Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

The era of trying to measure aptitude is finally over,” wrote the College Board’s president, David Coleman, in an essay in The Atlantic earlier this summer, referring to the version of the test that has been in place since 2014, when the SAT was last revised.

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Testing Essay Blended Courses Skills 160

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As director of the futures initiative at CUNY's Graduate Center, Davidson studies and thinks a lot about cultural history and technology. Well, that essay was called The New Education and it was so important that Harvard hired this young man—he was only 34.

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Education Intelligence History Essay 140

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APRIL 24, 2018

There are no History, English literature, languages, or what are commonly considered ‘soft’ subjects available. Not only does Clutch Prep have videos to supplement academic textbooks, they offer a course to assist preparation for MCAT exams. How to Prepare for the SAT Essay. pick the subject you want to work on.

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Textbooks Exams Syllabus Essay 94

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. 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. Google Forms.

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Learning Essay Students Testing 104

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 96

Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

Unlike AP classes, which include expensive exams and are limited to certain subjects and high-performing students, these community college classes cover a range of topics and are open to all students. As part of the class, she has to study a career, write a short essay about it and present it at a career fair.

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Middle School Middle School Counselling Schools 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

Investors and founders packed into the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. There are multiple-choice questions, coding exercises and two essay questions. Currently, the app focuses on materials for Turkey’s university-entrance exam, but plans on expanding to India. According to cofounder Ba?ar

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Multiple Choice Questions Testing Questions Essay 105

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Tie-ins: This is an excellent gamified review for semester tests, final exams, or other summative assessments. Thanksgiving information –history, more. It may be one like Storyboard That! Pixton , or another that you prefer.

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Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 76

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 21, 2023

I’ve had mostly A’s and B’s on most of my exams. Tan Huynh Beth Skelton Planning Lessons for Multilingual Learners If you teach science, math, history, health, technology, even literature — anything other than a class designed to teach a language — your course is built on content-specific standards. My teachers are great.

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English Language Languages Testing 52

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APRIL 18, 2023

In an essay published earlier this month in The Chronicle of Higher Education, history professor François Furstenberg argues that companies promising to “deliver a ‘competency-based, life-skills-based achievement record’” do so primarily in order to sell their technology. I think the testing industry is very nervous,” he says.

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Skills Learning Testing High School 217

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

EdSurge: Can you give us a little background on the history of the Dracula course? Basically, I track the development of human experience and human history, using the vampire as the frame to make it fun. I can do 30 exams in 15 minutes, which used to take me three days. The title, Dracula, is actually just symbolic.

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Education Lecturing History Quizzes 133

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APRIL 22, 2025

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, arguing that the Defense Departments actions infringe upon the students First Amendment rights to obtain information, particularly about their own identities and history. Black History Month was canceled. A Queer History of the United States, a book about LGBTQ+ people in U.S

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