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6 tools for real formative assessment

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Below are a handful of different tools and resources for formative assessments (ed note: these tools have not been endorsed or reviewed by eSM staff): Using Kahoot , educators can create learning games from a series of multiple choice questions to assess student understanding. They can add videos, images and diagrams.

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Juggling ‘Roomers’ and ‘Zoomers’? How Teachers Make Hybrid Learning Work

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If the culture isn’t there for kids to collaborate in a productive way, if you don’t define that and what it looks like and coach that, it won’t work,” Watkins advises. Don’t put them in a room to talk about a multiple choice question. Give them a real question to discuss. You have to build the culture first.

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Here Are the 10 Stories K-12 Readers Couldn’t Put Down in 2024

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Teacher coach Jessica Kato walks educators through how to engage and lean into Gen Alphas strengths. She lays out the need for graduation requirements to evolve, considering how little the multiple choice questions or essay prompts on standardized tests have to do with students lives after high school and their ability to thrive.

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Pulling the Plug on a Personalized Learning Pilot

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I want my 5th grader to be well-educated… Tapping away at multiple choice questions is not high level math,” another parent said. We focused on training teachers and working with coaches to make sure the process would be executed, but part of it is that we didn't do enough to bring people along the process,” he said at the Jan.

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Engaging Students in Meaningful Learning Experiences

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For one of the assessments, I conducted an online, objective-type quiz, consisting mainly of multiple-choice questions. Amal Farhat has experience in teaching and instructional coaching at K-12 schools and higher education. This could be a reason why they embrace schoolwork and engage with it willingly.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

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We have also continued to utilize the AI Coach by Edthena platform to help teachers reflect on their practice, take action steps toward instructional improvements, and measure their progress on student outcomes. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Longmont, Colo.

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Engaging Students in Meaningful Learning Experiences

Faculty Focus

For one of the assessments, I conducted an online, objective-type quiz, consisting mainly of multiple-choice questions. Amal Farhat has experience in teaching and instructional coaching at K-12 schools and higher education. This could be a reason why they embrace schoolwork and engage with it willingly.