Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2017

When Vadim Polikov—my childhood friend and a successful entrepreneur—approached me with a game-based learning business idea in the summer of 2015, I jumped at the idea. . Many of the teachers described the games as “transformative.”. Many of the teachers described the games as “transformative.”

Game-Based Learning 134

Game-Based Learning Middle School Middle School Learning 134

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

The nonprofit ACT, which is best-known for its standardized college entrance test, privately demonstrated its new skill on an Amazon Echo Dot. The ACT skill, which provides general information about the exam and can help students prepare for the test, will be available to the public this fall. Alexa, why should I take the ACT?

Skills 167

Skills Quizzes Teachers Testing 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It eventually expanded into high school, scaling up its challenges like levels in a video game and borrowing elements from game design—such as its approach to final exams, which are interactive and structured like “final boss” levels.

Skills 168

Skills Critical Thinking Game-Based Learning Failure 168

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Since the days of “Oregon Trail,” educational games have teased at the possibility that learning in school can be freed from the doldrum of textbooks and tests. So if games are fun, and learning should be fun, doesn’t it behoove the education and gaming industries to join forces?

Learning 163

Learning Middle School Middle School Testing 163

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Their outcomes can guide students’ efforts in subsequent learning. If an exam showed that a student struggled with identifying theme, for instance, I would come to the data talk prepared with learning strategies and together we would develop a plan for remediation.

Authentic Assessment 122

Authentic Assessment Game-Based Learning Learning Evaluation 122

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

The last time it did was back in 2015 when the NAEP exam, also known as the Nation’s Report Card, found that nearly three-quarters of eighth graders scored below proficiency in the subject. Kenneth KellerResults from NAEP's geography exam from the past 25 years reveal that less than a third of students are proficient in the subject.

History 166

History Exams Culture Knowledge 166

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Technology will be tailored to support through-course assessment.Rather than an end-of-year, single high-stakes test, conversations are picking up around scaffolding the high stakes testing model, whereby students take pieces of exams as they progress. –Justin Moore, K-12 Sales Director, Vector Solutions.

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Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 297