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How students are managing back-to-school-stress

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percent of students reported having a test, quiz, or exam within their first week of school. percent), studying for tests (48.8 percent), and writing papers or essays (44.1 Brainly also asked college-bound students if AI chatbots had a presence in their college application process, in their essay or short answer questions.

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2024: The year of generative AI

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Students often demonstrate their learning through written explanations in the forms of short answer questions and essays. The traditional methods of testing and evaluation must evolve to accommodate the capabilities of AI. Demonstrating learning needs to move from testing memorization to showcasing transferable skills.

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A taxonomy for using AI in education

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Educators and institutions are grappling with how best to integrate these tools into the learning environment while balancing innovation with ethical considerations, assessment concerns, and instructor comfort. Below is a taxonomy of generative AI for educators to consider.

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The case for ChatGPT as the ultimate educator’s toolkit

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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). What is ChatGPT? See our ChatGPT Prompting Guide for Life Design + Career Education.

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How to Overcome Apathy and Disillusionment When Standardized Tests Fail Kids

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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. Seven years ago, during my first year of teaching, all of my eleventh graders failed the Georgia State End of Course Test in American Literature. Something didn’t add up.

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Michael Bloomberg on testing

Dangerously Irrelevant

Here are some quotes from Michael Bloomberg about testing students , with my annotations in italics… “Many companies (including mine) use tests in hiring.” The hiring ’tests’ for your financial software, data, and media company are multiple choice tests of factual recall and procedural regurgitation? Your thoughts?

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponents say catch cheating, but in ways that many students say amount to an unacceptable invasion of their privacy. In that model, colleges are typically charged on a per-test basis.