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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Oftentimes the learners fail to understand the vocabulary of the book that sets the obstacles for the reading comprehension, or fail to discuss the topic because they lack active vocabulary. The classroom can be a perfect ground for discussions, imagination training, and language improving activities. Engaging the Reading.

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APRIL 5, 2024

First, students individually reflect on a question or prompt, then they discuss their thoughts with a partner, and finally, they share their ideas with the class. Interactive Lectures : Incorporating interactive activities like polls, quizzes, or discussions into lectures keeps students engaged and reinforces key concepts.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

“Students like Bell Ringers because they use media-rich content that sparks their curiosity and leads to thought-provoking discussions.”. Poptential course packages include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests. About Certell, Inc.

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Social Studies Study Curriculum Quizzes 177

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Claiming more than 30 million users, Google Classroom is currently one of the most widely used online educational tool, which lets teachers, students and parents manage class assignments, quizzes and discussions. This marks just the second “edtech” acquisition by Google in its history. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Educational Technologies Technology Quizzes Education 167

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AUGUST 4, 2023

The exception is BrainPOP — there are no ads, but it requires a hefty annual fee: BrainPOP Fremium BrainPOP is a collection of three-five minute animated movies, learning games, quizzes, and interactive activities for grades 3-8 addressing a wide variety of topics such as math, science, social studies, health, art, and technology.

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MARCH 10, 2023

6.6 ) By 3rd grade, Common Core discusses the use of keyboarding to produce work, i.e., CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6 Keyboarding Quizzes Students understand the concept of ‘quiz’ It’s a test of knowledge, a line in the sand where students show their grasp of the subject or suffer a bad grade. for example.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

It’s never too early for teachers to engage students in discussions about the history of the stock market, its impact on economic growth or decline, and how it can potentially empower students to invest in their own futures,” said Julie Smitherman, a former social studies teacher and director of content at Certell, Inc.,

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MARCH 29, 2021

While we have been able to use these tools in that way, most educators would readily point to what is missing from the current video platforms that could improve online teaching: tools to better facilitate student interactions, including enhanced polling and quizzing features, group work tools, and more.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

A few years ago I had a student named Abby in my history class, who had always been in self-contained special education classrooms. One day I had been planning to discuss metacognition—a learning strategy I teach to my middle-school students. But I’ve never done well in history,” they say. Abby’s story is hardly unique.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Baselice teaches history to middle schoolers, and game-based simulations have been part of his teaching arsenal for the last nine years, ever since he first tried it. “I Croft says that pre-and post-game discussions are built into the games she designs, but students are left alone when they’re playing the actual game.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

comment on Discussion Boards and blogs. take online quizzes (like PARCC, SB). By 3rd grade, Common Core discusses the use of keyboarding to produce work, i.e., CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6 Keyboarding Quizzes. Give these quizzes every grading period so students can track their progress. Team Challenge.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2016

The newly added Assessments tool gives educators full control to create, distribute, and assess custom quizzes, tests, and homework assignments directly within the platform. Question types vary to include discussion prompts, short answer, multiple choice, and true/false.

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Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Social Studies Exams 126

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

In 24 hours, it was able to play chess better than any human or chess program in history; it also mastered the games of Go and Shogi in the same day. I love when Cary lights up sharing the a-ha moments that come from rich classroom discussion and the opportunity to celebrate and learn from mistakes. Order of Operations.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Platforms like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams support group projects, discussions, and peer feedback, fostering a collaborative learning environment. For example, virtual field trips or 3D models can make history or science lessons come alive, capturing students’ attention and making complex topics easier to understand.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications bring subjects to life by immersing students in virtual environments or overlaying digital content onto the real world, enhancing understanding in subjects like science, history, and geography.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

By immersing students in dynamic activities, stimulating discussions, and collaborative endeavors, educators can transcend the limitations of the digital realm and revolutionize online teaching. For example, in a history course, students can form groups to research and present on different historical events or periods.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

By immersing students in dynamic activities, stimulating discussions, and collaborative endeavors, educators can transcend the limitations of the digital realm and revolutionize online teaching. For example, in a history course, students can form groups to research and present on different historical events or periods.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

It also supports collaborative learning, as students can work on group projects within shared documents, participate in discussion threads, and ask questions directly within the class stream. These platforms serve as centralized hubs where educators can create, organize, and distribute lesson materials, assignments, quizzes, and assessments.

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Educational Technologies Technology Education Quizzes 130

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In research, the types of play most often discussed are guided and free play. Teachers can host discussions on Padlet boards and ask students to share Flipgrid videos about pets and hobbies. Students can make quizzes, share jokes and play games that have nothing to do with math standards or history lessons.

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Activities Quizzes Study Discussions 211

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

And no, it’s not more quizzes. But they’re learning through songs, poems and dance” related to Black history and Black life. In another, the instructor uses historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to teach letters of the alphabet—for the letter “f,” the kids discuss Fisk University.

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Math Reading Quizzes Activities 218

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

pre-test quizzes. We can activate students’ prior knowledge with: quizzes and exercises to reach back to concepts and learning covered earlier in the course, as well as covered in previously required courses. a discussion, brainstorm, list, or map of what they already know about a new topic. a video about a course or topic.

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Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

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JUNE 5, 2019

Flipgrid is a video discussion platform where teachers (or even students) record a discussion topic or question to their FlipGrid account. Topics include math, science, writing, spelling, health, statistics, SAT prep, engineering, technology, astronomy, English, history and more — over 5,000 topics in seventy languages.

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MARCH 2, 2020

Some are keeping to their regular bell schedule with teachers responsible for hosting online discussions via their learning management system and assigning peer collaboration work that must be completed in real time before the class period ends. In classes like English and History, things are going well. “I

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Schools Students Assignments Testing 218

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

His parents approached me at Open House to thank me for allowing their child to experience that time in history in ways that suited their family values. A lesson in the effect of railroads on opening up the American West may morph to a discussion on the Underground Railroad. One example is I always allow students to retake quizzes.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

BrainPOP is a collection of three-five minute animated movies, learning games, quizzes, and interactive activities for grades 3-8 addressing a wide variety of topics such as math, science, social studies, health, art, and technology. History Channel Great Speeches. SchoolsWorld.TV. The UK-based SchoolsWorld.TV

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Quizzes History Students Middle School 79

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APRIL 5, 2024

Within these walls, knowledge transcends textbooks, as discussions, debates, and collaborations spark deeper understanding. Students engage in discussions, debates, group projects, and other collaborative activities, honing their communication, teamwork, and leadership abilities.

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Learning eLearning Instructors Learning Styles 130

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MAY 2, 2024

Those of us concerned about student anxiety in our courses have history on our side. The collected data from students can be used to start a discussion. Some courses have long promoted anxiety, think statistics courses, for example, and that’s spawned a good amount of literature on its causes and cures.

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Teaching Multidisciplinary Multiple Choice Questions Exams 111

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

You can even include quizzes. Then, students add comments and discuss; you can even add surveys and questions. . Critical Past — original videos from mid-1800’s and forward of amazing events in world history. Let’s start with five clever video edit/format tools: EdPuzzle. Tammy’s YouTube Clipper. Vialogues .

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Lecturing History Quizzes Math 96

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Differences in lived experiences, values, beliefs, histories, identities, and more will influence how individual students experience the learning environment (Lovett, Bridges, DiPietro, Ambrose, & Norman, 2023). For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam.

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Have discussions about the shows topics. From learning about history to animal husbandry, television can be a great learning asset in every high school classroom. Not only can you watch in class, but you can assign your students to watch at home as an innovative approach to studying for pop quizzes and writing reports.

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Coaching Quizzes Textbooks Assignments 115

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2024

Those of us concerned about student anxiety in our courses have history on our side. The collected data from students can be used to start a discussion. Some courses have long promoted anxiety, think statistics courses, for example, and that’s spawned a good amount of literature on its causes and cures.

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Teaching Multidisciplinary Multiple Choice Questions Exams 103

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

The advertisement appeared on Edmodo’s mobile app, which Freeman’s son uses daily for updates about homework, quizzes and other school assignments. I hope the discussion here helps clarify what happened, what we did, and what we commit to continue doing to earn your trust.” She usually looks right past them.

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Middle School Middle School Quizzes Communication 165

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JULY 19, 2017

He’ll design short quizzes to test each concept, and make a menu of choices for students to turn to when the results show they need to learn more. But Beal is most interested in the idea of open data sharing by educators, as is being discussed by some medical professionals. “It’s actually quite challenging as an instructor,” he says.

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Learning Disabilities Disabilities Education Students 118

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Resources include not only videos but study tools, guides, quizzes, and more. You can view the lesson plan but won’t be able to take quizzes. The American Dream –a fifty-minute lesson discussing whether the American dream is real or a myth. You can read more detail on my Study.com review here. Sample Lesson Plans.

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Quizzes Textbooks Attention Distance Learning 88

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

pre-test quizzes. We can activate students’ prior knowledge with: quizzes and exercises to reach back to concepts and learning covered earlier in the course, as well as covered in previously required courses. a discussion, brainstorm, list, or map of what they already know about a new topic. a video about a course or topic.

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Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 98

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Once they finish, teachers can assess learning either formatively or summatively using quizzes, games, and more. Classtools Mapmaker Game enables teachers and students to create maps that track the plot of a book, record the progress of history, or share a tour of geographic locations. Discussion Boards. Google Forms.

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Learning Essay Students Testing 104

Faculty Focus

JUNE 20, 2023

The various forms of traditional, hybrid, and remote classrooms may mean communicating in person, posting announcements, sending emails, sending text messages, or even posting a reminder in the course discussion or assignment areas. Using a variety of methods ensures reaching various learning styles.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Assignments Writing 105