Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer. They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. No more guesswork—students know exactly what to expect.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To remediate the exam preparation study skills that beginning (and other) students are missing, most of us respond by telling students about those skills that make for good exam performance. Evidence that all these activities were completed is required and they are evaluated to determine the overall assignment grade. Take notes.”

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Exams Assignments Study Evaluation 105

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Students may feel relief as they hand in an exam, but the moment marks the beginning of stress and anxiety for instructors and teaching assistants, who may need to grade hundreds of tests in a short time. And so he began building a prototype for an automated online grading tool that today has grown into his company, Gradescope.

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Grades Exams Instructors Teaching Assistants 100

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

As colleges ask faculty to prepare for a possible online, hybrid or altered in-person fall semester—or all three simultaneously—many instructors are wondering how to best measure student learning. Tony Crider, professor of astrophysics at Elon University, offers his students “ epic finales” instead of final exams.

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Exams Motivation Learning Instructors 200

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Our 6th graders, 74% of them passed the state exam. In fact, she continues, “There were a couple of kids who said they had never passed the math SBAC test in the history of their schooling, and that 6th grade was the first time.” MATHia works hand-in-hand with MATHbook, reinforcing what students are learning from their instructors.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

When I started teaching data science and artificial intelligence in Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, I was frustrated by how little insight I actually felt I had into how effective my teaching was, until the end-of-semester final exam grades and student assessments came in. This is where machine learning comes in.

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Teaching Instructors Quizzes Intelligence 215

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

In my mind, the purpose of learning was to get good grades. Grades were everythingsymbols of success and a source of validation. I continued this pattern in college, focused solely on grades and making my parents proud. In my confusion, I began reading for curiosity rather than exams. But when I graduated, I felt lost.

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Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 104

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Many instructors describe accommodations they’ve tried, like loosening homework deadlines or offering asynchronous alternatives to class conversations, but some now wonder whether this kind of leniency actually makes the situation worse. Students could access chatbot quizzes ahead of exams to help assess their level of understanding.

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Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 200

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Whether a feature film or an instructional video, the ‘80s and ‘90s were a ‘press-play’ culture that expected students to sit still, absorb and retain, while the educator sat in the back grading. An assigned video may be a personal favorite of the instructor, but to students, it’s new, and not necessarily of interest.

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Teaching Instructors Teaching Philosophy Education 190

Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2024

A number of instructors in the math department at San Diego Mesa College, where she's a professor, had started exploring how to weave standards-based grading — an approach that evaluates students on how effectively they have mastered content — into the way they teach calculus. So far, Spoon reports that the changes are invigorating.

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Math Quizzes Instructors Students 176

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll. that would use a technology-based language development and literacy program to English language learners (ELLs) in grades K-6.Approximately Approximately 70,000 of Arizona’s K-12 students are ELLs.

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Teaching Exams Disabilities Learning 182

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Specializing in career-focused courses and certification exam preparation for middle and high school students, Pointful Education offers a wide range of virtual and blended learning solutions that engage students in career exploration and prepare them for the workforce.

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Exams Education Learning Blended Learning 141

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

She hears from teachers who have bad memories of math class when they were growing up of the stress of timed tests and of impatient instructors who discouraged them from pursuing math. For instance, an often cited study showed that first-grade teachers with math anxiety passed it to their female but not their male students.

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Math Coaching Elementary School Elementary School 192

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

These pedagogies provide instructors a powerful opportunity to create learning environments that effectively support all students, minimize student stress, and support overall student mental health, without sacrificing academic rigor. Described below are three ways that instructors support student well-being and mental health.

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Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 131

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2016

The funding was primarily to help CodeCombat finish its new classroom offering, which launches today after extensive beta testing by more than 25,000 students in grades 3-12. CodeCombat was designed to make learning to code as easy as playing a game. CodeCombat is also helping boost student interest in computer science careers.

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Science Teaching Exams Instructors 172

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. Outcomes, Testing and Grading Which methods of assessment best measure learning and ability? But too often, a critical element is left out of the process: student voice.

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Fairness Education Students Disabilities 166

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

She recalled one instructor who told her that 11 students in her class of 35 turned in the exact same assignment using materials from Course Hero, a website where students can share and access course study materials. Faculty can also give students practice exams so they can see how they’re doing, Millet suggested.

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Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 151

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A number of instructors say it’s partly reconsidering how calculus, a crucial step toward STEM careers and often a “weed out” course in higher ed, is taught. A parent from Iowa : “As it happens my daughter is a freshman in ME taking Calc 2 this semester and I was helping her study for her first big exam last night.

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STEM Exams Math Languages 172

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Earlier this year, she was supposed to take an exam. She never took the exam. For example, in her own instruction, Ganley has had students complete timed tests and then grade themselves, without showing it to anyone else. But there are things that instructors can do, some researchers say.

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Math Exams Students Testing 210

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

So we were able to extend our Respondus Monitor license, which monitors the students during an exam. They may not have access to technology or even a webcam, for that matter, to do synchronous sessions or to be monitored during exams. It's not like we're grading it for huge stakes. We're already in a stressful situation.

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

during lessons, and offer students a variety of ways to complete assignments rather than requiring everyone to write a paper or take a timed exam. Institutional offices of disability services, academic accommodations, and equality and diversity should be contacting instructors with reminders and information, Del Tufo says.

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Schools Disabilities Exams Distance Learning 176

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. This practice helps to keep students engaged, allows them to test their knowledge without impacting their grades , and provides Dr. Perumal with valuable insights into what material students are struggling with.

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Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 165

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” I’d send instructors off into virtual classrooms, practically on their own, with little or no support. Sink or swim. million students. “The

Online Learning 158

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Instructors 158

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, assessment is more than just grading and is often misunderstood. In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As instructors, we want to motivate and engage the whole class and bring everyone to mastery of the course. The latter is usually a high-stake assessment, such as a test, exam, oral presentation, or written report, that is graded and carries weight in the final course grade. How can we do that?

Motivation 126

Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 126

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2017

Ninety-two percent of fourth grade ELL students scored below proficiency on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress reading exams. Ninety-two percent of fourth grade ELL students scored below proficiency on the 2015. National Assessment of Educational Progress reading exams.

Language 154

Language Languages English Exams 154

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Do exams still serve a purpose? How do we move beyond grades to more meaningful demonstrations of learning? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like. Yes exactly.

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Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 101

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Instructors can use AI for editing as well. AI can also generate short content, such as answers to take-home quizzes or un-proctored multiple-choice exams. On the faculty side, AI can generate grading rubrics and well-stated course objectives in line with specified learning domains and Bloom’s taxonomy.

Intelligence 144

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Instructors who flunk a student on an exam can reasonably expect to see an email from a concerned parent every so often. They can also connect with a student, which allows them to request access to the student’s academic and financial information, such as midterm grades or financial aid details. Olaf College and Colby College.).

Syllabus 161

Syllabus Exams Instructors Study 161

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, assessment is more than just grading and is often misunderstood. In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives.

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Establish and maintain an inclusive community: During the first days of class, it is important to initiate an anonymous survey and a follow-up discussion about what makes students feel valued, seen, respected, included, challenged, and supported by the instructor and their peers. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design.

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Squirrel—so named because, like the furry, nut-gathering rodent, it is fast, agile, plans ahead and “cracks tough nuts,” according to founder and CEO Derek Haoyang Li—uses an AI adaptive learning system and human instructors to give students a personalized education on subjects ranging from Chinese language to physics.

Teachers 167

Teachers Intelligence Coaching Failure 167

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

These pedagogies provide instructors a powerful opportunity to create learning environments that effectively support all students, minimize student stress, and support overall student mental health, without sacrificing academic rigor. Described below are three ways that instructors support student well-being and mental health.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As instructors, we want to motivate and engage the whole class and bring everyone to mastery of the course. The latter is usually a high-stake assessment, such as a test, exam, oral presentation, or written report, that is graded and carries weight in the final course grade. How can we do that?

Motivation 111

Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 111

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

I wasn’t requiring teachers to include an instructional video or a voiceover audio for lessons,” says Boyle, who oversees about 450 students in grades 6-12. “No His time as a blended learning instructor in Taos, N.M., It’s particularly an issue for students in younger grades, or for those without strong family support networks.

Schools 218

Schools Students Assignments Testing 218

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

. — Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. We see older readers struggle with foundational literacy skills, which are often only taught up until the third grade.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. We always have written exams, but it never hurts to have students communicate more through writing.”

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Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 145