Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Over the last decade or so , we’ve settled into a choreographed dance around large-scale, state-mandated standardized test scores. Next, people who have nothing to do with the design, administration, taking, or scoring of the tests will then use them to critique states, districts, schools, and/or individual teachers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Texas Education Agency awards letter grades to schools and districts based on test scores and other student performance metrics. Teachers have adopted a district-approved curriculum that some feel is rote and uninspiring. Ultimately, Klussmann said, Miles’ model is designed to produce higher test scores.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

The app offers a personalized feed of entertaining and educational videos, images, questions, and memes, ensuring that students remain engaged while mastering the material. All TeachTap course material is trained on the exact curriculum set by the College Board and Common Core educational standards.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Here’s the role memory retention plays in academia: Recall During Tests: Enhanced memory retention means an improved recall ability. Remember that fluctuating moods can cloud your judgment and impair your decision-making – a critical aspect when facing multiple-choice questions or mapping the outline of an essay.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2016

Kids Discover , a provider of engaging science and social studies curriculum, announced that its interactive digital library, Kids Discover Online, now includes custom assessment capabilities. The Assessments feature includes more than 5,000 pre-built questions covering more than 1,200 science and social studies topics.

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Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Social Studies Exams 122

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

When students can bring models to life and test them in real world situations, they are expanding beyond paper and screen into the world around them. There is a clear need for science-driven curriculum, and the thoughtful implementation of emerging technologies.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Read the article 6 ways to test your students listening comprehension to learn how to make use of cloze tests to test for specific vocabulary or general listening skills. Listening comprehension: Use a clip from the movie for a listening exercise. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 25 years.

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Language Languages Teaching Multiple Choice Questions 104

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

Students work through the TTO curriculum at their own speed via 90 minute digital math lessons. At the end of the session, a personalized five-question assessment (known as an “Exit Slip”) is given to test concepts they individually worked on that day. That's one of the hallmarks on our community.”

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Learning Multiple Choice Questions Math Evaluation 144

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The most common way to do this is with some kind of a test, which traditionally happens at the end of a unit — a final exam of some kind. We call these two kinds of testing summative assessment , the kind that happens at the end, and formative assessment , the kind that happens during the learning cycle. And is it being done well?

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Multiple Choice Questions Culture Questions Grades 129

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Students answer a series of questions to prepare for an upcoming test. These can be multiple choice, short answer, long answer, or another. When these are collected automatically to the Google spreadsheet, they are then shared with all students as a study guide prior to a summative test. Exit tickets.

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Multiple Choice Questions Questions Testing Grades 80

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

provide background knowledge on topics being discussed — not for testing but to round out learning or for pure enjoyment. provide background knowledge on topics being discussed — not for testing but to round out learning or for pure enjoyment. take students around the globe, to meet new people and hear their ideas.

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Multiple Choice Questions Textbooks Knowledge Discussions 75

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Some activities involve multiple-choice questions; others ask children to read words and passages in order to assess their oral fluency. fourth graders tested proficient in reading—down from 37 percent in 2017. Mezzour brusquely noted that “everybody” is a competitor, but that doesn’t discourage his team.

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English Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Assistants Special Education 65

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In a structured classroom setting, an educator can only be expected to teach a certain amount of curriculum, and learners can only retain so much information at one time. Many fear that computer-generated grading would only perpetuate the education system’s reliance on multiple-choice questions. Is this a problem?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

When students can bring models to life and test them in real world situations, they are expanding beyond paper and screen into the world around them. There is a clear need for science-driven curriculum, and the thoughtful implementation of emerging technologies.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 130

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

For instance, Remind makes it possible for teachers to let families know what assignments or tests students have coming up. Yet too frequently, those communications channels become largely one-way megaphones for teachers, who then nudge parents into prodding students to finish upcoming assignments or study for the next test.

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Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Schools Mobile Devices 165

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2017

Spring means one thing to many elementary and middle schools across the country: test prep. Parents, in an effort to find the best school for their children, may latch on to state test results as a comparative measure they can easily understand. At best, test prep can yield modest, short-term gains in scores.

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