Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. Enter a prompt, and AI can turn out a reasonable essay on everything from utilitarianism to the Krebs cycle…for free.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2017

When teachers used digital educational games in the classroom, students raised test scores by more than half a letter grade in only three weeks, according to a study from researchers at Vanderbilt University and partners at Legends of Learning , a research-driven educational game platform.

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Essay Game-Based Learning 480

eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

An upgrade from our previous Essay Review product, Paper users can now submit more than traditional essay assignments; lab reports, assignments, short-answer questions, and bibliographies are all accepted types of content. Previously, we worked directly with districts to validate our impact and produce case studies.

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Essay Feedback Math Assignments 258

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

He still has that concern, but as he stepped back to think about it, he also saw a way to “leverage” the tool for a goal he had long fought for — to help bring social studies education, and especially the teaching of civics, to broader prominence in the nation’s schools. He has long argued that U.S.

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Essay Social Studies Education Critical Thinking 205

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In this article, I’ll focus on preparation for the SAT essay portion. General preparation hints include: practice good writing with every school essay students write. Students can dig deeper into challenging writing concepts and ask questions in the forums. use academic-specific vocabulary whenever possible.

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Essay Mobile Devices Exams Writing 99

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. According to McKinsey’s 2017 study , the average teacher worked 50 hours a week (a number that has grown to 54 hours post-pandemic, according to 2022 research ). That time is now.

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Teachers Textbooks Multiple Choice Questions Essay 278

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

AI can help students write stronger essays, solve tricky math problems, and even manage their stress levels, all while giving TAs more time to focus on what matters most–building meaningful connections with students. Such software can help with parental communications as well.

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Teaching Assistants Teaching Quizzes Intelligence 285

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2024

As professors and researchers in university teaching and learning programs, we’re fascinated by this question. We figured that learning more about teacher motivation could help us better understand teacher pipelines and find ways to diversify and improve the quality of our nation’s teachers, so we designed a study to gather more information.

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Motivation Teachers Essay Languages 209

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

To be clear, this assignment would require students to analyze documents and write their own responses using evidence, which are important skills of course, but it would inevitably lead to me manically red inking papers that ultimately were written because I assigned an essay that would only ever be read by me. To what end? Constitution?

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Assignments Essay History Social Studies 205

Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2023

It’s time for handwritten essays in class without devices. In these same conversations, I hear teachers eager to revert back to timed writing by hand, the five-paragraph essay, and other formulaic approaches to writing. They scored ChatGPT’s work using the same College Board rubric their essays were evaluated against.

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Essay Writing Plagiarism Discussions 216

eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In high school, wrote one student on an anonymous survey I give at the start of the semester, I stayed far away from the tool because it was emphasized to me as a way of cheating rather than a study tool. It is, I explain to them, the perfect study tool if used correctly. I think of this as absolute cognitive outsourcing.

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Teachers Writing Critical Thinking Feedback 246

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

But even with all this excitement, there are still many questions to answer. One key question is, “How do school and district leaders ensure academic integrity as new technologies continue to emerge, like generative artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT, Bard, Claude, and more?”

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Essay Plagiarism 241

eSchool News

JULY 28, 2017

They then create a persuasive video essay as well as a watercolor painting showing why their chosen nominee best displays the qualities of peace. This project comes after students have studied Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr., Next page: Embracing all students; a global audience; strengthening the community).

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Essay Students History Grades 240

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2017

They look at is as one of many “basics” they need until they can study their actual interest. Paralleling writing with the rare and sought after creature who displays great power dismissed any questions I had about professional relevance. Students enter my English classrooms and see the course as a requirement for advancement.

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Writing Technology Education Essay 227

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

A perennial question as technology improves is the extent to which it will change—or replace— the work traditionally done by humans. We recently completed an evaluation of an AI-equipped platform through which middle school students could draft, submit and revise argumentative essays in response to pre-curated writing prompts.

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Grades Essay Teachers Feedback 184

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Rather than just taking notes, students can respond to surveys and questions using Google Forms or Formative, tools that allow teachers to pose questions or provide activities for students to respond to on their devices throughout the lecture. Even so, there is much room for improvement when it comes to the student experience.

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Essay Teaching Lecturing Coaching 167

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

And they argue that teachers at the college level should now essentially teach the study skills that students might not have learned in school before arriving on campuses. That kind of assignment feels more purposeful than completing a worksheet or answering questions from a textbook, she says. Teaching The Why Sarah Z.

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Instructors Assignments Textbooks Essay 199

eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2017

A similar program is called Quizlet, where a student or teacher can generate flashcards on any topic, to help them review or study. The teacher can see instantaneously the percentages and grades of each student in that class as soon as they answer the questions. Socrative can also automatically split the class into teams for games.

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Quizzes Mobile Devices Essay Assignments 214

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2025

. #1 Student-Led Inquiry with the 5Es Model Invite students to do a deep dive into a concept or topic of interest related to something they studied this year. This strategy challenges them to generate an inquiry question they want to explore and answer. They can do this on their own or with the help of AI!

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Testing Learning Critical Thinking Essay 195

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JULY 30, 2024

These may include standardized test scores (SAT or ACT), high school transcripts, letters of recommendation, and personal essays. Write a Compelling Personal Essay Your personal essay is an opportunity to showcase your personality, experiences, and aspirations. A well-crafted essay can set you apart from other applicants.

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High School High School Essay Fairness 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2023

They are similar to essays but usually more detailed and longer. Check out the free sample essays from PapersOwl , where you’ll find a wide range of ideas from which you can choose the most fascinating one for yourself. Additionally, prefer picking topics relevant to your field of study that have not been broadly researched.

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Writing Essay Plagiarism Study 159

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2017

It connects us to people all over the world, it enables us to find answers to our questions with the click of a button, and it is versatile enough to be used by students of varying skill levels. We are also able to have our students type weekly essays, and we can give them feedback much more quickly than in the past.

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Essay Teachers English Internet 277

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Good history education empowers students to actively engage with the past they study, rather than being passive receivers of historical narratives. When students learn to ask deep questions, analyze texts and construct evidence-based arguments, they are equipped with skills that reach far beyond a history classroom.

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History Education Social Studies Essay 201

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JUNE 20, 2017

I did not know how to use headers, footers or page number in Microsoft Word, so I got five points off every essay for an entire semester. A 2015 study conducted by the Pew Research Center shows students like Foley and Saeed are not alone. Other than playing games and basic Microsoft office, there are many things we don't know.” “I

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Essay Education Students Internet 167

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

The Newark Board of Education in March approved a data-sharing agreement with Khan Academy to study whether the tool was effective “in the North Ward schools,” according to the agreement. Reid studies educational technology products and reviews their efficacy in classroom instruction.

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Schools Math Testing Intelligence 267

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The chatbot offered an opportunity to ask the burning questions that often chase a reader after consuming a great work of fiction. I guided them through generating meaningful, open-ended interview questions that would (hopefully) create a relevant conversation with HoldenAI. The essays were fascinating. What happened to Holden?And

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Evaluation Essay Students Questions 212

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JULY 12, 2023

No one questions whether literature influences the formation of student personalities. Fiction, essays, science. Essays convey the author’s thoughts and analysis of a particular topic. Studying literature does not just broaden students’ horizons. It can be different. Characters in books become role models.

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Essay Ethics Critical Thinking Intelligence 29

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

colleges and universities as part of a larger study on how people living in America encounter and respond to climate change news and information. As one respondent put it in an open response question, “This is our future, and we’re watching it be destroyed.”

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Beliefs Attention Students Discussions 205

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

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. So then the question became how to pull that off. Schools can also choose between different dates and formats for different tests.

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Exams Testing Multiple Choice Questions Internet 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft tests and homework questions, and more. As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. Should they disclose that to students?

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Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Thinking Nation , for instance, a nonprofit dedicated to improving social studies education, recently switched from paying educators to grade essays based on a rubric to an AI chatbot. These values may show up embedded into the logic of questions, as well as on expectations of speed of completion.

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Education Testing Feedback English 300

Edsurge

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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Essay Beliefs Languages Language 168

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

It’s a typical weekday afternoon and I’m sitting down with one of my students to begin brainstorming ideas for her essay. As a teacher myself, I know that many of the questions that follow the opening statement are not part of the prompt per se, but are instead probing questions included to get the student thinking.

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Assignments Essay Writing Questions 119

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Laptops and internet connections are not available in every household , and even students who usually have such resources available may now find themselves competing for them with siblings or parents studying or working from home. But educators who want to make sure they reach every student don’t have to resort to mailing printed worksheets.

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Distance Learning Syllabus Internet Learning 212

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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Writing Essay Teaching Quizzes 131

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The potential of generative AI is both promising and profound, but it raises critical questions: How can this transformative technology be harnessed not only to educate but to empower inclusively and equitably? Rethink Homework: Promote self-motivated study outside the classroom, encouraging students to deepen their knowledge at home.

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Teaching Learning Essay Knowledge 180

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. By design, CTE programs consider questions that are relevant to this gap. Do students know how to think of their feet?

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High School High School Interdisciplinary Education 212