eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high school students prepare for the Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1 Exam. Part 4 will offer a comprehensive exam prep.

Exams 169

Exams Lecturing Textbooks Instructors 169

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

All of my colleagues from graduate school are scattered across the country at different universities, they're all finding it too,” says Rachel Davenport, a senior lecturer at Texas State University andinterim head of the Honor Code Council at the university, which handles issues of academic dishonesty. It's just impossible.

Study 194

Study Exams Quizzes Lecturing 194

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.

Teaching 213

Teaching Instructors Quizzes Intelligence 213

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2018

The study , published in the journal Educational Psychology, found that when students divide attention between electronic devices and a classroom lecture, they still followed the lecture in the moment, but that long-term retention was reduced, resulting in lower grades on unit and final exams.

Multiple Choice Questions 135

Multiple Choice Questions Exams Lecturing Attention 135

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In California, students at Chula Vista Elementary School District’s Salt Creek Elementary improved their scores by 137 percent over the state average on California’s performance exams in the first year of introducing a blended learning program. . Blended Learning Programs Improve the Learning Without the Lecture.

Technology 167

Technology Blended Learning Lecturing Exams 167

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Microsoft Translator , a translation service, students in classes and lectures can get automated transcriptions on their mobile and desktop devices. Huang tells EdSurge the technology supports 60 languages, meaning a student listening to a professor lecture in English can get a transcription to, say, German.

Accessibility 138

Accessibility Lecturing Exams Attention 138

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Additional recommendations for faculty during in-person lectures involve small group interactions and calling upon students to create an atmosphere of engagement and dialogue. Most common accommodations by students with disabilities. Small groups.

Disabilities 144

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 144

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

In most cases, what professors ask students to do outside the classrooms is watch video lectures, and Barba thinks that part of the flipped approach needs to go, and that professors are relying too much on such videos as a crutch. STEM has always been lecture heavy,” she says, “and that's the big difference.”

Lecturing 161

Lecturing Learning STEM Instructors 161

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

The instructor can lecture and students can ask questions, or the instructor can lead a live discussion. For instance, instructors can ask students to post a one-sentence summary or brief reflection after going through an assigned reading or watching a short video lecture. Department of Education.

Teaching 218

Teaching Instructors Distance Learning Lecturing 218

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

That became clear a few years ago, when a particularly bright student in a calculus class Talbert was teaching bombed the first exam. Her score on that exam was so low, in fact, that she realized she had no chance to get an A in the course, no matter how well she might do on future tests and assignments.

Grades 198

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 198

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Listen to the conversation below, or read a partial transcript, lightly edited for clarity. 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.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Here are three strategies for digital tool use to consider, particularly at the start of a new term or when organizing for exams. OneDrive to hold specific documents as well as in my Papers library to contain course readings. When I then search by tag, I can more easily synthesize across courses and readings.

Lecturing 157

Lecturing Exams Assignments Textbooks 157

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. MOOC critics say that streaming lectures is not terribly innovative.

Online Learning 156

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Instructors 156

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

This can be a real challenge for procrastinators, multitaskers, responsibility jugglers and anyone tempted to half-listen to a lecture while scrolling through social media—in other words, many people. Students could access chatbot quizzes ahead of exams to help assess their level of understanding.

Student Engagement 198

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Students 198

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In lecture-based classes, combine lecturing with interactive activities such as Q&A sessions, pair/group work (two to four students) to go over muddy questions, summarize key points, or draw an infographic to demonstrate understanding of what was just covered in smaller segments throughout the class. Provide variety in assignments.

Motivation 126

Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 126

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

So, for those of us that cannot add one more thing to our already packed class schedules, look for ways to bring teamwork to your existing lecture topics. Leaning in on the great group work and connections formed during the semester provides an opportunity for a group final exam, and greatly diffuses any anxiety.

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Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

This article is part of the upcoming guide, What Does Reading Well Look Like? As an introduction to our teaching methodology class, our professor asked us to catalog all the books we could remember reading up to the age of 18. I struggled from an early age with comprehension and performed below the average on national reading exams.

Exams 133

Exams English Students Assignments 133

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

So, for those of us that cannot add one more thing to our already packed class schedules, look for ways to bring teamwork to your existing lecture topics. Leaning in on the great group work and connections formed during the semester provides an opportunity for a group final exam, and greatly diffuses any anxiety.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 7, 2023

During lectures, I prayed that no one would ask me a question that I couldn’t answer. Their words stung like YouTube comments as I read them over and over again. Read your evaluations, and let them sit until you gain some objectivity. Is there always a student who objects to the workload and the difficulty of the reading?

Course Evaluations 122

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. Student exam performance then becomes a matter of cramming course content into short-term memory, without ever really mastering, considering, or owning the course material in a meaningful way.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I use a daily quiz that has a two-fold purpose: first, it tests the students’ knowledge of the day’s reading material; and second, it provides a focus for the lecture and activities scheduled that day in class. I incorporate the day’s lecture materials into the review of answers.

Quizzes 104

Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 104

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Listen to the conversation using the player on this page, or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. At the after party I help them with some of the reading. I condense some of the reading and do it orally. Or to think that] it’s not a big deal if I put an hour-long video [lecture].

Failure 145

Failure Feedback Students Exams 145

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

Online learning, live lectures and material for the content in this program are similar to learning the details of how to drive. Without [virtual labs], it’s like reading about driving a car but never actually driving a car; it isn’t remotely the same. Can virtual labs help students succeed in exams?

Skills 132

Skills Teaching Exams Instructors 132

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In lecture-based classes, combine lecturing with interactive activities such as Q&A sessions, pair/group work (two to four students) to go over muddy questions, summarize key points, or draw an infographic to demonstrate understanding of what was just covered in smaller segments throughout the class. Provide variety in assignments.

Motivation 111

Motivation Instructors Lecturing Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2023

To bring students back to the classroom, it can be tempting to scale back some course accommodations, such as not recording lectures or providing material online ( D’Agostino, 2022 ). I shifted to more written, reflective assignments and turned my proctored exams into open-book, take-home exams. 2020 ); Moores, et al.,

Student Engagement 101

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Exams 101

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. To use Gradescope, a grader scans exams or assignments into the platform and each question is given a rubric.

Grades 95

Grades Exams Instructors Teaching Assistants 95

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

Senior lecturer Brenda Gunderson teaches a statistics course that will be first to adopt the automated element of M-Write. This fall, the program will add automated text analysis, or ATA, to its toolbox, primarily to identify students who need extra help.

Essay 141

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 141

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Students may not read the text, but those nonverbal cues? Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. They can be found by reading. They don’t miss them. It’s important not to ignore how you’re feeling about teaching.

Motivation 111

Motivation Exams Lecturing Attention 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Students may not read the text, but those nonverbal cues? Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. They can be found by reading. They don’t miss them. It’s important not to ignore how you’re feeling about teaching.

Motivation 111

Motivation Exams Lecturing Attention 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 7, 2023

During lectures, I prayed that no one would ask me a question that I couldn’t answer. Their words stung like YouTube comments as I read them over and over again. Read your evaluations, and let them sit until you gain some objectivity. Is there always a student who objects to the workload and the difficulty of the reading?

Course Evaluations 111

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The week before a midterm exam, for example, students can work individually or in groups to construct their own quiz items. This student-generated quiz thus allows learners to practice and share their ideas in an atmosphere that is less anxiety-provoking than the midterm exam itself. that demonstrate the content in a more creative way.

Teaching 119

Teaching Quizzes Instructors Exams 119

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Additional recommendations for faculty during in-person lectures involve small group interactions and calling upon students to create an atmosphere of engagement and dialogue. Most common accommodations by students with disabilities. Small groups.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Exams Lecturing Education 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I use a daily quiz that has a two-fold purpose: first, it tests the students’ knowledge of the day’s reading material; and second, it provides a focus for the lecture and activities scheduled that day in class. I incorporate the day’s lecture materials into the review of answers.

Quizzes 96

Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 96

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

lectures)” (p. However, the vast majority of the examples that they use in the book pertain to students remembering something that they read earlier, answering exam questions, taking notes, engaging in mini-quizzes, regurgitating back what they heard from a teacher, and similar, extraordinarily traditional educational practices.

Quizzes 143

Quizzes Learning Lecturing Students 143

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. Teachers want programs that they can implement immediately: not just something they read from a book. — Ryan Graham, Chief Technology Officer, Texthelp.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The week before a midterm exam, for example, students can work individually or in groups to construct their own quiz items. This student-generated quiz thus allows learners to practice and share their ideas in an atmosphere that is less anxiety-provoking than the midterm exam itself. that demonstrate the content in a more creative way.

Teaching 111

Teaching Quizzes Instructors Exams 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Instead, they acquire information outside of class by reading, watching lectures recorded by the faculty member, or through many other online options. We can immediately correct misconceptions or misapplication of data rather than waiting until students make the errors in homework or on exams.

Learning 122

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122