Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2018

The study , published in the journal Educational Psychology, found that when students divide attention between electronic devices and a classroom lecture, they still followed the lecture in the moment, but that long-term retention was reduced, resulting in lower grades on unit and final exams.

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Multiple Choice Questions Exams Lecturing Attention 132

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the last few weeks, ChatGPT has been one of the main topics of conversation for most people working in education. I teach a course for faculty on how to write multiple-choice questions. wrong answers), and to write multiple-choice questions that target higher-order thinking skills. So far, so good.

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Multiple Choice Questions Plagiarism Writing Questions 111

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

What if educators could use the same strategy of “adaptive experimentation” to regularly improve their teaching materials? That’s the question posed by a group of researchers who developed a free tool they call the Adaptive Experimentation Accelerator. “In But you might be thinking, how's the quality of those?

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 120

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the last few weeks, ChatGPT has been one of the main topics of conversation for most people working in education. I teach a course for faculty on how to write multiple-choice questions. wrong answers), and to write multiple-choice questions that target higher-order thinking skills. So far, so good.

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Multiple Choice Questions Plagiarism Writing Questions 98

eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2016

Kids Discover Online enables educators to mix and match material from science and social studies to facilitate students’ exploration of big ideas through cross-curricular learning. 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 126

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Moulton has worked in the field for about 15 years with a small family-run company called Educational Data Systems , which makes exams for local districts and high stakes tests for the state of California. And the people we interact with are the people at the state, the California Department of Education, CDE.

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Testing Fairness Multiple Choice Questions Exams 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2024

From stabilizing mood to managing weight effectively, let’s delve into how cutting down on carbs can ignite your educational journey. Let’s break it down: Stamina During Exams: A stable release of glucose provides prolonged energy. Here are five transformative benefits to consider for brain power and beyond.

Achievement 167

Achievement Multiple Choice Questions Students Study 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

How often do you hear your fellow educators talking about data, data, and more data? In Support of Formative Assessment As educators, we can use formative assessments to monitor progress while we still have time to reteach, fix misconceptions, and give more practice time. Does it feel like a constant drill in your head?

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Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Exams Questions 110

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Studies have suggested that these tools, which allow students to respond in real time to questions provided by an instructor, can improve student learning. Like many education tools, it depends. It is important that CRS questions mirror questions that might appear on an exam. Play with the polls.

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Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 144

Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

At the end of my visit, I left those students and went back home to my regular educational setting. This contrast raised several questions: What are we missing as educators when it comes to student engagement? Is it the collective perception toward education a factor in fostering student engagement?

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Academic Integrity Multiple Choice Questions Learning Students 107

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

Online courses are “smart,” one might assume, because they use technology to improve educational outcomes or, at least, create new efficiencies or extend the abilities of faculty and students. Yet, while technology exists in the world of higher education, it’s not clear that technology is actually making courses smarter.

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Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 127

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

At the end of next school year, thousands of high school students will sit down at individual workstations, laptops in hand, for an end-of-course exam. A Question on Testing When building the new tests, PLTW gathered panels of industry experts, educators and psychometricians, or scientists who study how to make tests fair.

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Testing Exams Multiple Choice Questions STEM 108

Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

At the end of my visit, I left those students and went back home to my regular educational setting. This contrast raised several questions: What are we missing as educators when it comes to student engagement? Is it the collective perception toward education a factor in fostering student engagement?

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Academic Integrity Multiple Choice Questions Learning Students 94

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

I want my 5th grader to be well-educated… Tapping away at multiple choice questions is not high level math,” another parent said. “Not every child responds to learning on a computer,” one mother said at the study session. Don’t experiment with our children.” “I 16, urging the district to discontinue the program.

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Learning Multiple Choice Questions Math Evaluation 146

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. Kim Marshall is the force behind the highly regarded Marshall Memo , a weekly, subscription-only summary of 8 to 10 of the most impactful articles in education.

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Multiple Choice Questions Culture Questions Grades 125

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

Seven of the 134 companies in this batch provide education services—which is a similar percentage from the last cohort. Since the previous Demo Day in March, Tim Brady, a partner at Y Combinator who advises edtech startups, says he hasn’t noticed much in terms of changes in the education landscape. According to cofounder Ba?ar

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Multiple Choice Questions Testing Questions Essay 108

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

Many times, learning a new educational technology tool is time-consuming. It might be about current events related to the field, the assigned reading of the day, a difficult problem or concept, or a reflection on the time and method that students are using to prepare for an upcoming exam. 101-102). Random House. Educause Review.

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Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

And while many educators believe that word problems in math class are tougher for students to grasp than ones with mathematical notation, research shows that the opposite is true. A substantial part of the nation’s resources are being devoted to higher education,” Simon said. But at a university? “We

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Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2017

Students across the country are gearing up to take federally mandated, state-administered exams, and teachers, administrators and parents all feel the heat. State exams should aim to understand students’ ability to apply their knowledge from one situation to the next, a process cognitive scientists call “transfer.”

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Testing Exams Multiple Choice Questions Students 157