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

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Since the Advanced Placement (AP) program began in the 1950s, tens of millions of students have taken their exams in school, with paper and pencil, over the course of several hours. The result was an open book, open note, abbreviated at-home exam , using whatever device a student had available. It was not without its hiccups.

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Can a Test Ever Be Fair? How Today's Standardized Tests Get Made.

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Moulton has worked in the field for about 15 years with a small family-run company called Educational Data Systems , which makes exams for local districts and high stakes tests for the state of California. You pick your subject area, let’s say it’s language, and you have a set of standards, like the Common Core standards.

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How Well Would ChatGPT Do in My Course? I Talked to It to Find Out

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The bot has raised many questions, to name just a few: how ChatGPT will affect exams, how to help students use it critically and within the boundaries of academic integrity, how to talk about it in class, and whether it can help faculty plan activities or even generate content like examples or cases.

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How Low-Carb Diets Fuel High-Achieving Students

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Let’s break it down: Stamina During Exams: A stable release of glucose provides prolonged energy. Language Acquisition: If you’re pursuing a new language or delving into technical terminologies , improved memory can expedite your mastery. But why does this matter for someone hitting the books?

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How Well Would ChatGPT Do in My Course? I Talked to It to Find Out

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The bot has raised many questions, to name just a few: how ChatGPT will affect exams, how to help students use it critically and within the boundaries of academic integrity, how to talk about it in class, and whether it can help faculty plan activities or even generate content like examples or cases.

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How AI Can Help Educators Test Whether Their Teaching Materials Work

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One example in particular is getting students that are taking, say, an online chemistry course to create a multiple choice question for us. And so if you have a course with 5,000 students in it, and everyone elects to create a multiple-choice question, you now have 5,000 new multiple-choice questions for that chemistry course.

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How Faculty Can ‘Click’ Their Way to a More Inclusive Classroom

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This is neither helpful for high-achieving students who needs an extra challenge nor students who may be under-prepared for college, as asking easy questions may lure them to a false sense of security in their preparedness for future assessments. It is important that CRS questions mirror questions that might appear on an exam.