Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

My first foray into using video in my teaching involved a TV cart wheeled into my classroom, replete with a connected VHS player—and no remote. As I prepared to teach my first educational videography course earlier this year, I found that we lacked a common vocabulary for talking about how we design learning with video in mind.

Teaching 191

Teaching Instructors Teaching Philosophy Education 191

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

One day I had been planning to discuss metacognition—a learning strategy I teach to my middle-school students. I often teach students who react with surprise when they do well in my class. And how can we teach that poor grades don't indicate failure, but rather that we haven’t found the correct learning strategy? Enter research.

Teaching 168

Teaching Failure Quizzes Learning 168

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The pandemic has dramatically altered teaching and learning, and one side effect seems to be a rise in cheating on quizzes and tests, aided by websites designed to help students study. All of a sudden,” she says, “there was temptation and opportunity that never existed for them before during exams.” We can’t go to the library.

Academic Integrity 187

Academic Integrity Exams Quizzes Students 187

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

With so many classes online during the pandemic—many of them taught by professors still struggling to figure out how to teach in the format—students are increasingly turning to homework-help websites. She says she went to the tutoring center for help, “and none of them say that they feel confident teaching me that economics class,” she says.

Study 196

Study Exams Quizzes Lecturing 196

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponents say catch cheating, but in ways that many students say amount to an unacceptable invasion of their privacy. million exams. In October we did 3.5 That’s ridiculous,” he says.

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

Crafting an effective teaching experience parallels the art of carpentry as both require a diverse and well-equipped toolbox. Not only do they simplify complex concepts but also significantly enhance teaching and learning (Chan & Fok, 2009; Onyeaka et al., 2022; Ouyang et al., 2006; Saxena et al.,

Laboratory 124

Laboratory Teaching Exams Quizzes 124

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

What are some examples of teaching techniques? In K-12 education, employing effective teaching methods and strategies is paramount for engaging students and facilitating meaningful learning experiences across diverse subjects and grade levels. What are the traditional tools of teaching?

Teaching 130

Teaching Textbooks Learning Styles Teaching Methods 130

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 22, 2019© Magna Publications. For more articles like this, check out The Teaching Professor subscription! Do you teach one of those courses that promotes lots of student anxiety? Teaching Sociology, 46 (4), 346-355. All rights reserved. Bailey, M.

Teaching 110

Teaching Multidisciplinary Multiple Choice Questions Exams 110

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Using a linear teaching approach, the subject matter is presented in a way that enhances the understanding of content across standard taxonomies (Meadows, 2015). Here are a few more: Quizzes : Assigning tests and quizzes throughout the semester is necessary to assess student understanding of important course content.

Teaching 119

Teaching Quizzes Instructors Exams 119

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

An Interactive Program Rich in Educational Content Experience AI offers a series of six lessons and additional educational resources in French and English, which are tailored to high school teaching and enable students to explore the basics of AI, understand its practical applications and acquire essential AI and computational thinking skills.

Intelligence 258

Intelligence Exams Ethics Learning Styles 258

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As he watched his own kids adjust to online schooling during the pandemic, he felt that Zoom lacked features to let teachers handle standard classroom activities such as taking attendance or giving quizzes. I was able to focus all of our development on really adding the teaching and learning tools to Zoom.

Online Learning 197

Online Learning Technology Quizzes Learning 197

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 4, 2018

Here are five great websites to prepare you: The classroom is not the only place you can prepare for your IELTS exam. There are many platforms online that offer opportunities for you to prepare for the different stages of the exam: Speaking, Writing, Reading, and Listening. Stress has been taken out of your IELTS exam prep.

Exams 74

Exams Instructors Testing Quizzes 74

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 14, 2023

AI-powered quiz builders are revolutionizing modern classrooms, transforming traditional teaching methods into captivating, gamified learning adventures. Qzzr (now part of Riddle): Interactive Engagement Positioned as an interactive content creation platform, Qzzr empowers users to design quizzes, surveys, and polls.

Quizzes 148

Quizzes Gamification Teaching Methods Feedback 148

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

Crafting an effective teaching experience parallels the art of carpentry as both require a diverse and well-equipped toolbox. Not only do they simplify complex concepts but also significantly enhance teaching and learning (Chan & Fok, 2009; Onyeaka et al., 2022; Ouyang et al., 2006; Saxena et al.,

Laboratory 109

Laboratory Teaching Exams Quizzes 109

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Using a linear teaching approach, the subject matter is presented in a way that enhances the understanding of content across standard taxonomies (Meadows, 2015). Here are a few more: Quizzes : Assigning tests and quizzes throughout the semester is necessary to assess student understanding of important course content.

Teaching 111

Teaching Quizzes Instructors Exams 111

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 201

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 201

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. “The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.”

Classroom Management 183

Classroom Management Mobile Devices Plagiarism Quizzes 183

Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2024

A number of instructors in the math department at San Diego Mesa College, where she's a professor, had started exploring how to weave standards-based grading — an approach that evaluates students on how effectively they have mastered content — into the way they teach calculus.

Math 178

Math Quizzes Instructors Students 178

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 22, 2019© Magna Publications. For more articles like this, check out The Teaching Professor subscription! Do you teach one of those courses that promotes lots of student anxiety? Teaching Sociology, 46 (4), 346-355. All rights reserved. Bailey, M.

Teaching 98

Teaching Multidisciplinary Multiple Choice Questions Exams 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

She suggested a checklist on ways to improve research, design, development and implementation: “It's identifying your learning objectives, thinking about how you're going to assess them, especially beyond exams and quizzes to more formative forms of assessment, and then planning out your activities.

Peer Review 217

Peer Review Gamification Mobile Devices Learning 217

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on October 22, 2018 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! I vary both the number and type of questions I use on the quizzes. I administer two daily quizzes in that course. My use of these quizzes has evolved.

Quizzes 101

Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 101

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

Labazzo stumbled upon the Course Hero website when she was preparing to teach a big undergraduate course for the first time. She saw it as a resource for her teaching. “I The company invited her on an all-expense-paid trip to its annual conference on teaching at its headquarters in San Francisco.

Study 134

Study Exams Quizzes Academic Integrity 134

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Edtech is about teaching more people with fewer resources,” he complains. Once the session starts, Stoll shares his screen with students and connects to a “virtual whiteboard,” meaning a blank page on Microsoft OneNote where he works through homework problems or practice quizzes. Now, Stoll’s online office hours have high attendance.

Exams 164

Exams Students Quizzes Questions 164

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

AI can also generate short content, such as answers to take-home quizzes or un-proctored multiple-choice exams. This was often for written assignments or take-home quizzes and tests. This solution did not work in the classes I was teaching. What are the pros of such uses?

Intelligence 144

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on October 22, 2018 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! I vary both the number and type of questions I use on the quizzes. I administer two daily quizzes in that course. My use of these quizzes has evolved.

Quizzes 94

Quizzes Lecturing Course Evaluations Exams 94

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

With Advanced Placement exams starting this month, the past weeks have kept Amanda DoAmaral working around the clock. The company’s name is a reference to the best score possible on the AP exam. On Fiveable, visitors can watch livestreams of AP exam review for free. Teaching was ultimately financially unsustainable.

Testing 156

Testing Exams Teachers History 156

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Connected Teaching and Learning. Formative: more informal check-ins—quizzes, questions from the front of the room, or even chats with students—that assess how students are absorbing material and allow teachers to adjust lessons on the fly. I build them to help optimize teaching and learning; that's my team's mission statement.

Education 213

Education Quizzes Exams Textbooks 213

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

It just helps to have that additional guidance, support and partnering with a student, to help teach them how to manage their time. It just helps to have that additional guidance, support and partnering with a student, to help teach them how to manage their time.” It’s not getting them the answers when taking the midterm exam.

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A number of educators across the country are finding great value in ‘learning science’ books such as Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning. In Powerful Teaching , the authors focus on the potential of: Retrieval practice – “pulling information out of students’ heads (e.g., lectures)” (p.

Quizzes 143

Quizzes Learning Lecturing Students 143

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Giving feedback to students is an integral part of the teaching process, and both formative and summative assessments have their place in the classroom. . These short, informal quizzes can offer snapshots of individual student performance and allow teachers to adjust their teaching as the student grows. . “At

Quizzes 159

Quizzes Students Elementary School Elementary School 159

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

In the 10 years since I chose a book called Make it Stick for a book study in the summer of 2015, I’ve been encouraging teachers to add more retrieval practice to their teaching. I have encouraged giving frequent quizzes , think-pair-shares , and teaching students to use flashcards , but there are a lot of other ways to do it.

Multiple Choice Questions 77

Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 77

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2024

It’s not just about ditching blackboards for tablets – education today is undergoing a paradigm shift in teaching methodologies. Gamification Dry subject matter coupled with decreasing attention spans means traditional teaching approaches are becoming less effective. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

Gamification 167

Gamification Hybrid Learning Education Motivation 167

Faculty Focus

JUNE 30, 2024

If the student comes to class, does the homework, and studies for the exam, will that produce a high score? Another implication: students’ motivation increases when they are given the chance to make choices and exercise some control over learning, say, for example, deciding the relative weight of quizzes and exams within a designated range.

Motivation 111

Motivation Beliefs Exams Students 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Augustana College in Illinois received increased student requests for academic accommodations, primarily for extended time on exams and quizzes, says Kam Williams, director of disability services.

Learning Disabilities 149

Learning Disabilities Disabilities Quizzes Exams 149

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

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. So, where does this come into play for me as a math teacher?

Math 216

Math Coaching Testing Assignments 216

Faculty Focus

JUNE 30, 2024

If the student comes to class, does the homework, and studies for the exam, will that produce a high score? Another implication: students’ motivation increases when they are given the chance to make choices and exercise some control over learning, say, for example, deciding the relative weight of quizzes and exams within a designated range.

Motivation 105

Motivation Beliefs Exams Students 105

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Observation Activity: This activity comes from James Peter Newbury, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, who shares an image on the overhead during class and then asks students, “What do you notice? What do you wonder (Newbery, 2023)?”

Exams 116

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116