eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Brainfuse offers a comprehensive suite of services, including math, science, reading, writing assistance, and college prep, all available online from anywhere with an internet connection. Services include: Live Tutoring One-on-one academic support in math, science, reading, writing, and more.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Khanmigo was launched last year in grades 5-8 and used in core content areas, which are typically math, reading, writing, and science, according to the district. First Avenue Students can access Khanmigo to get hints for solving challenging math problems or explain concepts they find confusing across all subjects.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A similar question was asked by McKinsey three years ago , right before the worldwide pandemic caused the lowest reading and math scores in 30 years. Indeed, the time spent on teaching class is less than the time spent on preparation, evaluation, and feedback (grading). But what if every single teacher could have an AI assistant?

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Teachers Textbooks Multiple Choice Questions Essay 281

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

Teaching metacognition equips ELLs with the tools needed to navigate not only language acquisition but also the demands of various subject areas, from math and science to history and literature (Flavell, 1979; Schraw & Moshman, 1995). That made me think about how people see success differently, so I added that idea to my essay.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 4, 2025

One of the many responsibilities of teaching is providing students with meaningful feedback. Whether written or verbal, feedback has the power to shape how students approach their education. The key is to provide feedback that encourages growth rather than discouraging effort.

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Feedback Students Essay Learning Styles 81

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. After one year of using enVision, Johnston County saw real growth.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2021

She was part of a team researching how to build a better writing feedback tool. Some [teachers] have students who have written full essays on their phones.” In addition to serving as the high school’s lead teacher and IB coordinator, he teaches math. The teacher went through 90 revisions before she got a perfect score.

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Essay Writing Attention Feedback 213

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback , which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke. Instead of teaching with a math textbook, it’s way more fun to teach with Chrome Music lab, he added.”

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Essay Plagiarism Coaching Learning Disabilities 167

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

eSpark, an online supplemental curriculum provider for math, reading, and writing, is bringing AI-powered phonics practice to foundational reading instruction this school year. Students have the option to freely write admission essays and receive AI-provided feedback or can brainstorm using common application prompts.

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Counselling Essay Reading Feedback 130

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It also allows teachers to give real-time, one-on-one feedback without singling out a student in front of the class. For example, if a student is working on an essay in a language arts class and is way off track, the teacher can pop a message on their screen that says, "Hey, this paragraph looks off-topic, try focusing on."

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Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

However, its a powerful tool for guiding instruction, providing feedback, and helping students grow. I can solve multi-step math problems using equations. Thumbs up/down : An easy visual during lessons that gives you instant feedback. Try going back and checking your math. This reflection is when growth happens.

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Learning Outcomes Learning Feedback Essay 75

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

My students enjoyed it so much that since then, we have participated in several including a one-pager challenge where students respond to a New York Times story, a contest where students submit an original podcast and a contest where students can share opinion essays on issues they care deeply about.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2021

In February, instructional coach Jacquelyn Whiting shared how she helped a math teacher at her school modify a remote lesson about building and measuring blanket forts into one that celebrated giving students a safe, personal space to learn that restored a little bit of agency after a year when they had lost so much.

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Education Essay Ethics Coaching 178

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

While teachers may always be the best line of defense for students falling behind, busy schedules don’t always permit the special attention and feedback that students need. That’s where artificial intelligence–powered teaching assistants might come in handy.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

For example, if you want students to support claims with relevant details, that expectation should be stated on a rubric that is given to students well in advance of when the assignment is due, and should be the focus of lessons, formative feedback, and student reflection. Writing and reasoning get better with feedback and effort.

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Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

How many kids want to write yet another essay on whether the cafeteria should serve chocolate milk? With reading or math or science we are all covering the same curriculum so it looks the same. Teachers often have multiple professional development sessions and resources to support instruction for reading and math.

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Writing Teaching Education Feedback 156

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The tool includes an essay-review feature where a Gradeslam tutor will give feedback on students’ drafts within 24 hours. GradeSlam essay review (Image credit: GradeSlam) GradeSlam is not profitable yet, Cutler shares. And neither is it the first to offer tutoring services directly to schools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2024

Say you want to prepare effectively for the North Carolina bar test – they have multiple full-length practice MBEs and thousands of MBE practice questions, plus offer personalized feedback from an attorney for practice essays to help you succeed. Of course, all of the course material can be studied from your computer.

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Exams Study Syllabus Essay 158

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Founded in 2012, ThinkCERCA offers a set of digital tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills across a variety of subjects, including English language arts (ELA), math, social studies and science. People often joke about being bad at math, but they often do that with writing as well,” observes Murphy.

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Textbooks Essay Writing English 274

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It counts when an essay expands from one unclear sentence to three paragraphs of of compelling narrative, even if three paragraphs doesn’t cut it on the rubric. Academic Effort When Junior first came to McClarin, he would rarely submit more than a first sentence when asked to write an essay. Probably not.

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Testing Essay Writing Motivation 137

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

The letters in ThinkCERCA represent the building blocks of an essay: claim, evidence, reasoning, counter argument, and audience. But ThinkCERCA is more than just a traditional framework; the online program provides a lesson library with texts related to literature, math, science, and social studies.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

This past year, it seemed like it was almost every day that my students were asking me for time on ST Math, a web-based, adaptive tool for math instruction. They were asking me so much that I decided to write a persuasive essay on why we should find better tools for learning math in our classroom.

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Learning Gamification Math Achievement 158

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

A math teacher might ask students to describe the difference between mean and median in one sentence, while a science teacher might ask students observe a diagram of the water table and describe how it would look during a drought in less than 20 words. 3-2-1s: Micro-writing doesn’t have to focus on sentences and paragraphs.

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Writing Assignments English Essay 168

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

For example, instead of traditional essays, instructors might assign reflective portfolios, oral presentations, or collaborative projects that require students to engage deeply with the material and demonstrate their understanding in ways that go beyond what AI can produce.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 88

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2016

Their deep granular detail enables students to quickly understand what is expected of them, teachers to receive critical feedback on student learning, and both sides to benefit from an agile yet objective tool for measuring workflow competency. Here’s how it works: Set up your teacher account in Essay Tagger.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Tasking students with submitting a video essay, for example, provides teachers with the opportunity to assess students’ understanding of a topic. Teachers can then provide real-time feedback to students that will help them to identify the areas in which they need to improve. D2L's Resources for Teaching and Learning.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2025

Teacher saying we don’t have time for essay and I always. I mean, Jesse and I were just talking about one of her students who I think Jesse was saying, like, found purpose through essay. But we we kind of focus on the on the reading and and the math scores that go down. But even the teachers need SEL. So it’s a.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

For example, instead of traditional essays, instructors might assign reflective portfolios, oral presentations, or collaborative projects that require students to engage deeply with the material and demonstrate their understanding in ways that go beyond what AI can produce.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 75

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

These activities can be used to reinforce key concepts, test understanding, and provide feedback to students. These tools often offer features like timed quizzes, leaderboards, and instant feedback, creating a gamified experience that motivates students to actively participate and strive for improvement. Quizizz , or Google Forms.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

These activities can be used to reinforce key concepts, test understanding, and provide feedback to students. These tools often offer features like timed quizzes, leaderboards, and instant feedback, creating a gamified experience that motivates students to actively participate and strive for improvement. Quizizz , or Google Forms.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 96

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2017

When I started teaching, homework always involved paper–a worksheet, a poster, a written essay, or something else like that. digital communication (such as email, messaging, discussion boards, and/or forums) for real-time feedback on homework. calendar of events and due dates. homework download, upload, and commenting.

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Assignments Students Quizzes Evaluation 113

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

Five years ago, in an essay called “ 2017: RIP OER? ” Three to five days later, when the teacher returns your paper, you find out if you actually understood the math. (If over and over again from math faculty some variation on “I’m never going back to hand-grading homework.” license from the original post on his blog.

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Textbooks Feedback Essay Math 73

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2018

We have great maps for the learning trajectories of foundational skills in reading and for number and operation in math. But I continue to worry that this metaphor has one minor flaw in practice—the maps don’t exist yet. Schools should use these maps more than they do. Yet for most of human knowledge and thinking, the maps remain elusive.

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Learning Essay Fairness Knowledge 84

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

Increase the workload of human instructors: Without the support of AI tools to handle certain tasks, such as grading or providing feedback, human instructors may face increased workloads and potentially struggle to meet the needs of all their students. The Review | Essay. This could lead to burnout and a decrease in teacher morale.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

Increase the workload of human instructors: Without the support of AI tools to handle certain tasks, such as grading or providing feedback, human instructors may face increased workloads and potentially struggle to meet the needs of all their students. The Review | Essay. This could lead to burnout and a decrease in teacher morale.

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Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 109

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 28, 2025

A students GPA, course rigor, extracurricular activities, leadership roles, essays, and recommendations matter far more than whether they studied online or in-person. Students should actively participate in classes, seek feedback, and build relationships with their instructors to ensure strong letters of recommendation later on.

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The Hungry Teacher Blog

APRIL 28, 2025

From solving math problems to writing essays, students are becoming dependent on ChatGPT for all their information, and that includes research. I recommend hosting writing conferences to check over student progress and offer feedback along the way, as opposed to waiting until the final draft is in your hands. The big problem?

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Teaching Writing Testing Essay 52