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. .

Technology 167

Technology Blended Learning Lecturing Exams 167

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Fact Sheet & FAQ: HMH Reading Growth Measure and Reading Inventory. Summative: the more comprehensive tools used to measure what a student has learned at the end of a school term, such as exams and final projects. Classroom Solutions - Assessment. Connected Teaching and Learning. And it’s mind-bending stuff.

Education 211

Education Quizzes Exams Textbooks 211

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

I watched one of your talks about your book “Choke” and was really struck by the idea that in the brain, the anxiety of just preparing for something like a math exam triggers pain responses. So actually people who are anxious about math read the textbook instead of doing the practice problems, which are hard.

Math 216

Math Study Exams Textbooks 216

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

Students could access chatbot quizzes ahead of exams to help assess their level of understanding. This was in part because first-generation students who received texts were more likely to complete assignments and participate in a required in-person field trip, they spent more time reading the digital textbook and they scored higher on exams.

Student Engagement 194

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 194

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. Instead of pressuring students with high-stakes exams, AEF focuses on mastery-based learning.

Skills 138

Skills Schools Learning Students 138

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Clutch Prep calls themselves “the video version of textbooks” but really, that doesn’t give you the full flavor of what they offer. Their academic how-to videos are textbook-specific so you pick the ones used in your classes, even by your teacher. Videos cover each chapter and can be used as a preview or review.

Textbooks 95

Textbooks Exams Syllabus Essay 95

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

When times abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighes Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But Im not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Khan Academy) also fall within the category of instructional technology, as do digital textbooks and “open educational resources,” materials that are available online for free or at a low cost. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform.

Technology 154

Technology Education Syllabus Counselling 154

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

For students who had previously been told to sit at their desks and open their textbooks to page 37, these choices could feel overwhelming, Watkins shared. Though everyone involved in the initiative had read the same research and case studies, “when we sat at the table, we couldn’t figure out how to talk about it,” Watkins says.

Learning 167

Learning Math Elementary School Elementary School 167

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 156

Lecturing Exams Assignments Textbooks 156

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

When times abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighes Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But Im not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later.

Syllabus 100

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 100

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2020

It improves close reading, assesses understanding, is intuitive to roll out and use, and does much more than replace something you already have. Quillionz is an online application that automatically and quickly generates reading comprehension questions from any passage of text that you provide. What is Quillionz.

Students 159

Students Critical Thinking Intelligence Questions 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com (formerly called Education-Portal) is a distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, physics, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and more) aligned with popular textbooks. All they need is an internet connection and a webcam (for proctored exams).

Exams 83

Exams Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus 83

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning methods like lectures and textbooks to innovative technologies such as interactive whiteboards and educational apps, these tools aim to facilitate effective learning experiences and foster student growth. What are some examples of teaching techniques?

Teaching 130

Teaching Textbooks Learning Styles Teaching Methods 130

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

When time’s abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighe’s Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But I’m not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Examples include textbooks, peer-reviewed studies, images, videos, and more. If a video has transcripts or offers closed captioning, I will read the content instead of watching. Diverse learning materials should offer a balance of reading, watching, and listening to promote the understanding and engagement of all students.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Founded in the United Kingdom, the Raspberry Pi Foundation set out to inspire young people to study computer science by inventing a programmable computer for the price of a textbook. Over the last 15 years, its commercial arm, Raspberry Pi Ltd.,

Education 178

Education Science Internet Accessibility 178

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

High-stakes entrance exams determine which students are admitted to the top high schools, then the top colleges, then the top jobs in cities that citizens view as “ first-tier.” Parents push for intense studying out of the belief that even a single point on these exams can make a difference in their child’s fortures, Hu says.

Culture 156

Culture English Exams Cognitive Development 156

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

When time’s abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighe’s Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But I’m not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely.

Exams 105

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Examples include textbooks, peer-reviewed studies, images, videos, and more. If a video has transcripts or offers closed captioning, I will read the content instead of watching. Diverse learning materials should offer a balance of reading, watching, and listening to promote the understanding and engagement of all students.

Accessibility 95

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review 95

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Founded in 1986, the company is perhaps best known for its Accelerated Reader and Accelerated Math programs, along with its STAR formative assessments that help teachers and students prepare for their end-of-year state exams. The company bought the myON digital reading platform in March 2018. schools and more than 90 countries.

Schools 103

Schools Failure Exams Learning 103

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

One way he looks at the online course is as a competitor to commercial textbooks, but one that is updated and enhanced by a community of professors. The other half are like, ‘This isn’t on the exam so I’m not going to do this.’” But there are some important differences in what Wesch wanted to do.

Textbooks 164

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 164

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

That makes it especially valuable to an education company like HMH, which is best known among teachers and students as a textbook publisher. This put me in more in the driver’s seat than reading,” he says of the franchise’s early games. Michael Milton, a high school history teacher in Burlington, Mass.,

History 165

History Exams Culture Knowledge 165

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. It's an adaptive course — think of it as an interactive high-tech textbook. And so we've got thousands of students at a university in Georgia who are using this stats course instead of a textbook. What’s new in your approach?

Testing 120

Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 120

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

Experience Over Knowledge First, the most effective way to view K-8 education is not in terms of “content” to be covered, acquired, mastered (and regurgitated in an exam) but as an experience. Your smartphone, with its access to the cloud (in particular, Wolfram Alpha), can solve pretty well any university mathematics exam question.

Learning 107

Learning Math Exams Textbooks 107

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

For years, my teaching revolved around textbooks as my resources. Khan Academy’s well-regarded virtual math program allows students to learn at their own pace, rewind as needed, and ask for help when necessary, without the false boundaries of a grade-level textbook that tells them what they must learn and when. CK-12 Flexbooks.

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Textbooks Internet Learning 98

Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2018

Companies that make learning software now gather unprecedented amounts of data on student behavior as students do things like read online textbooks or study for tests with digital review tools. But when online learning aids can study students, could that give professors new ways to help learners?

Instructors 102

Instructors Exams Motivation Study 102

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As Pachai, Acai, LoGiudice, and Kim (2016) say, “It is unreasonable to expect students to continuously pay attention while listening to a lecture, reading a textbook, or studying for an exam. Textbooks are long, generally with considerable new vocabulary and often on topics students don’t think of as interesting.

Lecturing 81

Lecturing Attention Textbooks Exams 81

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

Or read highlights from the conversation (which have been edited and condensed for clarity). I watched kids learn to read in that lab. I saw the first exam, and it was the front page of the manual, with certain words left blank that the kids had to fill in. Our [textbooks] are not about problem-solving. Apply it.’

Education 107

Education Textbooks Elementary School Elementary School 107

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

However, we have often been frustrated by the lessons proposed in our language textbooks for learning about culture; these lessons usually come in the form of disconnected short readings with comprehension questions. Our discoveries took place in language classes, but many other fields can benefit from using mind maps in similar ways.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

However, we have often been frustrated by the lessons proposed in our language textbooks for learning about culture; these lessons usually come in the form of disconnected short readings with comprehension questions. Our discoveries took place in language classes, but many other fields can benefit from using mind maps in similar ways.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

This continuity is particularly beneficial for students preparing for high-stakes exams like the IGCSEs, A-levels, SATs, or IB assessments. They can study world history while standing inside the Colosseum, or read classic literature while traveling through the landscapes that inspired it. Learning no longer happens just behind a desk.

Schools 52

Schools Exams Assignments Culture 52

Lab to Class

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Education, especially formalized education in schools, has long held that in order for students to learn effectively, they must have solid study routines, consistent teachers, and unified textbooks. All too often, students only read about or listen to topics. This isn’t just true for the medical field either.

Study 52

Study Lecturing Learning Activities 52

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

JANUARY 3, 2024

Thanks for reading, and happy new year. As AI Chatbots Rise, More Educators Look to Oral Exams — With High-Tech Twist By Jeffrey R. One idea that has bubbled up is to bring back oral exams. Can oral exams be delivered at the scale needed for today’s class sizes? Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work?

Exams 158

Exams Education Essay Lecturing 158

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

It used to be that Title I funding could only be used for “supplemental” purchases like extra reading or math support for students who are not performing well on the state exams, with some exceptions. Alexander sees supplement-not-supplant as a textbook example of overreach by the federal government.

Schools 155

Schools Secondary Education Exams Textbooks 155

Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Students in these classes study for multiple-choice exams from well-established textbooks in a similar way to their peers for the last century. Traditional classroom exams often test memorization, and rarely encourage application or interpretation of the content or the use of external memory.

Technology 122

Technology Teaching Exams Intelligence 122