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.

Essay 184

Essay Writing Beliefs High School 184

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them? AI’s influence in essay writing is growing, highlighting both advantages and significant issues.

Essay 187

Essay Writing Plagiarism Ethics 187

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Providing students with choices to transfer and apply their learning encourages deeper thinking and enhances their ability to communicate their understanding effectively. These choices promote active engagement, critical thinking, and the ability to connect and apply concepts in various contexts.

History 382

History Physical Education Art Essay 382

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A total of $20,000 in grant donations and $75,000 in subscriptions to the Rosetta Stone® English for Education language learning program were awarded to teachers of English learners (EL). Each won $5,000 grants as well as the schoolwide semester’s subscription to Rosetta Stone English. I have given my students over 10,000 books.”

Essay 190

Essay English Languages Language 190

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.

Essay 281

Essay Exams Testing High School 281

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

Educators often ask: How can we help ELLs succeed academically while fostering their independence and critical thinking skills? Refining his essay : ChatGPT provided models and feedback that helped him improve coherence and argumentation. That helped me finish that part of the essay. and Che Guevara.

Essay 169

Essay Ethics Feedback Language 169

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2025

This strategy provides students with the opportunity to deepen their understanding while developing self-direction and critical thinking skills that are valuable far beyond testing season. #2 2 Design a Review Choice Board Flip the script on review season by having students design the review experience.

Testing 195

Testing Learning Critical Thinking Essay 195

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

When was the last time you wrote an essay? Now think about the frequency with which you read online articles, blogs, social media posts or listen to podcasts that inspire you or provide new information and perspectives. Increasingly, writing doesn’t mean a five paragraph essay written by hand.

Writing 167

Writing Teaching Essay Assignments 167

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.

Essay 126

Essay English Lecturing Writing 126

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

As an English teacher with 24 years of experience, I often feel I’ve explored every possible avenue to help my students grow as writers. The letters in ThinkCERCA represent the building blocks of an essay: claim, evidence, reasoning, counter argument, and audience.

Writing 125

Writing Essay Teaching Quizzes 125

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.

Essay 111

Essay English Lecturing Writing 111

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

To prepare students for the changing job market, schools need to focus even more attention on teaching higher-level thinking skills that can’t be automated—creativity, critical thinking, creative problem-solving and communication. We also recognize the value of reaching teachers where they are in their workflow.

Skills 212

Skills Students Assignments Essay 212

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

“Another English teacher just switched to gym because she couldn’t do it anymore,” a teacher from Georgia recently told me. “I I spent years working at Google, and the skills that were critical to my success may surprise you. How many kids want to write yet another essay on whether the cafeteria should serve chocolate milk?

Writing 156

Writing Teaching Education Feedback 156

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

John Warner’s forthcoming book, Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities , addresses this question directly. Writing Across the Disciplines : Jason Ferguson summed up this approach best in a 2014 essay: “Every academic discipline requires writing of some kind and most of them require it frequently.”

Writing 154

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 154

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Translation technologies can be included for students and parents whose native language is not English. Libraries support students’ literacy and lifelong learning, help develop their empathy, build their critical thinking skills, and empower them with skills to navigate their world. Evolve your programming. Margaret K.

Schools 246

Schools Language Languages Reading 246

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Overreliance on AI risks undermining critical thinking; Pritts (2023) warns that tools generating papers may erode analytical skills, echoing SoTL calls for active learning (Davidson, 2021). Faculty used ChatGPT as a virtual tutor, assigning students to draft essays and refine them with AI feedback before submission.

Faculty Development 91

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 91

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Overreliance on AI risks undermining critical thinking; Pritts (2023) warns that tools generating papers may erode analytical skills, echoing SoTL calls for active learning (Davidson, 2021). Faculty used ChatGPT as a virtual tutor, assigning students to draft essays and refine them with AI feedback before submission.

Faculty Development 87

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 87

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

They have to frame their thoughts as a response to some of the finest college application essay prompts, inspired by the very same ones that high school seniors are feverishly working on now! Increased focus on mindsets beyond core literacies, We see, especially for critical thinking and empathy.

Failure 109

Failure Essay Critical Thinking English 109

Teach Hub

MARCH 29, 2024

English The 2024 solar eclipse offers an opportunity for students to have a deeper appreciation of the solar event through creative writing and literature. They can write a blog post , a journal entry, or even a persuasive essay about observing this celestial event.

Learning 111

Learning Science English Activities 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being. Critical Thinking Skills: AI is primarily focused on providing information and completing tasks, rather than fostering critical thinking skills.

Ethics 111

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being. Critical Thinking Skills: AI is primarily focused on providing information and completing tasks, rather than fostering critical thinking skills.

Ethics 111

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 111

1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

APRIL 19, 2025

Curriculum We Added IEW SIS Level C (instead of Elegant Essay ) Fix It Grammar (bringing back instead of the grammar we were using) Critical Thinking Co. Vocabulary 1 (to replace the vocab we didn’t like) ENGLISH Writing : Here’s a funny story for you. She has recently started Critical Thinking Co.

Grades 52

Grades Curriculum Textbooks Essay 52

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While faculty members might feel good when students score well in their examinations and essays, there is little long-term fruit. What exists in Arabic in terms of Sunday school curricula, youth work materials, and home Bible studies is largely translation from English, often poorly translated and culturally inappropriate.

Assignments 131

Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 28, 2025

They value critical thinking, adaptability, independence, and real-world skills, all traits that online learners often cultivate in abundance. A students GPA, course rigor, extracurricular activities, leadership roles, essays, and recommendations matter far more than whether they studied online or in-person.

Essay 52

Essay Students Testing Participation 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Real School Example One middle school teacher at K12 Schools designed a Grammar Quest for English class. Why It Works Harvards Project Zero found that students are more likely to retain information and develop critical thinking skills when they are allowed to explore their interests and make choices. The result?

Schools 52

Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Since the release of ChatGPT late last year, the essay has been declared dead as an effective way to measure learning. After all, students can now enter any assigned question into an AI chatbot and get a perfectly formatted, five-paragraph essay back ready to turn in (well, after a little massaging to take out any AI “hallucinations”).

Exams 216

Exams Essay Instructors Education 216

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2022

When I think of Jonathan Haber, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack last week, those are the first words that come to mind. The recent author of the book Critical Thinking , a topic about which he cared deeply, Haber had contributed in significant ways to a variety of important education projects.

Critical Thinking 162

Critical Thinking Essay English Art 162

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

From the moment ChatGPT hit the scene, articles proclaimed the death of the college essay , and students have begun questioning the need to develop skills in writing. The focus remains on developing students critical thinking and cognitive flexibility rather than correctness or adherence to conventions.

Writing 122

Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

From the moment ChatGPT hit the scene, articles proclaimed the death of the college essay , and students have begun questioning the need to develop skills in writing. The focus remains on developing students critical thinking and cognitive flexibility rather than correctness or adherence to conventions.

Writing 105

Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2019

Here are two definitions of fake news: “false stories that appear to be news, spread on the Internet or using other media , usually created to influence political views or as a joke” — Cambridge English Dictionary. Read, analyze, and critically think before drawing conclusions. ” — Wikipedia.

Critical Thinking 92

Critical Thinking Internet Essay Beliefs 92

Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 30, 2025

High school brains work overtime whether writing an essay or solving multi-step equations, they need a moment to hit the pause button. Expand your students’ minds by harnessing their critical thinking skills with riddles and logic puzzles. That’s where brain breaks for high school come in. 5.4a; CCSSW.5.10,

High School 52

High School High School Schools Students 52

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2018

Among the top results: a slick animated video called “Problems in Public Education,” a rant arguing that all public education “kills creativity,” and a video essay titled “public ‘education’ has become indoctrination and distraction.” And that was just on the first page.

Peer Review 127

Peer Review Education Essay Attention 127