Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

The letters in ThinkCERCA represent the building blocks of an essay: claim, evidence, reasoning, counter argument, and audience. Once teachers choose a lesson, the program provides a six-step process to help students analyze the readings and produce a cohesive essay.

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Writing Essay Teaching Quizzes 126

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

in the thick of filling out college applications, that might mean putting off writing an admissions essay or sending in a transcript. As students move through the course responding to questions, polls and quizzes, the system aggregates their responses and generates an “action plan.”

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Essay Students Quizzes Writing 159

Gaggle Speaks

JULY 14, 2015

How many copies of essays or homework assignments do students give teachers every week? Here are some benefits to paperless grading: • 24/7 feedback. Paperless grading gives students the ability to access instructor feedback 24 hours a day while teachers can evaluate work anywhere on their own devices. Think about it.

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Grades Quizzes Essay Instructors 94

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

What’s striking is that when grounded in evidence-based teaching practices, effective courses foster a greater sense of belonging, increase student confidence in their ability to graduate, and create more opportunities for feedback and encouragement (Tyton Partners, 2023). But not just any feedback. American Psychological Association.

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. Providing student feedback on an assessment, or any assignment, provides extensive value.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations. These activities can be used to reinforce key concepts, test understanding, and provide feedback to students. Quizizz , or Google Forms.

Active Learning 98

Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations. These activities can be used to reinforce key concepts, test understanding, and provide feedback to students. Quizizz , or Google Forms.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2017

Create, conduct and grade quizzes. All learning takes place within Moodle, not through videos or quizzes. The platform offers a plethora of tools to customize courses as pretty much whatever teachers need, including: Upload video, audio, and links. Engage students in a discussion forum or a survey. adding assignments.

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Quizzes Learning Essay Assignments 113

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

Students can receive real-time explanations, targeted practice based on missed questions, and instant grading for written essays, all at a fraction of the cost of expert-based AP tutoring, which can exceed $1,000 per course. TeachTap currently offers these 11 courses: Nine AP exam preparation courses: U.S

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Exams High School High School History 140

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I used traditional grading practices, assessing student progress through quizzes, tests, project, midterms and finals each year. Fueled by a combination of student feedback, parent input and new developments in education such as Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success , the learning journey was born.

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Syllabus Learning Course Outline History 159

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. Providing student feedback on an assessment, or any assignment, provides extensive value.

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

What’s striking is that when grounded in evidence-based teaching practices, effective courses foster a greater sense of belonging, increase student confidence in their ability to graduate, and create more opportunities for feedback and encouragement (Tyton Partners, 2023). But not just any feedback. American Psychological Association.

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Based on student feedback, make necessary adjustments and/or remind students of the shared agreements (Lovett, et al., For example, I want to make sure my quizzes and/or exams consistently measure deep content understanding and analytical skills as opposed to my students’ competency in reading, writing, or the English language.

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like. One longer answer was provided by Lloyd Dean: “Ongoing diagnostic and formative assessments are a critical part of the feedback process.

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Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 97

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. quizzes and polls. calendar of events and due dates. whiteboard. It’s not.

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Assignments Students Quizzes Evaluation 113

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.”

Failure 98

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.”

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Based on student feedback, make necessary adjustments and/or remind students of the shared agreements (Lovett, et al., For example, I want to make sure my quizzes and/or exams consistently measure deep content understanding and analytical skills as opposed to my students’ competency in reading, writing, or the English language.

Syllabus 99

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 99

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2018

The feedback I often get on these sorts of sites is that students do improve speed and accuracy but only on the site. When they apply the knowledge to authentic situations (like typing a book report or an essay), students return to hunt-and-peck, watching their hands, and hating what they’re doing. Click to view slideshow.

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Quizzes Essay Grades Knowledge 77

k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Whether its board games, video games, or made-up playground challenges, they engage deeply with anything that has goals, rewards, and feedback. Why It Works Gamification works because it introduces immediate feedback and visible progress, two elements that keep learners engaged. This helped make school fun for students. The result?

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Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 3, 2025

Host quizzes, storytelling hours, or digital exhibitions of local art. It also means listening, deeply, to student feedback. Supreme Court cases, and writes essays on African decolonial literature. A single student may now: Speak Hindi at home, write academic essays in English, text in Hinglish, and consume memes in Gen Z slang.

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Culture Schools Language Languages 52