eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

We are no longer keepers and passers of knowledge as we once were. With infinite information at their fingertips, how do we equip this new type of student with the skills to interpret, problem solve, and think critically about the information they encounter when we are not always the ones delivering it to them? 2016, May 25).

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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. ” Please review the complete survey findings at [link].

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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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Schools Essay Instructors Critical Thinking 358

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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Edsurge

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

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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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 339

eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2016

What does it mean to truly apply classroom knowledge? 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. The ‘Big Picture’.

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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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Peer Review Essay Skills Critical Thinking 278

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.

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Writing Teaching Essay Assignments 167

Edsurge

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. I want them to be critical consumers of information as they seek to understand and confront inequities and injustice.

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Teaching Essay Discussions Knowledge 215

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The social-emotional aspects of programming are as important as the content knowledge. For example, teachers should encourage students to talk to one another about different debugging strategies, reframe frustrating moments as a time for critical thinking and build classroom culture by sharing and celebrating student work.

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Science Education Learning Essay 218

Edsurge

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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Beliefs Attention Students Discussions 202

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Higher-order thinking skills are essential for success, so we should use edtech to drive that thinking Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting the education landscape. However, lower-order skills are the floor, not the ceiling, of student learning, and now more than ever before, the floor is not enough.

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Skills Students Assignments Essay 211

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Name other areas outside of school and college admissions where taking multiple choice exams and writing short, formulaic essays that are graded in 1-2 minutes are a regular part of life. “In How, exactly, do standardized tests of low-level knowledge lead to high-skill jobs? In the ultracompetitive global economy, the U.S.

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Testing Essay Exams Critical Thinking 107

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.

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Essay English Lecturing Writing 126

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.”

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Writing Skills Teaching Essay 156

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

These intelligent systems can analyze vast amounts of data, recognize patterns, learn from past experiences, and make decisions or predictions based on that knowledge. AI-powered assistants can also provide valuable feedback on student work, helping them improve their skills and knowledge (Xia et al.,

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Communication Ethics Intelligence Learning 135

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. classes This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. It may be one like Storyboard That! Pixton , or another that you prefer. Tell students your expectations and other pertinent information.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

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. Moreover, school library faculty must partner with administrators and teachers to ensure students adopt effective critical thinking and research skills.

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Schools Language Languages Reading 246

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. Thinking Games. It may be a Canva templates, Storyboard That!, or another that you prefer. Tell students your expectations and other pertinent information.

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Activities Learning Attention Failure 174

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

Citizen scientists come from all walks of life and have made invaluable contributions to scientific knowledge and understanding. Citizen science allows the common public to participate in important scientific studies, partnering with scientists and helping them with work crucial to the enhancement of human knowledge.

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Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 142

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.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

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.

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Essay English Lecturing Writing 111

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The social-emotional aspects of programming are as important as the content knowledge. For example, teachers should encourage students to talk to one another about different debugging strategies, reframe frustrating moments as a time for critical thinking and build classroom culture by sharing and celebrating student work.

Science 148

Science Education Learning Essay 148

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.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 82

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

These intelligent systems can analyze vast amounts of data, recognize patterns, learn from past experiences, and make decisions or predictions based on that knowledge. AI-powered assistants can also provide valuable feedback on student work, helping them improve their skills and knowledge (Xia et al.,

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Communication Ethics Intelligence Learning 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2023

Once educators are comfortable with this step, Dembo introduces a faux student essay relevant to the lesson plan, to show educators how the AI can grade the paper on the rubric and provide feedback — an end-to-end process that could save time, and drudgery. It changes the bar for knowledge, and subsequently the bar for assessment.

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Coaching Teachers Schools Ethics 148

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. Educators have come to realize that there are lots of reasons why a test score doesn’t reflect student knowledge. knowledge rather than facility presenting it. No need to look further.

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Learning Essay Students Testing 92

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The soft skills most commonly affiliated with the term include critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity and, perhaps surprisingly, copyright knowledge. DECIPHERING ‘DATA’: Yaschin also offered this analogy for how educators can think of Big Data: “There are descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics.

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Instructors Essay Science Teaching Assistants 155

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Simulations offer students the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in practical scenarios. Simulations are particularly beneficial for STEM subjects, allowing students to gain hands-on experience and develop critical thinking skills.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Simulations offer students the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in practical scenarios. Simulations are particularly beneficial for STEM subjects, allowing students to gain hands-on experience and develop critical thinking skills.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. Thinking Games. Zoopz — collection of critical thinking games mostly aimed at lower school students. or another that you prefer.

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Activities Learning Critical Thinking Attention 122

Teach Hub

MARCH 29, 2024

To further enrich students’ knowledge about the upcoming solar eclipse, consider these classroom activities that cover a broad range of curriculum topics. They can write a blog post , a journal entry, or even a persuasive essay about observing this celestial event. EDT Totality ends: 3:22 p.m. EDT Partial ends: 4:32 p.m.

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Learning Science English Essay 111

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. Her students are thinking a little more practically, though. Should their essays have a thesis statement? She promises to share an example essay soon. Todd explains how students can start to add their threads to this web of knowledge.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 172

Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 25, 2025

Academic teams and competitions build critical thinking skills, spark creativity, and nurture a deeper interest in education. Students also gain the chance to collaborate with their peers, think on their feet, and connect with the larger educational community outside of their school.

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Critical Thinking Essay Participation Math 52

Teach Thought

MAY 18, 2025

Skip to content Read Menu Toggle Critical Thinking Posts Learning Posts Literacy Posts Recent Newsletter Support Us? The goal is not the acquisition of knowledge via the expert; the aim is student understanding via active thinking out loud and probing of ideas by all students.”

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Critical Thinking Coaching Discussions Evaluation 52

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

People learn new knowledge most easily if it relates in some way to previous learning (Ambrose et al., While faculty members might feel good when students score well in their examinations and essays, there is little long-term fruit. The reason for this is the strength of the emotions we felt at the time. 2010; Bransford et al.,

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Assignments Motivation Science Study 131