eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

Math is a fundamental part of K-12 education, but students often face significant challenges in mastering increasingly challenging math concepts. Many students suffer from math anxiety, which can lead to a lack of confidence and motivation.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

One district looks at the changes a new blended math program for K-5 has brought. For starters, it has demanded more focus, coherence, and rigor in the ways we teach math. Math is not a “quiet” or a solo endeavor. As an instructional coach, I’m often asked about the role of technology in math education.

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Math Blended Learning Coaching Exams 279

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2024

Because studying for exams can feel overwhelming. xx The Ask a Tech Teacher team shares a variety of digital tools that improve and streamline exam prep: How Digital Study Techniques Improve Exam Preparation Studying for exams can often feel like this huge, monumental task that causes not only stress but existential anxiety.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

That’s stress and anxiety over math. Even before worries mounted over “ learning loss ” and the ongoing youth mental health crisis , researchers observed math anxiety in children as young as 6. We need to think a lot about how we are preparing students to have a positive math attitude.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

Looking at these projects, it’s clear that some kids have been so motivated to make beautiful graphs that they’re going out to learn math that most kids don’t learn until college,” says von Oy. “We These aren’t concepts found in most high-school math textbooks. Math isn’t just the regurgitation of formulas.

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Art Math Curriculum Beliefs 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Topping our monthly Top 5 list was a look at how professors are rebooting oral exams to respond to concerns that students can now use ChatGPT and other AI tools to cheat on essays. Some are bringing back a classic approach that was once common in medieval universities: the oral exam. Will the ideas catch on?

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Exams Essay Reading STEM 141

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2025

When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also shining a spotlight on an ever-growing inequality in math performance across the country. That has consequences.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The deal provides 83 elementary schools and 17 high schools with access to IXL’s award-winning program to supplement instruction in math and English language arts. With more than 75 billion questions asked and answered around the world, IXL is helping schools successfully boost student achievement.

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Distance Learning Exams English Math 246

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

So, where does this come into play for me as a math teacher? For as long as I can remember, I have loved everything about math—especially teaching young people and seeing the lightbulb come on in their eyes. But, sadly, after 20 years teaching math to middle and high schoolers, I have experienced the pain of watching students struggle.

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Math Testing Coaching Assignments 216

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2015

Most elementary age kids I know love math, but that changes when they matriculate to middle school. If you ask seventh and eighth graders what their hardest subject is, they’ll hands down tell you it’s math. US News blamed math knowledge for a 33% failure rate by Oklahoma high school seniors on their exit exams.

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Math Failure Gamification Knowledge 146

eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The questions sound a bit silly until you realize too often that’s what students take away from their education. Well, according to state science exams, my students consistently score higher than other science classes in my district. As the children buy and sell items I donate, they learn math skills along with life lessons.

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Testing Exams Social Studies Science 280

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

percent of students reported having a test, quiz, or exam within their first week of school. percent) expect math to be their hardest subject, followed by English (14.7 With math being the perpetually most searched subject on Brainly, it’s clear that students are preparing for a tough road ahead. percent) and science (13.0

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Essay Schools Ethics Students 280

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In contrast, medical school can overwhelm students with detailed information, like longitudinal reports on multiple-choice question performance throughout the year. This raises an essential question: What kind of feedback information is genuinely useful for students?

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Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History 272

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Fortunately, AI has the capability to absorb vast bodies of text and come up with meaningful questions as long as it is steered correctly. Fortunately, AI has the capability to absorb vast bodies of text and come up with meaningful questions as long as it is steered correctly.

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Quizzes Lecturing Ethics Exams 289

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Through this partnership, all 33 schools in the district will use IXL to supplement math, English language arts, science and social studies instruction. With more than 75 billion questions asked and answered around the world, IXL is helping schools successfully boost student achievement. IXL’s personalized learning platform.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

— IXL , the personalized learning platform used by more than 13 million students, announced that the Pennsylvania Evidence Resource Center (ERC) has added IXL Math and IXL English Language Arts (ELA) to its list of evidence-based resources. The study investigated hundreds of public schools in Pennsylvania that used IXL Math or IXL ELA.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Anderson had cleared the reading and writing portions of the Praxis Core with ease, but he kept failing the math component. He racked up credits in education courses, inching closer to his degree, but could not, despite his every effort, seem to clinch that math exam. We don’t need a standardized exam for that.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2016

The questions sound a bit silly until you realize too often that’s what students take away from their education. Well, according to state science exams, my students consistently score higher than other science classes in my district. As the children buy and sell items I donate, they learn math skills along with life lessons.

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Testing Exams Social Studies Science 215

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

After they graduate, students who question assumptions, identify bias, and consider different perspectives will have an advantage in the job market. –Jean Eddy, President & CEO, American Student Assistance Research shows that executive function (EF) skills are strongly correlated with math achievement.

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Learning Students Critical Thinking Math 315

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The need to strengthen the science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) careers pipeline has received renewed interest lately. Another Language A reader from Utah : “For me the breakthrough was finding out math is just another language with its own grammar and syntax. Can math be taught [or] is it just a gift. Great huh.”

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STEM Exams Math Languages 172

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2024

Sophia Birk, a digital nomad currently living in Poland, is an international member of the AATT team of educators and a math aficionado. Maths is one of two compulsory GCSE subjects. Maths teachers aim to ensure learners leave school with well-developed numeracy capabilities. The GCSE exam certifies their efforts.

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Math Exams Secondary Education Testing 78

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2018

As spring approaches, my eldest daughter Katherine, now in her junior year, is bracing herself for the upcoming ACT exams, while my youngest, Elizabeth, a sophomore, is getting ready for next year. As for Elizabeth, the exams tap into her love of competition. Of course, Kathy always does better at Math.

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Exams English Math Testing 68

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

Many high-stakes math exams still only allow handheld graphing calculators in the classroom. states, one territory, and the Bureau of Indian Education, has agreed to make the Desmos calculator available as a tool in its online exams. Bob Lochel, high school math teacher. More than 10 million U.S.

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Testing Math Exams Mobile Devices 86

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Then there are the psychometricians—the math savants who design tests and create complex algorithms that attempt to make them fair to all students. Mark Moulton : Here that whole question is, what does fair mean? So they write a bunch of tests items or questions of different kinds. EdSurge: What might make a test unfair?

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Testing Fairness Multiple Choice Questions Exams 167

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The district formed a partnership with HMH—purchasing HMH Into Math, HMH Into Reading, HMH Into Literature, and Waggle programs, along with professional services, which are all accessed via Ed, HMH’s learning platform. What’s more, Mira reached out to Debbie and she gave her own feedback on the books and answered the questions!

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Education Exams Motivation Elementary School 265

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

“We see more districts turning to formative assessments as their way of measuring student progress, instead of relying on end-of-course exams–they’re looking at district-wide formative assessments,” Creel said. “[Districts] are really looking to publishers to help them with that.

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Multiple Choice Questions Exams Coaching Motivation 189

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2023

Learn how to work in a team, ask questions, and do presentations. Math, including geometry and algebra, can help you pass admission tests and later in college math classes. Prepare for college entrance exams College entrance exams enable higher learning institutions to choose the best students to join their colleges.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

After the major shifts of the Covid era, the question still remains: What’s next? Some of these tasks might include replying to parent emails without emotional interference, creating differentiated assignments with ease and expertise, and creating interactive lesson components and higher order questions that probe thinking patterns.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 333

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JULY 30, 2021

Cofounder Byju Raveendran built a reputation as a compelling and successful tutor, helping students gear up to take India’s Common Admission Test, the entrance exam for the country’s top graduate management schools. FutureSchool offers project-based coding and math classes with live tutors who serve as coaches.)

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2016

To the casual observer, the SAT looks the same — questions on math and English, an essay, a set amount of time to finish each question. But the college entrance exam has gotten a makeover. The nearly four-hour exam drops to three hours if students decline the now-optional writing portion.

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Exams Essay Testing Writing 114

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The old SAT was put to bed earlier this year, and it’s in with a new version of the college admissions exam. In March 2014, College Board announced a plan to redesign the SAT , removing obscure vocabulary, changing focus of math areas, removing penalty for guessing on questions and making the essay optional.

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Testing Exams Essay Math 120

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2019

Alexa is a virtual assistant developed by Amazon where users verbally ask questions and the AI responds with an answer. Suguey created a skill that allows English and Spanish-speaking immigrants to get answers to questions related to their rights. For example, users may ask Alexa, “Am I allowed to get my driver’s license?”

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Beliefs Exams Science STEM 167

eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2016

Kaplan Test Prep is launching a free, live PSAT preparation program beginning October 1, with lessons that cover every section of the exam. million students who take the PSAT annually groundbreaking access to live interactive instruction online, taught by master teachers who can answer their questions in real time.

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Testing Exams Motivation Math 114

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

The pressure of keeping up with our district’s curriculum map, getting through all the standards and preparing these struggling math students for Algebra I, led me to utter the worst possible sentence in that moment: “Time to start our next unit: Percents, Proportions and Ratios.” My heart sank. Common sense, right?

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Learning Math Testing Exams 165

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

That might mean juggling students who have test anxiety while supporting others who have varying levels of understanding and comprehension—all while fielding questions from parents and administrators. Students know that a lot is riding on state exams, and inevitably, students who experience test anxiety feel the extreme pressure to do well.

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Testing Exams Peer Review Study 160

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

In June, Dartmouth College dropped a cheating investigation into medical students following the dubious use of Canvas to track perceived activity during exams. Those questions were posed in the thread by Collin Lynch, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. “A/B How Harmless?

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Ethics Knowledge Testing Learning 207

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

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. So parents and learners—their children—who are having conversations about, ‘It’s time to take the ACT’ … can ask questions” right from where the conversation is taking place.

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Skills Quizzes Teachers Testing 167