Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Topping our monthly Top 5 list was a look at how professors are rebooting oral exams to respond to concerns that students can now use ChatGPT and other AI tools to cheat on essays. Also making the list was an essay by a teacher launched into a leadership position at age 26 reflecting on a lack of support during the shift.

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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

JUNE 4, 2019

Whether it’s studying for an exam, completing a college essay, or finishing a social studies project, all students will inevitably find themselves procrastinating at some point in their academic careers. Procrastination is something we all experience.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

percent of students reported having a test, quiz, or exam within their first week of school. percent), and writing papers or essays (44.1 These platforms help with tasks such as breaking down complex math problems, summarizing difficult readings, generating essay ideas, and even providing personalized study plans.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. While some educators swear by their effectiveness, others argue that they limit creativity and could potentially facilitate cheating. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. We always have written exams, but it never hurts to have students communicate more through writing.”

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. While some educators swear by their effectiveness, others argue that they limit creativity and could potentially facilitate cheating. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

It’s especially true when it comes to writing assignments: With poor writing skills, students can’t deal with essays and other homework the way they need to get a good grade. ESL students need stellar writing skills to pass exams and language tests or enter the university.

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Writing Skills Essay Languages 286

eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2017

Students of teachers who participated in the Pathway Project, which includes 46 hours of training in the “cognitive strategies” instructional approach, scored higher on an academic writing assessment and had higher pass rates on the California High School Exit Exam than students whose teachers did not receive the training.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Johnson, assigned our class one of the classics of English literature and expected us to demonstrate what we had learned with an accompanying essay. I credit Mr. Johnson’s class for eventually helping me pass the AP Writing exam my senior year without ever taking an AP-level English class.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

While it traditionally is an assessment tool for college-bound seniors, more and more high schools are choosing it as an exit exam for graduating seniors (such as these changes in Ohio and the State of Washington ). In this article, I’ll focus on preparation for the SAT essay portion. Education account, desktop or mobile device.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

Changes to a major standardized test usually take months—or even years—to develop and are typically announced well in advance of the first official exam sitting. While usual security rules prohibit students from bringing to a testing room much more than a few pencils, this year’s AP exams will be open book and open note.

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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. Chief Product Officer Phil Hewinson.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2023

Now we’re ready to reveal the top higher education stories that EdSurge published in 2022, based on their popularity with you, our readers. As these headlines reflect, the last 12 months brought uncertainty, speculation and innovation to higher education. What Could Web3 Mean for Education? By Jeffrey R.

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Education Exams Instructors Essay 179

eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

Provide support for staff : Behind every successful school is a dedicated team of educators. Activities like creating portfolios, writing reflective essays, or presenting on their learning journey can be very effective. School leaders should take the time to recognize and appreciate the hard work and commitment of their staff.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2024

News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized tests administered to students in third grade and up. Using technology to score essays is nothing new. 20 years ago as a student.

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Fairness Testing Grades Essay 197

eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2016

Years ago, application meant a comprehensive exam or essay. In today’s educational environment, students are encouraged to apply what they’ve learned, not just on tests, but during multifaceted, multimedia projects that bring relevance to lessons and help students realize how their learning is used every day in the real world.

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STEM Essay Teachers Exams 189

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

While statistics show that the 2015-2016 academic year ushered in an increasing number of students with disabilities in higher education, countless students do not inform their university about their disability. Hawa Allarakhia has a masters in education from the University of South Florida (USF) and is currently a doctoral candidate at USF.

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Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 144

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2018

As spring approaches, my eldest daughter Katherine, now in her junior year, is bracing herself for the upcoming ACT exams, while my youngest, Elizabeth, a sophomore, is getting ready for next year. As for Elizabeth, the exams tap into her love of competition. I think you’ll enjoy her experiences! .

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Instead of reserving them for high-stakes assessments like final exams, some professors now use these tools for routine work like weekly quizzes. Some departments have made tests take-home or open-note, and some have scrapped tests entirely in favor of essays, projects and other assignments that can be done over time. million exams.

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Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

With Advanced Placement exams starting this month, the past weeks have kept Amanda DoAmaral working around the clock. The company’s name is a reference to the best score possible on the AP exam. On Fiveable, visitors can watch livestreams of AP exam review for free. And she’s starting with subjects that she knows best.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In the latest episode of EdSurge Live, we interviewed two professors who have long questioned traditional methods of grading about how to approach exams, essays and other assessments next semester: Susan D. Tony Crider, professor of astrophysics at Elon University, offers his students “ epic finales” instead of final exams.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. But educators who want to make sure they reach every student don’t have to resort to mailing printed worksheets. Of course, these programs may take significant time to develop.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The old SAT was put to bed earlier this year, and it’s in with a new version of the college admissions exam. In March 2014, College Board announced a plan to redesign the SAT , removing obscure vocabulary, changing focus of math areas, removing penalty for guessing on questions and making the essay optional.

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Testing Exams Essay Math 124

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 12, 2023

Fiction, essays, science. Essays convey the author’s thoughts and analysis of a particular topic. Children’s literature includes fairy tales, adventures, and educational literature. An essay on The Distance Between Us can be a great way for students to show how they can analyze characters and their actions.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Part of what I believe to be the truth,” Camelback’s founder and CEO, Aaron Walker tells EdSurge, “is that education is a long-tail game. James Kim, co-founder and executive director of BEAT (short for Bridging Education & Art Together), is on a mission to “take the ‘speech’ and the ‘therapy’ out of speech therapy,” he says.

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Counselling Education Coaching Essay 146

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Sometimes it's hard to imagine change—especially when it comes to a 150-year-old system, such as higher education in the United States. At least, that's what professor Cathy Davidson writes in her latest book, “The New Education.”. In the book, she outlines several ways that higher education as we know it was blueprinted and built.

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Education Intelligence History Essay 141

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2022

The possibilities for applying this type of system in education are extensive. Blockchain could be used to manage student records and certificates; to track lifelong learning progress; to preserve educational data; or to administer verifiable academic credits. This feature is particularly relevant for education in conflict zones.

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Essay Exams Questions Languages 180

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It’s no secret that educators who champion the whole-child approach also laud social and emotional learning (SEL) for its scientifically linked success in creating a productive, positive, less stressful school climate. Educators aren’t immune either. For many, it’s a lack of training. SEL programming must be flexible.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

While statistics show that the 2015-2016 academic year ushered in an increasing number of students with disabilities in higher education, countless students do not inform their university about their disability. Hawa Allarakhia has a masters in education from the University of South Florida (USF) and is currently a doctoral candidate at USF.

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Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2024

Implementing Mindfulness Practices in Schools In recent years, mindfulness has gained significant traction, not just in adults’ lives but also in educational settings. The Need for Mindfulness in Schools Modern education often heavily emphasises academic achievement, leaving students stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed.

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Schools Instructors Coaching Essay 167

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Like last year , we’ve also added a selection of editor’s picks—our favorite stories, op-eds and investigations from the past year spotlighting how the education system is meeting a diverse array of challenges. Happy New Year! Everyone Has Invisible Bias. This Lesson Shows Students How to Recognize It. Here’s why.

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Exams Counselling Motivation Essay 129

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Many educators recognize that standardized tests don’t measure everything—and that some of the most critical types of growth can’t be measured by a numerical score. I was working as a special education teacher in Cobb County School District at the time. This is especially true for at-risk students. So what was my job exactly?

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Testing Exams Essay Ethics 134

Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Lem Diaz But Garcia notes that there are positions in the field of computer science where someone may only be writing code, and knowing how to write a five paragraph essay may not be very relevant. There is a big difference between essay writing and technical writing.

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Writing Skills Essay Science 257

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. To use Gradescope, a grader scans exams or assignments into the platform and each question is given a rubric.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The 25-year-old teacher is herself a student—an apprentice, in fact—and must use that quiet period to crank through some homework, study for an exam, start drafting an essay or take a quiz. The program covers most tuition, books and transportation costs for educators as well. per hour by the time she graduates in spring 2020.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2018

We’re doing pretty complicated analytical work on everything from the kids’ scores to specific questions on our exams,” says BASIS.ed We’re using technology like a startup might,” says BASIS Educational Ventures CIO Matthew New. “We Use Data to Enhance All Aspects of Education. CEO Peter Bezanson. “We and international schools.

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