eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It took me wading in and really examining how the course modules aligned with my own Social Studies curriculum to figure out how to incorporate it best. I also make Modern States (and taking the CLEP test) optional for my students–but I do give extra credit for passing the exam.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

As an edtech researcher and designer who has spent the last 15 years studying how technology can bridge the gap between learning and play, I’m struck by the ways in which generative AI can bring creativity and playfulness to the classroom–a notion that I know runs counter to some of the current critiques.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2025

A meta-analysis of studies, including data from 145,000 students in 33 nations, tell two notable truths: By age six, kids already see girls as worse than boys at computing and engineering Kids see girls as far superior in reading and writing by age eight, a belief that strengthens over time. Do you hold implicit gender bias?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2019

And for those who have closely followed the international test, which is delivered to 15-year-olds in developed countries every three years, the top-line results won’t offer many surprises. Compared to the previous test in 2015, the scores stayed flat. It’s something that we want to study further.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Pro-censorship groups do not represent the vast majority of parents or guardians in their beliefs about librarians, reading, education, and civil society.” One state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. Far too many states are using these weak tests.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For a year, our leadership team crunched numbers and performed a comprehensive facilities study before determining to close one elementary school and reorganize grades by building. Last year, I had to adjust our schools’ bell schedule to accommodate a week of state testing.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

However, rather than convenience, we were looking for certification that aligned with our performance-based courses of study. Honing STEM acumen Mercy’s test scores are consistently ahead of state and national averages. This work is about commitment to beliefs and values rather than compliance with a mandate.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

of students in grades 6-12 actively seek external support for their homework and study needs. Brainly’s users also seek help in science (18.84%), social studies (17.2%), and English (16.3%). Forty-five percent of these students spend more than two hours daily on homework.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

Quijada said his teacher’s belief that he could succeed allowed him to challenge himself in ways he might not have otherwise considered. State test math scores remain a cause for concern, as Newark’s overall passing rate sits at 15% for students in grades 3 to 9. Now, Quijada channels that positivity into his lessons.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2016

“Tests include things like working with a wild horse, learning an instrument, and studying a passion in-depth for years. Because of his unschooling, he’s much more confident in his beliefs and personality.”. He also uses Logic as well as Minecraft several times a week while also hunting, cooking, farming and traveling. “It’s

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Similar concerns have prompted community colleges to reconsider their own versions of entrance assessments: the placement tests they’ve traditionally used to determine whether students are “ready” for college-level learning or should instead start their pursuit of higher education in remedial math or English classes.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In fact, there is a great deal of research support for consistent retrieval practice and self-testing to build automaticity with number facts. I’m not talking about people choosing not to study calculus. In fact, elementary school educators have some of the highest levels of math anxiety compared with other fields of study.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

He effectively provides his students with what he refers to as “low-stakes” testing. This practice helps to keep students engaged, allows them to test their knowledge without impacting their grades , and provides Dr. Perumal with valuable insights into what material students are struggling with. How are you measuring success?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In fact, a recent study found that investors may even prefer companies with more women in the workforce. Cultural norms and pervasive beliefs remain a hindrance to improving diversity in the STEM workforce. Cultural norms and pervasive beliefs remain a hindrance to improving diversity in the STEM workforce.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

As the reality sinks in that the shift to online education will continue indefinitely—and some of it permanently—now is a particularly good time to re-examine our beliefs about effective teaching. But very few of these training programs teach faculty how to test and interrogate the principles themselves. It shouldn’t.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Researchers like Warschauer are studying whether and how conversational agent technology—the kind that powers smart speakers such as Alexa and Siri—can enhance the learning benefits young kids receive from hearing stories read aloud and from watching videos. In another study group, adults read books without pausing to ask guided questions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

But Michael Miller, a UC Santa Barbara professor, began to study how the human brain retrieves memory and realized there was no single brain that looked like this mythical average. “We Our current industrial model is rooted on the belief that there is an average student,” Rose said. “In Jaggedness" as it applies to IQ.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Most teachers who work in education today have studied — or at least are familiar with — VARK , a learning theory first introduced by Neil Fleming in 1987. It’s a wildly popular concept that has led to prevailing beliefs that students perform better if we cater to their natural learning styles.

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Technology Instructors Learning Styles Learning 202

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

But studying how the brain learns doesn’t necessarily mean memorizing proteins and brain chemistry. At the time, our state test was based upon performance assessment, and learning the thinking skills framework. When I was studying at Hopkins, my professor knew I was interested in this.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Through best practices, case studies, and expert insights, we outline a step-by-step guide for institutions to craft their AI policies. Pilot and Evaluate : Test AI applications in low-risk areas and gather feedback to refine strategies. Create Governance Structures : Form committees or task forces to oversee AI implementation.

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JULY 22, 2019

Courtesy: Hello World) Various studies prove that female and underrepresented minority students are more likely than others to experience a lack of confidence in their abilities and imposter syndrome , meaning they believe that they have somehow not earned their achievements as a result of their own efforts or skills.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

Whether it’s trying to find your first-ever locker at the start of middle school or stepping onto a giant college campus for the first day of classes, studies have documented how that sense of isolation can go on to diminish students’ ability to succeed academically.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The college essay is more important than ever, with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action and the move toward test-optional and test-blind admissions. This increased anxiety and lack of confidence is understandable.

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Essay Writing Beliefs High School 181

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on the greatest challenge of all: Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. According to video documentation in the study, U.S. Imagine you are a mountaineer.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Beyond the logistical concerns involved in deploying more than 25,000 Windows devices to students and teachers, this effort also represented a stress test for the district’s commitment to equity and access for all of its students. Hattie noted that this has the greatest influence on student achievement.

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Hybrid Learning Coaching Beliefs Accessibility 196

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

Those interested in teaching will see more resources and support in other core subject areas that require standardized testing or at more affluent schools. African-Americans and Latinos are also less likely to know an adult who works in the technology industry , making it difficult to envision oneself in technology.

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Science Beliefs Exams STEM 144

Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Through best practices, case studies, and expert insights, we outline a step-by-step guide for institutions to craft their AI policies. Pilot and Evaluate : Test AI applications in low-risk areas and gather feedback to refine strategies. Create Governance Structures : Form committees or task forces to oversee AI implementation.

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Ethics Education Evaluation Feedback 65

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Studies of motivation number in the thousands. Whole careers are devoted to its study. It is the study of the mechanisms that put you in motion, pushing you toward certain things and pushing you away from others” (p. Miller explains how students with fixed mindsets think about tests and graded assignments.

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Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 116

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

So in 2014, the senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government decided to test that assumption. The data disproved his belief: He’d only heard from female students around one-third of the time, even though they made up nearly half his class.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Little did the Edquity team know how soon that belief would be put to the test. We looked at case studies across the country, and systems were crashing because they were getting so many applications,” Helene says. “We And Helene realized that Edquity had the potential to assist communities in crisis. “It It was a little scary.

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Students Beliefs Fairness Testing 190

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2019

Richard confirmed my hunch that learning by teaching is a newer and under-studied strategy that more teachers should take advantage of. He said most teachers know about many other evidence-based learning strategies, such as summarizing, mapping and self-testing, but learning by teaching tends to not get as much spotlight. D’Angelo did.

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Teaching Learning Students Assignments 167

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Collaboration: Bring Together Teachers, Curriculum Teams, and “Subject Matter Experts” We started through curriculum projects, which are small field tests designed to create an enabling environment for teachers. So, how are we doing this?

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Blended Learning Teachers English Beliefs 160

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

But these hierarchies affect students belief systems and also tend to lower teachers expectations of students labeled worse at math, Nguyen says. Its not that its always intentional, hes quick to add. Those attempting to reform this practice contend that all students are mathematically brilliant, he says.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

One of my colleagues at New York University disagreed, cautioning even decades ago, that the belief was “pretty naive.” After students meet one-on-one with an advisor, they perform their studies in self-paced mode. To make online financially viable, he predicted, “remote classes will need to enroll many more.”

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Studies of motivation number in the thousands. Whole careers are devoted to its study. It is the study of the mechanisms that put you in motion, pushing you toward certain things and pushing you away from others” (p. Miller explains how students with fixed mindsets think about tests and graded assignments.

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Motivation Beliefs Students Assignments 97

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The fact they’re making this kind of investment in us now to help us scale represents a huge commitment and belief in the value of our mission and the proven effectiveness of our programs and resources.” “Knight has obviously been familiar with us over our lifetime,” Miller tells EdSurge. The journalists were one part of that. (A

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History English Beliefs Art 156

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Inside the Futures suite, offices serve as classrooms and conference rooms host group study sessions around a glossy wood table. Each class session lasts 50 minutes, and is usually followed by what’s known as a guided study session, during which students complete their homework. She wondered whether the school was a good fit.

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