Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

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. So they write a bunch of tests items or questions of different kinds. Then you give a pilot test.

Testing 167

Testing Fairness Multiple Choice Questions Exams 167

Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

When I gave a break during a session, many would open books and read until the class resumed. I asked the class after the holiday to think of a new years resolution, and to my surprise, a handful of students said that they intended to increase the number of books they would read in the coming year.

Academic Integrity 107

Academic Integrity Multiple Choice Questions Learning Students 107

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. One example in particular is getting students that are taking, say, an online chemistry course to create a multiple choice question for us. Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.) What’s new in your approach?

Testing 120

Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 120

Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

When I gave a break during a session, many would open books and read until the class resumed. I asked the class after the holiday to think of a new years resolution, and to my surprise, a handful of students said that they intended to increase the number of books they would read in the coming year.

Academic Integrity 94

Academic Integrity Multiple Choice Questions Learning Students 94

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

At the end of next school year, thousands of high school students will sit down at individual workstations, laptops in hand, for an end-of-course exam. A Question on Testing When building the new tests, PLTW gathered panels of industry experts, educators and psychometricians, or scientists who study how to make tests fair. Their goal?

Testing 108

Testing Exams Multiple Choice Questions STEM 108

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

I want my 5th grader to be well-educated… Tapping away at multiple choice questions is not high level math,” another parent said. Our teachers and students stated that they find value in the math advisory, teacher-led instruction, virtual instruction and reinforcement, and task portions of TTO,” the district letter reads.

Learning 146

Learning Multiple Choice Questions Math Evaluation 146

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

The entry ticket asks students to answer a question. It might be about current events related to the field, the assigned reading of the day, a difficult problem or concept, or a reflection on the time and method that students are using to prepare for an upcoming exam. The questions do not have right or wrong answers.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Reading back over a textbook or taking lecture notes with a highlighter at the ready is often done by students, for instance, but these practices have proven of limited merit, and in some cases even counterproductive in aiding recall. As a result, teaching is, to use another building metaphor, not up to code.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2017

Students across the country are gearing up to take federally mandated, state-administered exams, and teachers, administrators and parents all feel the heat. While test prep has been on the rise since state tests were mandated by federal law in 2002, reading and math scores have largely remained flat.

Testing 157

Testing Exams Multiple Choice Questions Students 157