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JANUARY 17, 2024

Some experts believe this new technology can have a positive impact on teaching and learning, while others fret it may weaken the teaching of critical thinking and increase bias by spreading misinformation about different groups and cultures.

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MAY 18, 2023

Many students dread IB essays. Read how to draft an IB extended essay below Writing Strategies for an Extended Essay in the International Baccalaureate Program IB is a rigorous two-year project for personal and academic development. One of them is the extended essay. Hence, you need all the help you can get.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2019

Anyone who says you can’t apply computational thinking and digital learning strategies to strengthen students’ writing skills is wrong. To the contrary, this innovative learning style helps students hone critical-thinking skills across every discipline. Collecting data. This lesson is also true for students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It’s generally easy to determine if students have used an AI tool to generate a response to a writing assignment or to generate an entire essay. We have to rethink the full-length essay as the end-all, be-all for assessing student writing skills,” Miller said. It’s intimidating. MagicSchool.AI

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Whether they struggle with grammar, vocabulary, organization, or critical thinking, identifying these specific challenges allows for a targeted approach to using AI. For example, students can prompt ChatGPT with Help me outline a persuasive essay on solar energy, and it will provide a structured outline.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

This process pushes students to engage with skills like critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, empathy, and problem-solving. How do I use design thinking? Design thinking is flexible enough to be used within various levels and contents. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 14(1).

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2023

And now, doing a Google search is just a basic tool for students to put together an essay. Instead, educators should consider the many ways they can leverage ChatGPT and AI to foster creativity and critical thinking among their students.

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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.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Students often demonstrate their learning through written explanations in the forms of short answer questions and essays. In this new era, educators are exploring innovative assessment methods that emphasize critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving. Gen AI is flipping this on its head.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

It could be a video, a photo essay, a 3D rendering, or even an interpretive dance performance. Provenzano is also the 2013 winner of ISTE’s Outstanding Teacher Award. Maker education is when a person can demonstrate understanding through the creation of an artifact.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Whether a student is researching climate change, drafting an essay, or solving a coding problem, the ability to craft clear, thoughtful, and precise questions makes all the difference. This iterative process not only enhances the quality of AI-generated results but also strengthens their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

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MARCH 26, 2024

It’s just more complex and time consuming, he says, to gauge how much a student has learned about, say, how to weigh two competing views of a historical event in an essay assignment. It might seem counterintuitive that the same technology threatening to hinder student learning might be used to boost it.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With school libraries beginning to function as digital media centers, these tools enable students to explore new modes of thought and include: Planning, drafting and executing podcasts or audio essays. Access to audiobooks and online tutorials. Online or in-person tutorials on how to use video-, audio- or photo-editing software.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

By constraining students to short-stories (designed to mimic the test format), we risk stifling their exploration of diverse genres, complex characters, and critical thinking skills that occurs within the context of experiencing a well-crafted novel.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It can handle a variety of language tasks, including answering questions, writing essays, generating creative content, offering explanations, giving advice, and engaging in natural-sounding conversations” (as explained by ChatGPT itself).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Instead, ChatGPT-4 acts as an enhancer for my innate critical thinking and creative prowess. Whether crafting essays, conducting research, or aiding in multidimensional tasks, AI’s role is undeniable and pivotal. ChatGPT-4 has ushered in a new era of brainstorming, structuring, and drafting academic papers.

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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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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

This approach stems from concerns about academic integrity, originality, and the potential for AI to undermine the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Educators play a critical role in assessing the AI-generated content, providing feedback, and ensuring that the material meets academic standards.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

A typology for using AI It is critical to realize there is an entire spectrum of possibilities for how to use AI, or what philosophers call the boundaries of our intellectual autonomy. On one extreme is its complete rejection; I think of this as absolute cognitive autonomy. I think of this as absolute cognitive outsourcing.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

However, there are a couple of major problems with this line of thinking. Educators find it socially acceptable for a student to hire a tutor to help them write their college admission essay. The first is an equity concern. We also accept the fact that, many times, a parent helps build their 4th-grader’s science fair project.

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2016

Years ago, application meant a comprehensive exam or essay. They’ll be huddled up in small groups, collaborating, brainstorming, critically thinking about how to solve the world’s problems. A STEM rotation model engages students in multifaceted projects with real-world implications.

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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.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

By exploring related categories, subcategories, or topics, students can develop a broader understanding of the larger information landscape and make connections between topics and ideas, which boosts their critical thinking skills and can help them refine their thesis.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Machado was nominated by the Bilingual Department Chairperson Brian Donovan who submitted an essay describing how Machado helps his students. Runner-up McGrath wrote in his essay , “Parent-Teacher Conferences are a big part of our school year. The essays submitted by these entrants were incredibly inspiring.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2018

Check out the following four videos for help with your professional learning network (PLN), to supplement lessons about video essays, to help students self-assess, and more. You may want to use these videos with existing lessons next school year, or you may find yourself creating new lessons around the video content.

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JULY 12, 2023

Fiction, essays, science. Essays convey the author’s thoughts and analysis of a particular topic. An essay on The Distance Between Us can be a great way for students to show how they can analyze characters and their actions. And this, along with critical thinking, is a very important skill for later adult life.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In addition, many students are using AI to write coursework and essays, which has caused a lot of outrage. However, critics worry about the risks and limitations of relying too heavily on AI in education, as well as the problems caused by students using AI rather than penning work themselves. Ongoing algorithm auditing is required.

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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.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

They encourage teachers and students to utilize AI for brainstorming, outlining essays, and improving writing mechanics. Some schools restrict AI for creative writing, critical thinking exercises, and certain assessments to ensure students develop their own ideas–an idea that coaches recommend.

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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.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

This new solution will harness this transformative moment by enabling educators with an integrated Khanmigo experience that supports human-driven, technology-enhanced essay feedback and grading, lesson planning and rubric creation. “How can classrooms use AI tools, while ensuring students develop critical thinking skills?

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MARCH 12, 2025

For example, an economics essay writing service can provide you with a clear and comprehensive paper that not only saves you time but also helps you understand complex concepts. By reviewing a well-written economics essay, you can improve your grasp of the subject and learn the proper way to approach similar topics in the future.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Our readers’ favorite stories included some of the aforementioned pieces plus some others, spanning first-person essays from classroom teachers to deeply reported stories from our staff journalists. He shares his outside-the-box suggestions in an essay. Our Nation’s Teachers Are Hustling to Survive. So did Stephanie Hughes.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Psychology “Do Now” Writing Prompts & Slides By Loosli Learning Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Psychology Ideal for psychology classes or any subject focused on critical thinking, these do now writing prompts are an intriguing way to start the day. If you had to start a career today, what career are you most qualified for?

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APRIL 12, 2021

Though it has been off the air for quite some time, I still think back to these stories and their poignant reflections. As a young teacher, I also engaged my students in their own This I Believe essays once upon a time. It can be a useful exercise.

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MARCH 28, 2017

The letters in ThinkCERCA represent the building blocks of an essay: claim, evidence, reasoning, counter argument, and audience. Once teachers choose a lesson, the program provides a six-step process to help students analyze the readings and produce a cohesive essay.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In an opinion essay published by “Scientific American,” Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, associate professor at Colby College wrote that the key to talking with students about climate change is letting them express their feelings and fears before introducing any scientific facts.

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