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How Digital Study Techniques Improve Exam Preparation

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When my friend, Emma, was preparing for finals, she used Trello to organize her study schedule, Quizlet for flashcards, and weekly Google Meet sessions with classmates to discuss tough topics, transforming her test stress into an effective study routine. Because studying for exams can feel overwhelming. Why so many digital crutches?

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How AI can transform lesson planning and assessment

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Between budgetary constraints, bandwidth crunches, and a constantly changing syllabus, teachers have their hands full when it comes to structuring and building their class’s lessons and lectures. 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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What Lessons Have Emerged From the Pandemic Semester?

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For Rachel Davenport, a senior lecturer at Texas State University, one key area where she has thrown out old assumptions has been testing. Why have I not done open-book exams? Why did I spend a decade giving closed-book exams?” She says she will probably never go back to closed-book exams. “So she asks. “I

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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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. In that model, colleges are typically charged on a per-test basis.

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Low Tech? No Problem. Here are 3 Alternative Ways to Help Distance Learning Happen.

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That’s the approach the College Board is taking this spring with its adapted AP exams. The tests will be device-agnostic, meaning students will be able to complete them at home using computers, tablets or mobile phones , or even write their responses by hand and take a photo of them to submit.

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How College Faculty Can Beat the Cheat

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In research and surveys conducted by Dr. Donald McCabe and the International Center for Academic Integrity over the span of 12 years, 68 percent of undergraduates who responded admitted to cheating on tests or written assignments. Reducing students’ test anxiety can help, Millet said. That will help them feel more confident.”

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

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The following includes a few strategies and examples to ensure clarity: A clear, inclusive syllabus with a course calendar of class activities, routines, materials, links to rubrics, etc. Designing an inclusive syllabus. Criterion-referenced test. Columbia CTL (2022). link] (retrieved January 2, 2023) Eddy, S.

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