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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The district turned to IXL because of its ability to align perfectly to Austin ISD’s textbooks and curriculum, plus IXL’s broad range of skills that individualize instruction and empower every student. Austin ISD is the fifth-largest school district in Texas and serves a diverse student body. How IXL provides personalized learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

As more colleges and school districts prepare to resume remote instruction for the fall, educators may worry how to prevent cheating when assignments and exams are held online. Part of the issue when designing assignments and exams to deter cheating is recognizing what cheating in 2020 looks like.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Professor Feng also brings to the project extensive experience as an original team member in the design of The College Board’s AP® Chinese Language and Culture exam. VHS Learning courses are designed from the start to be conducted using online best practices.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high school students prepare for the Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1 Exam. Part 4 will offer a comprehensive exam prep.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

Clear communication : Ensure that all stakeholders are well-informed about end-of-year procedures, such as exams, grading, and returning textbooks. This might include orientation sessions, buddy programs, or meetings with future teachers. Clear communication helps to reduce confusion and stress.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

Source: Ponddy) Those products also provide the technical backbone for a third element of the program, which employs live, online native speakers working with the Smart Textbooks and Reader. Chen officially started using Ponddy Smart Textbooks in her classes last year, and recently introduced the Ponddy Reader.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2021

The company’s instructional framework is designed to prepare for industry certification exams, engage learners in career exploration, and offer an opportunity to learn about new and emerging technologies.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The pandemic has led to a spike in the use of automated proctoring software, which is designed to curb cheating on online quizzes and exams by recording students via their webcams and flagging suspicious activity.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

.” – Cody Ashley, middle school teacher Middle school, high school and college students preparing for class exams and state assessments can build personalized study plans in seconds using Brainly’s generative AI technology. The survey also revealed that exams are the primary cause for anxiety about school for almost 28% of students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2021

Keeping up with an ever-increasing workload, with exams and deadlines looming ever closer, can leave many students panicking and striving to juggle their studies and other responsibilities effectively. There’s nothing more anxiety-inducing than realising you have a paper or exam within the next 48 hours! Start By Getting Organised.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Instead of reserving them for high-stakes assessments like final exams, some professors now use these tools for routine work like weekly quizzes. million exams. We have 2 to 4 million weekly students who are using the product,” he adds, noting that the company was used in 6 million exams in all of 2019. In October we did 3.5

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

per month to get access to Chegg Study, which promises students “step-by-step Textbook Solutions for 9,000 books” and the ability to “search millions of homework answers.” It's the way quizzes and exams are proctored. They’ve got to take their exams at 3:00 a.m. I reached out to Chegg, and sure enough, business there is booming.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A parent from Iowa : “As it happens my daughter is a freshman in ME taking Calc 2 this semester and I was helping her study for her first big exam last night. While the content of the course has changed almost completely since I took it 40 years ago, in my opinion it is still way too based on memorizing dozens of formulas for the exams.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

That’s the approach the College Board is taking this spring with its adapted AP exams. Because students would be watching the shows at home without guidance from teachers, the stations created learning prompts and questions—similar to those found in textbooks—to run before and after shows. LA schools did indeed close.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 4, 2021

Students who come to class without pencil, textbook, paper, or homework. . Students who cram for the test but then forget everything as soon as the exam is over. . Teachers having to deal with kids who are disrupting the learning of others. Students talking or daydreaming instead of doing their work.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2021

There’s a high-stakes exam that’s created an entire industry selling test-preparation products and services to people willing to shell out big bucks for help honing their skills and strategies. It’s the exam to become a licensed construction contractor. A full collection of exam books can cost thousands of dollars.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

Mobile devices are the pencil, paper, and textbooks for students today. What happens if poor Wi-Fi prevents some students from taking exams online? Drivers for Wi-Fi adoption in K-12 school districts. Is your school ready to onboard hundreds of mobile devices at the same time?

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress found that scores for eight-grade students on civics, history and geography exams all dipped from 2014 to 2018. Often these are assignments, exercises and drills that resemble what one may find in a textbook. And perform worse on tests.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning tools like textbooks and whiteboards to innovative techniques such as flipped classrooms and educational software, these resources aim to optimize educational outcomes and engage students effectively. What are tools and techniques in education?

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2019

WELCOME: I had a high school teacher ask me a similar question recently, about a final exam they had to prepare the kids for, and the answer I gave was that the style of teaching I have outlined is ideal, but you cannot do it all the time. . Students do not love just reading a textbook. . Students do not speak in “worksheet.”

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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. .

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Using data from the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment and Keystone Exams, the study found that schools using IXL outperformed schools not using IXL in math and ELA on each exam. Additionally, IXL skills match popular textbooks and state Assessment Anchors, helping teachers easily incorporate IXL’s curriculum into daily lessons.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2021

I Feel Ashamed’ To enjoy full access to digital textbooks, video software and other online learning systems, college students ideally would have their own, modern computers, according to Francis. One student described relying on a laptop that could not handle exam-proctoring software, causing the student to miss a test.

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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.

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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.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

She took inspiration from what she found (though she said she didn’t copy anything verbatim), and the site made her feel like she had a handle on how others using the same textbook were running their classes. Or, as she put it, “It gave me an idea that at least I was on track.” per month, or $119.40 for one up-front payment for a year.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

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. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Social Spectrum On the flip side, college is more than just grades and textbooks. There will be times when academics need to take the front seat, especially during exams or project deadlines. But, why is balance so crucial? Remember, it’s not about filling every minute of your day but about allocating time wisely.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

These aren’t concepts found in most high-school math textbooks. states , as well as the ACT, SAT and International Baccalaureate exams, now rely on Desmos to power its online graphing tools. For instance, the “Starry Night” recreation was done using Bézier curves, a technique often used in computer graphics.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

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. Benchmark/Interim: a type of formative assessment given throughout the year that tracks how students are progressing in relation to curriculum standards/benchmarks. And it’s mind-bending stuff.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2024

Teaching students the intricacies of anatomy via AR is already heightening their spatial reasoning and making it easier to internalize advanced concepts textbooks and videos can’t bring to life as vividly. Bringing concepts to life in the real world using augmented reality is also gaining traction.

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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. Online videos (e.g. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Since the days of “Oregon Trail,” educational games have teased at the possibility that learning in school can be freed from the doldrum of textbooks and tests. While games focus on problem-solving abilities, he claims, most exams test for content and knowledge—things that require more memorization than problem-solving skills. “If

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 11, 2024

These responsibilities include imparting knowledge and equipping our students with practical life skills beyond textbooks and exams. Financial literacy is one critical area that lies under our purview.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

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. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

But I’m 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. Note that some chapters are omitted from the exam and some textbook pages are skipped entirely.

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