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5 AI tools for classroom creativity

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AI-powered writing assistants help students refine their essays and creative writing, offering suggestions that improve clarity and expression. When they integrate AI tools into the classroom, educators nurture creativity, making learning fun while also preparing students for a future where AI will be an essential part of creative industries.

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5 ways educational games improve learning, according to teachers

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The research found students in the classes with the games outperformed their peers on essay and multiple choice questions. Each teacher taught at least one class with the games and one class without. Next page: 5 benefits of educational games, straight from teachers).

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Teachers are burning out. Can AI help?

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Many fear that computer-generated grading would only perpetuate the education system’s reliance on multiple-choice questions. When answering basic questions, AI can read a student’s answers. But with AI, that is simply not the case.

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Should Professors (a) Use Multiple Choice Tests or (b) Avoid Them At All Costs?

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Multiple-choice questions don’t belong in college. Yet more professors seem to be turning to the format these days, as teaching loads and class sizes grow, since multiple-choice quizzes and tests can be easily graded by machines. Defending Multiple-Choice To be fair, not everyone is so down on multiple choice.

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Test Grading Cloud available to all teachers for free

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Using electronic bubble sheets, you can create a customized answer sheet that can include multiple choice questions, math grids, or open response items such as short answers or essays. Teachers will see the multiple choice questions automatically graded, and can review and grade any open response items easily on screen.

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College Board Changes AP Exams Again to Accommodate Pandemic-Era Testing

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These changes come on the heels of the College Board’s decision last month to move away from SAT subject tests and optional essay tests, which it also produces. Testing a New Approach Digital and paper exams in some subjects—though not all—may have minute differences for questions where a student is limited by the digital format.

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Here Are the 10 Stories K-12 Readers Couldn’t Put Down in 2024

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As we look back at the K-12 stories that resonated the most with our readers last year, a trend quickly emerges: 2024 was the year of the personal essay. Our top post of the entire year was a vulnerable essay about an administrators leadership failure and how he made things right.

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