Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

You can also ask survey questions like “What should I know about you before the school year starts?” Instead of written exams, ask students to turn in a summary of a lesson as an exit ticket before they leave. Then you can get to know them yourself! ” and “What are you most worried about for the upcoming year?”

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Instead of pressuring students with high-stakes exams, AEF focuses on mastery-based learning. These meetings are a space for collaboration, where parents can share their insights, ask questions, and work with educators to create a tailored approach to support their childs growth.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application. She taught me to model resilience and curiosity—traits I now pass along to my students. Be Confident Confidence as an educator doesn’t come overnight, and for me, a peer played a key role in building that.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application. She taught me to model resilience and curiosity—traits I now pass along to my students. Be Confident Confidence as an educator doesn’t come overnight, and for me, a peer played a key role in building that.

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Beliefs Education Motivation Failure 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 19, 2025

Accreditation costs, capstone portfolio software, and national and state certification exams have contributed to the enrollment “chill.” Our questions at the time were as follows: Will I need to find work in another state? Simultaneously, costs associated with teacher preparation programs have increased. The death was sure to come.

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Teaching Ethics Teaching Evaluations Evaluation 63

Faculty Focus

JUNE 19, 2025

Accreditation costs, capstone portfolio software, and national and state certification exams have contributed to the enrollment “chill.” Our questions at the time were as follows: Will I need to find work in another state? Simultaneously, costs associated with teacher preparation programs have increased. The death was sure to come.

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Teaching Ethics Teaching Evaluations Evaluation 55

Catlin Tucker

MAY 9, 2019

As a student, I remember the stress of preparing for final exams. Sometimes I didn’t even know what the format of the final exam would be…essay, multiple choice, or short answer. My suggestion was to create a personalized final exam. ” I never had a clear sense of what content would appear on the final.

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Exams Essay Fairness Coaching 419

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Students across the country take AP exams in hopes of earning high exam scores that help them opt out of college prerequisites and ultimately save money on tuition. As a result, they’re better able to identify what those questions are really asking.

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Exams Essay Testing History 314

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As the fall semester comes to a close, many teachers are thinking about final exams or end of the semester summative assessments. Often those semester exams cover a lot of information. The prospect of preparing students for those exams can be daunting. Instead of asking, “How can I help students to review for the exam?”

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

Boston – July 28, 2022 – Two VHS Learning students earned top honors on the 2022 National Latin Exam (NLE), with one achieving a perfect score and earning a gold medal. On the Advanced Latin Reading Comprehension exam, one VHS Learning student answered 40 of 40 questions correctly, earning a gold medal and a summa cum laude certificate.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

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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Exams Testing Multiple Choice Questions Internet 218

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2020

UWorld, an online learning tool for high-stakes exams, is offering a free, full-length PSAT practice exam that familiarizes students with the format and content of the real test. Each question answered will provide the student with a detailed explanation of the answer choices to help students actively learn and retain concepts.

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Exams Students Testing Active Learning 181

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 10, 2023

It is also a cognitively challenging task since it requires thinking about the key concepts in a unit or learning cycle and producing a collection of questions to guide students in recalling information and developing a deeper understanding of the material. This is much more effective than having a single Jeopardy review game before an exam.

Teachers 489

Teachers Exams Feedback Students 489

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2020

Preparing for a major exam—one that you paid and studied months for—is stressful enough. And the only recourse is that you get to retake the test, with different questions, a month later. And the only recourse is that you get to retake the test, with different questions, a month later. Your AP Exam Is Complete.”

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Exams Testing Students Questions 178

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2014

When I received notification that our school was closing three days before final exams, I was dismayed. This is an ideal space to post announcements, allow students to ask questions, and encourage students to have discussions about assignments. We didn’t have time to lose an entire day together.

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Exams Assignments Learning Fairness 403

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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Exams Study Syllabus Testing 157

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Helping students review for an exam often takes the form of a study guide or review game. The teacher has to do the lion’s share of the work compiling a list of items to include on the study guide or creating questions for a game. questions that the teacher can use to create a variety of review activities. review games.

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Blended Learning Students Exams Study 522

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 17, 2022

As an educator, I’m always looking for new and innovative ways to help my students prepare for exams. And when it comes to exam prep, there’s no reason you can’t use technology to make the process more engaging for your students. Integrate interactive quiz modules into the course content.

Exams 155

Exams Technology Quizzes Lecturing 155

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

In her syllabus written before the pandemic, she had planned a final exam with a series of physics problems for students to work out. I wanted to be very sensitive, and I didn’t believe that a traditional written exam would appropriately and adequately address those challenges.” Learn more.

Exams 178

Exams Essay Syllabus Questions 178

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 24, 2019

I like this activity because it encourages conversation and collaboration offline before students attempt to answer the questions online. Separate each question onto a separate section. This keeps students focused on one question at a time. Select the “Short answer” question type.

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Exams Language Languages Coaching 407

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.

Exams 119

Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 119

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

With the speed dating set up, the students can bounce questions off of one another and engage in discussion. Additionally, I think about the misconceptions students have about the mathematics in question. I have also noticed that students do not read the full question. As a result, they struggle to find the error.

Math 453

Math Exams Blended Learning Coaching 453

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.

Exams 111

Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 111

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.

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Exams Essay Reading STEM 146

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The guide contains examples of how some educators are teaching with ChatGPT, along with a series of frequently-asked questions that may help guide teachers as they seek to strike a balance between accepting AI’s presence and an over-reliance on such tools. You can take these ideas and make them your own.”

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Teaching Quizzes Exams English 275

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

The cheating-related concerns are warranted, but many appear to overlook a key point: students opting to cheat on homework, essays, or exams is not a new phenomenon. Companies like Chegg have become multi-billion dollar platforms , which is mainly attributable to students seeking on-demand access to textbook and exam answers.

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Exams Essay Education Academic Integrity 290

eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2021

For example, in one of the five projects in the AP Government course, students answer the question, “What is the proper role of government in democracy?” In year two, PBL students outperformed peers by 10 percentage points. The yearlong curricula were developed by University of Washington professors alongside Seattle and Des Moines teachers.

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Exams Students Science Study 329

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. 272) An analysis of the reflection papers students (in five seminar sections) wrote after the exam revealed five themes. Come to class.”

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Exams Assignments Study Evaluation 105

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We lament the pressure that many teachers feel about teaching inside a metaphorical box because of pacing guides, curriculum demands, and standardized exams. I will post a question a week to encourage an ongoing discussion about issues related to balance. We explore the difference between entertaining students and engaging them.

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Exams Discussions Achievement Activities 367

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

The app offers a personalized feed of entertaining and educational videos, images, questions, and memes, ensuring that students remain engaged while mastering the material. “TeachTap is a game-changer for students preparing for AP exams and studying high school courses. Chief Product Officer Phil Hewinson.

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Exams High School High School History 140

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

Instead of spending hours grading assignments designed to help students develop these skills, I limit my energy to providing feedback in class as they work and grading the actual assessments–exam, essay, performance task. ” It’s a fair question. Some teachers have asked, “How do you have time for this?”

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Grades Essay Exams English 419

eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2023

Grading is time consuming, however, and more grading-related questions are popping up in the news these days. Effective instructional design models and psychometrics generally anticipate that students can master an end-of-course exam with a 70 to 80 percent score. Exams that do not reflect that criteria may have been poorly designed.

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Grades Teachers Instructors Exams 267

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Encourage students to form study groups to prepare for an exam. Connect lab groups outside of the classroom, so they can discuss the results of labs/experiments, ask questions and get support. Here are some ideas for using Voxer to help connect students in a meaningful way and practice both their speaking and listening skills.

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Exams Feedback Assignments English 325

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

Changes to a major standardized test usually take months—or even years—to develop and are typically announced well in advance of the first official exam sitting. While usual security rules prohibit students from bringing to a testing room much more than a few pencils, this year’s AP exams will be open book and open note.

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Testing Exams Essay Textbooks 196

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 Exams Ethics 293

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

As students work through assignments on the platform, they must answer all questions in a given problem set correctly before proceeding. On Edia, teachers can see every question a student asks the AI coach as they try to complete a problem set. You only learn when youre asking the good questions, Catalano noted. The results?

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Coaching Math Students Assignments 284

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 274