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MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. In prior years, this unit culminated with an essay in which students responded to the essential question.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

For example, one of our high schoolers, James, isn’t doing his assignments in World History class. Instead of focusing on World War II, she has him research the history of Air Jordan shoes. In math, James could be tasked to analyze basketball stats, or in English, he could write an essay on his favorite athlete.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

For example, in my 7th grade geography classroom we complete a Local Issues project at the beginning of the year using Google Earth. The History of Design Thinking. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 14(1). References Dam, R. and Teo, Y. 2022, May 20). Interaction Design Foundation – IxDF. link] Daniel, A.

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APRIL 12, 2018

Analytical Essay + Book Promo/Trailer Video There are many blog posts out there encouraging teachers to choose assignments other than essays. As a teacher coach, I’m not encouraging teachers to throw out the practice of assigning, reading, giving feedback on and correcting essays.

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AUGUST 31, 2015

The pair joined forces in 2012 after Morris, who teaches sixth grade English and History at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon, Calif., Because she hasn’t taught four different grade levels since meeting Thomasson (who teaches at least one brand new class every year), there’s no “bank” of videos to pull from.

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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

As the media specialist, I created the annual “Barrow Peace Prize” project in collaboration with the 2 nd grade classroom teachers and art teacher, where students from across all the second-grade sections pick six nominees from civil rights history and decide what attributes the winner must embody.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Psychology “Do Now” Writing Prompts & Slides By Loosli Learning Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Psychology Ideal for psychology classes or any subject focused on critical thinking, these do now writing prompts are an intriguing way to start the day. Have students write to the prompt before class begins. Describe the perfect summer.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

While multiple choice, short answer, and essays are still proven methods, there are many alternatives teachers can use for their particular student group. Assessment of student work is a crucial aspect of learning. It helps students recognize important lesson goals and teachers gauge understanding.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2019

Carlin was explaining how to make history relevant to all students, whether it's the history of hip-hop music, the evolution of the coffee industry or a person you pass on the street. What stayed with me that day: everything and everyone has a history—but history doesn't matter to students if it's not relevant to their own lives.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

One session on AP European History alone got 845 viewers. “I In its first year, she claims, more than 90 percent of the 400-plus students on the platform passed their AP World History and US History tests. Screenshot of AP World History review session on Fiveable. And she’s starting with subjects that she knows best.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. When students can understand how one topic might be covered in English, History and Science, they’re able to grasp it more deeply.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Machado was nominated by the Bilingual Department Chairperson Brian Donovan who submitted an essay describing how Machado helps his students. Runner-up McGrath wrote in his essay , “Parent-Teacher Conferences are a big part of our school year. We have these meetings during each grading period throughout the year.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Josh Davis spent 14 years teaching high school special education and middle school history, so he’s well aware of a few classroom constants. Read Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman. History course assignment about the Constitution. Recommendations from @jodavisITC. It’s a whole series of things.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In 2022, only 26 percent of all eighth grade students scored proficient or above in mathematics. Some folks commented: “I have dyscalculia…When I was in the 3rd grade, my teacher yelled at me and said, 'How do you not understand this yet?!' Learning grade-level content was a challenge for him.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Last year, an English teacher at my school came to me with an all-too-common concern about an essay a student named Kyle had just turned in. The teacher’s 10th grade class had just finished op-ed essays on a topic of their choice, and Kyle had chosen to examine the economic impact of illegal immigration on the U.S.

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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. History, World History, European History, U.S. Generative AI with guardrails LearnWith.AI

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I currently work at Allen Academy in Bryan, Texas, as the Head of Middle and Upper School and I teach one 8th grade geography class. I had been teaching eighth grade geography for four years at that point, and historically, I had used a textbook and pacing chart to cover the curriculum. Learning journey for 11th and 12th grade AP U.S.

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APRIL 19, 2025

We are almost finished with my daughter’s 10th grade homeschool high school and made a few changes that I thought I would share! Curriculum We Added IEW SIS Level C (instead of Elegant Essay ) Fix It Grammar (bringing back instead of the grammar we were using) Critical Thinking Co. Homeschool high school worked for us!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. But if you’re teaching creative writing in a K–12 classroom or a community college, at the end of the day you’re most likely required to stamp a letter grade—or at least a percentage score—on your students’ work.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

Webinars to learn more about using Kiddom A guide to standards-based grading to make grades meaningful Content integrations for teachers to save time Infographic illustrating how Kiddom inspires Personalized Learning Socio-emotional learning infographic. MORE SEL RESOURCES FROM KIDDOM.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

It focuses on colleges, but it has something to say to educators at all grade levels. He passed away the other day, and you can read an essay looking back at his life and work that we published at EdSurge. Maloney: Part of it is recognizing that higher ed has had a history of change throughout its entire existence.

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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. Take Junior for example (name has been changed), who I taught for 11th and 12th grade literature. To put it bluntly, he was on a pretty self-destructive path when we first met.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

I was intrigued to learn whether the practices and approaches used to teach CS in grades K-2, which is my area of focus, would be in any way similar to those at the university level. She reflects on her final project, saying, “I no longer felt I was learning to read and write commands and scripts.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

A Chat History where users can revisit their saved chats, so they never forget the crucial college admissions advice they’ve received. Personalized profiles help determine target schools based on professional goals and grades. “To earn admittance to their top college, students need to stand out from the crowd.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

This inspired me to seek out a game, or online environment, that could provide more expansive experiences for them—a place that would allow them to explore, on their own or with others, and where I could embed history content for them to discover. Credit: EduElfie The ability to reach students across content and grade levels is astonishing.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Using these tools, schools can filter web content; monitor students’ search engine queries and browsing history; view students’ emails, messages and social media content; and/or view their screens in real-time. When the pandemic hit, the district rolled out the IT Prime program, which ensured students in all grades had Chromebooks.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

Performance assessment varies, with students submitting essays, videos or presentations to demonstrate they’ve learned the material. In a dramatic departure from convention, grading is not performed by instructors or TA’s, but by “evaluators,” experts who don’t interact with students directly. Course completion at WGU is 86 percent.

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AUGUST 13, 2016

satisfaction, engagement, grades, mindsets, attitudes, persistence, views, logins, clicks, etc. It doesn't encourage you to expand your movie watching habits by suggesting movies you may not like but are seminal in cinematic history. Psychology and the real world: Essays illustrating fundamental contributions to society, 56-64.

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Education Evaluation Failure Essay 159

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JULY 7, 2022

Then they read and discuss a poem, “What You Missed that Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade,” which starts like this: Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listen to the wind, how to find meaning in pumping gas, how peeling potatoes can be a form of prayer. Should their essays have a thesis statement?

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

And while it is just the latest in a seven decades-old history of AI and Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) that can generate content like text, images, music, etc., In academic settings, ChatGPT can be used to produce written essays, reports, and responses when supplied with the assignment prompt.

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MARCH 18, 2020

Our guest writer Jacqui Murray mentions some of its popular uses in education , such as producing scaled models for math and history classes, as well as creating “visual aids” to make learning more immersive. Over time, 3D printing has expanded outside of niche uses, and is now impacting schools too.

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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. The big ones are credentialing, accreditation, and grading.

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Education Intelligence History Essay 140

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2024

Those of us concerned about student anxiety in our courses have history on our side. The pressure to solve problems, answer multiple-choice question, and write essays on an exam scares them. Two recent articles (see the references) explore the anxiety associated with social science statistics courses.

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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. Simply grade, record, and move on to the next chapter. Teachers build a form that includes questions as either True/False, short answer, essay, multiple choice, or even media.

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Learning Essay Students Testing 104

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APRIL 17, 2017

Our literacy coach and English teacher, Heidi Crocker, found a product from Turnitin – Revision Assistant – that used a powerful technology to assess writing and would turn the data it uncovered into feedback that students could apply to their essays immediately. We decided to give it a try.

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Testing Essay English Writing 84

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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