform accordingly. Her journey is a testament to the power of support, resilience and belief in one’s potential. Now, she is thriving and on a promising career pathway in behavioral health.

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Math Beliefs Students Failure 215

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.

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Beliefs Attention Students Discussions 198

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

In some cases the very technologies that were intended to improve writing, like automatic-essay grading software, have backfired by encouraging a kind of paint-by-numbers approach to writing. That’s why the subtitle of my book is “killing the five-paragraph essay and other necessities.” Part of the problem, he says, is technology.

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Writing Essay Feedback Students 167

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

If students aren’t rewarded with an A for their five paragraph essay, why write it? Letting Go of Grades There is a long standing belief that grades are important because they motivate students to do the work. If they no longer want to go to college in a remote learning world, why should they push themselves to take AP Statistics?

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Motivation Grades Students Essay 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It might seem strange to squeeze in lessons on coping with trauma or resolving political disputes in between frog dissections and persuasive essay writing, but students today say they want to be as prepared socially and emotionally as they are academically when they leave high school. After lunch and before U.S.

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Skills Essay Beliefs Students 168

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

During the class reflection, one girl said, “Going into the seminar, I planned to write one argument for my essay, but after this, I think I’m actually going to argue the opposite.” Immediately, I heard some excitable boys in the class shout, “Flip flop!”

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History Education Social Studies Essay 195

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

A misguided reward system can push ambitious, high-performing high school students toward cheating in the belief that their plagiarized essays can earn better grades. Writing a good essay requires a great deal of analyzing and thinking outside the box. In this way, the grading system is gradually steered away from reality.

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Plagiarism Essay Internet Assignments 124

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

One of my colleagues at New York University disagreed, cautioning even decades ago, that the belief was “pretty naive.” Performance assessment varies, with students submitting essays, videos or presentations to demonstrate they’ve learned the material. It turns out he was right.

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Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 174

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

Psychology and the real world: Essays illustrating fundamental contributions to society, 56-64. Self-regulated learning: beliefs, techniques, and illusions. Making things hard on yourself, but in a good way: Creating desirable difficulties to enhance learning. a, Dunlosky, J., & & Kornell, N.

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Education Evaluation Failure Essay 158

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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. Ma and Wang (2016) compared essays written in English by British and American students to essays written in English by Cantonese students.

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Essay English Lecturing Writing 126

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Learning About, For, and Through Enterprise Pittaway and Edwards (2012) provide classifications in forms of enterprise and entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship education is presented as an academic discipline, much like history or sociology, with teaching, learning, and assessment methods aligned accordingly, such as lectures and essays.

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Education Beliefs Study Essay 122

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

A growth mindset involves two important pieces: 1) a deliberate focus on attaining growth vs. proficiency, no matter what students are working on, and 2) students’ beliefs that they have the ability to meet goals by changing how they approach new learning experiences.

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Failure Learning Achievement Essay 137

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

They get used, especially by older kids when they [compose] their essay writing before it goes to press. With the younger kids, I have a pretty firm belief that a third grader doesn’t need to be doing their math on computers. I have beliefs that are different from some here, especially in San Francisco.

Technology 168

Technology Writing Beliefs Essay 168

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam. food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2025

With a learning mentality and a strong mentality or I’m not and we wanted to break that belief and provide them with student friendly resources, but I think yeah, COVID certainly changed a lot and I think now more than ever SEL is critical the amount of times we hear. Teacher saying we don’t have time for essay and I always.

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Essay Skills Curriculum Communication 180

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

But she’ll also have them record their screens and annotate their essays with a stylus. This dedication exemplifies his belief in the potential of every learner. Labbe’s advocacy for a response to intervention (RTI) or multi-tiered approach demonstrates his commitment to inclusivity and equity.

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Education Elementary School Elementary School Math 314

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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. Ma and Wang (2016) compared essays written in English by British and American students to essays written in English by Cantonese students.

Essay 111

Essay English Lecturing Writing 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Learning About, For, and Through Enterprise Pittaway and Edwards (2012) provide classifications in forms of enterprise and entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship education is presented as an academic discipline, much like history or sociology, with teaching, learning, and assessment methods aligned accordingly, such as lectures and essays.

Education 105

Education Beliefs Study Essay 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2016

Give them a minute to think through the prompt organizing ideas based on your school’s version of the five-paragraph essay—1) introduction, 2-4) one paragraph per point, 5) conclusion. Students felt part of the process, active stakeholders in the results rather than the passive recipients of someone else’s beliefs.

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Beliefs Writing Testing Essay 101

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

Her active online presence demonstrates her strong belief in the power of networking. If you want to connect, you can find her on Facebook , Twitter , Medium , and her blog Essay Writing and More. She found her true calling — teaching — while she was juggling writing and a 9-5 desk job.

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Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 144

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of traditional reporting through oral presentations or written essays, they can be given the chance to present it through a poem, sketch, story, song, painting, mind map, or cartoon. In addition, they have to think of ways to simplify the material so that it is comprehensible to others.

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Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Developing the whole student Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (1943) has long been instrumental in shaping educators’ beliefs about human behavior, motivation, and learning. For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam. food, water, warmth, rest, and security).

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 101

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Although few at the time shared LaHayne’s belief SEL was crucial for student success, that did not deter her. Scaling a business to profitability while operating on a freemium model is nearing urban myth status. The same principle applies to edtech companies.

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Counselling Quizzes Essay Beliefs 116

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of traditional reporting through oral presentations or written essays, they can be given the chance to present it through a poem, sketch, story, song, painting, mind map, or cartoon. In addition, they have to think of ways to simplify the material so that it is comprehensible to others.

Authentic Assessment 111

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

Teach Thought

MAY 18, 2025

” The ultimate goal of using the Socratic method is to foster critical thinking by examining one’s inaccurate or incomplete beliefs, and the biases, blind spots, and assumptions that lead to them. Some educators count it as a summative assessment, similar to an exam, essay, or project.

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Critical Thinking Coaching Discussions Evaluation 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 3, 2025

Supreme Court cases, and writes essays on African decolonial literature. A single student may now: Speak Hindi at home, write academic essays in English, text in Hinglish, and consume memes in Gen Z slang. A future activist may have built campaigns alongside peers from across the globe, united not by birthplace but by belief.

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Culture Schools Languages Language 52

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2023

My work needed to honor their humanity, and this realization has profoundly changed the way I think about my work and beliefs about what teachers and administrators need to create better educational experiences for students. Admittedly, that is not enough when so many right answers are instantly available with technology.

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Teachers History Education Learning 197

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Usually, when I begin writing an essay, I’m hopeful, or at least determined. I’m making myself write this essay, even though it scares me. Our bodies – and this essay – are about so much more than sex. I am doing the work of building a relationship with my body that is authentic to my values and beliefs and not my conditioning.

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Essay Students Schools Discussions 175

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

There’s also something else he brings up—his beliefs, specifically his concerns that educators across the U.S. I do worry sometimes that going on Twitter is just preaching to the choir… or that Facebook and Twitter are not necessarily effective mediums for changing people's minds and their inherent beliefs. That essay is a reminder.

Technology 122

Technology History Learning Writing 122

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In the New Yorker essay, Heller writes that “in classrooms today, the initial gesture of criticism can seem to carry more prestige than the long pursuit of understanding.” Students “critique something as ‘problematic,’” Heller suggests, rather than grappling “with what the problems might be” (Heller 2023).

English 116

English Culture Writing Languages 116

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In the New Yorker essay, Heller writes that “in classrooms today, the initial gesture of criticism can seem to carry more prestige than the long pursuit of understanding.” Students “critique something as ‘problematic,’” Heller suggests, rather than grappling “with what the problems might be” (Heller 2023).

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English Culture Writing Languages 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2019

Now, in what has been called a post-truth society (defined by Oxford Dictionary as “ relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief” ), it is the reader’s responsibility to differentiate between fact and fake news.

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Critical Thinking Internet Essay Beliefs 95