eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Concerns about academic dishonesty, loss of critical thinking skills, and inappropriate content creation have sparked discussions about banning AI tools like ChatGPT, Grammarly, and others. While AI tools can indeed generate answers or essays, this highlights the need to rethink assessment strategies.

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Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 332

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

How can we create a learning environment where each student feels confident applying the knowledge and skills they’re acquiring? These activities can also be used to encourage collaboration and communication as students work with peers, which can result in the development of interpersonal skills.

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History Art Essay Physical Education 382

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

As an edtech researcher and designer who has spent the last 15 years studying how technology can bridge the gap between learning and play, I’m struck by the ways in which generative AI can bring creativity and playfulness to the classroom–a notion that I know runs counter to some of the current critiques.

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Teaching Essay Teaching Methods Intelligence 325

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I specifically love the contest as it’s a chance for students to tap into their individual interests and emphasize their skills and talents in their submission. I combine the picture books with Gilder Lehrman essays in my classroom. The length is manageable for a classroom setting, and the essays cover a wide variety of topics.

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Students History Essay High School 339

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

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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Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 98

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Student agency empowers learners to play a more active role in their own education by taking charge of the learning process under the guidance of skilled educators. Students learn independence and other skills needed for success. These are skills that will serve students well once they graduate.

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Students Motivation Achievement Assignments 348

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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. Revision Assistant — practice writing over a long term and receive targeted feedback to improve skill. take practice tests.

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Essay Mobile Devices Exams Writing 99

eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2017

Certain teacher professional development could have a positive impact on academic writing by English learners in grades 7-12, according to a study from the University of California, Irvine. During the academic writing assessment, secondary school students composed timed, on-demand essays interpreting themes from fiction and nonfiction texts.

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Writing Exams Essay Students 205

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

How can I best support students with very poor writing skills when the class is not one specifically focused on writing? We professors sometimes misjudge the skill level students will start from on the first day of class on a variety of fronts. You can pose a question for a future column here. The engine of learning is labor."

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Writing Skills Teaching Essay 158

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 8, 2023

Seventy percent of high school juniors and seniors believe AI-powered tools, including ChatGPT, can be a resource in brainstorming ideas for their college essays or short answer responses. AI-powered tools can help students brainstorm ideas for a college essay.

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Essay Exams Testing Reading 281

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., Teaching Basic Technological Skills.

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Essay Students History Grades 240

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?

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Assignments Essay History Social Studies 205

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2017

They look at is as one of many “basics” they need until they can study their actual interest. Schwab profiles a report titled “2017 Designs in Tech” which references writing as among the unicorn skills in design. My success is based on my ability to put my skills to good use. Writing as Job Market Differentiator.

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Writing Technology Education Essay 227

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Develop learner-centered assessments aligned with learner-centered systems The skills that make us uniquely human are the skills that a learner-centered framework champions. They are also the skills that will be very difficult, if not impossible, for technology to replicate reliably.

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Education Testing Feedback English 300

eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2021

The pioneering program empowers educators to teach computational thinking, which are the critical skills that help students solve real-life problems and challenges by expressing them in a way that computers can solve. K-12 students, a full year ahead of schedule. according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections.

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STEM Science Essay Learning 246

Edsurge

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. She often has to explain to students that her assignments will build the skills for the work they’ll do later in the year. Teaching The Why Sarah Z.

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Instructors Assignments Textbooks Essay 199

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Many teachers are exceptional public speakers and storytellers and should not be deterred from using their skills in their classrooms. When a skilled lecturer incorporates these strategies, students are more likely to feel engaged and involved throughout the entire lesson.

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Essay Teaching Lecturing Coaching 167

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

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. This instant feedback helps the teacher understand whether the class has mastered the skill. Assessments are, to put it mildly, a disproportionately huge commitment of time.

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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. For example, if students studied ecosystems, one student might ask, How would a major drought affect the grasslands? They can do this on their own or with the help of AI!

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Testing Learning Critical Thinking Essay 195

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Recent studies have shown alarming gaps in Americans’ understanding of our democratic processes and systems. “The National Civics Bee is designed to showcase the knowledge and skills all of us need to thrive in the 21st Century. More than one third of U.S. adults cannot name the three branches of government. .

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Math Middle School Middle School Essay 262

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2023

They are similar to essays but usually more detailed and longer. The primary purpose of encouraging students to jot down a research paper is to assess their writing and research skills. 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

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

With a library card, students can receive live, one-on-one tutoring, access practice tests, and get expert feedback on essays and reportsall available in English and Spanish. Writing Lab Expert feedback on essays, reports, and college applications.

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Essay Schools Internet Feedback 157

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It requires skill, patience, and a bit of a balancing act. Excelling in your studies opens doors to future opportunities, whether it’s graduate school, competitive job markets, or research opportunities. Allocate specific hours for studying, attending classes, socializing, and personal downtime.

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Essay Counselling Exams Textbooks 179

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

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

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Though today’s young people have gained a reputation as “digital natives,” that doesn’t always translate to having the digital skills that are needed to succeed in college. And professors report that some students even have trouble using more fundamental computer programs to write essays or run calculations.

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Teaching Culture Internet Students 202

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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JULY 12, 2023

It enhances cognitive abilities, emotional intelligence, moral and ethical development, identity formation, communication skills, social awareness, and creativity. Fiction, essays, science. Essays convey the author’s thoughts and analysis of a particular topic. It can be different.

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Essay Ethics Critical Thinking Intelligence 29

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

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

ISTE U serves as a digital hub offering top-tier professional learning courses designed to assist educators in developing fundamental skills for teaching and learning in a digital world. I was just worried that my students would use this to write all their essays! And at first, our school blocked its use.

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Teachers Intelligence Essay Social Studies 207

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2024

When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a substitute for doing their own written assignments — that they’d click a button on a chatbot instead of doing the thinking involved in responding to an essay prompt themselves.

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Writing Teaching Essay Languages 208

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

Mayfield spent his grad school years studying natural language processing, computational linguistics, and machine learning. I studied medieval poetry, particularly the work of Bede and the Norse poets. It's supposed to give them the opportunity to develop those skills and I’m not seeing it necessarily in the conversations I'm having.

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Achievement Writing Essay Languages 165

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It’s one relevant to past research about barriers preventing students from enrolling in college, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the “non-submitters” study. This study shows otherwise. Department of Education.

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Counselling Essay Students Study 210

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. What skills will students need in the next five, 10 and 15 years to be successful? Do students know how to think of their feet?

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High School High School Interdisciplinary Education 212