Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Maybe you were curled up by the fire, reading a good book, and perhaps considering how you were going to integrate feedback, change up your courses, and add some jazz, flavor, and maybe a little bit of spice to your courses. So, I facilitated peer-to-peer workshops. online chat, discussion boards).

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2025

Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is partnering with the University of Florida (UF) and the Concord Consortium to introduce a groundbreaking year-long Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Math supplemental certification for FLVS middle and high school students enrolled in the schools Flex option.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Turnitin ’s Feedback Studio for iPad app has merged the benefits of mobile technology with the power of learning and engagement through feedback. This release gives students the power to submit papers, analyze similarity reports (to check for originality), and review instructor feedback on the go.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our coverage of new approaches to math education drew the most interest from readers, with two different features exploring how to rethink calculus making our Top 5. Will Instructors Heed It? When teaching math is fun, instructors can get skeptical that students are really learning, according to one researcher.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Students in North Carolina and Virginia community colleges who started their fall semester have already knocked out credits for math and English and are moving onto their next classes. A minority of the students placed in these courses make to college-level math—a requirement to graduate. Rethinking remedial.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

Teachers videotape themselves and then share it with their colleagues asking for specific feedback. This year, we will use video as an informal look at the level of math conversations going on in their classrooms.”. Barb Corna, lead academic specialist for the Accelerate Math program. Northwood Elementary School, Napa, Calif.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

Some of my favorite ways include using video for self-reflection and for peer feedback. She holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Virginia, where she continues as an instructor in the School of Education and Human Development. These included deeper integration of ST Math , which has been a game-changer.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2015

GEI reviewers submit their qualitative and quantitative feedback for review and analysis by the executive team, which then determines whether or not the product is awarded a GEI Seal of Endorsement. Products seeking the GEI Seal of Endorsement are judged using an in-depth evaluation rubric, designed by members of the GEI executive team.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Khanmigo was launched last year in grades 5-8 and used in core content areas, which are typically math, reading, writing, and science, according to the district. First Avenue Students can access Khanmigo to get hints for solving challenging math problems or explain concepts they find confusing across all subjects.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue. About CORE CORE works with school leaders and teachers to design and implement a customized professional learning plan grounded in (1) the science of reading and (2) best practices in math.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Research shows fewer students are starting the year prepared for math and ELA, fewer are on target to learn to read, and there are more gaps in phonics, and sophisticated math skill comprehension. Using Kami, teachers can create assignments with their LMS, share class-wide, and offer feedback in real time.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

To help adult learners, edtech tools should be designed for their needs and goals, support them in virtually communicating with instructors and classmates and offer them a smooth mobile experience, according to a new report published on behalf of the U.S. People tend to have ‘math trauma,’” Ward says. Department of Education.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2021

24, 2021 — Blackbird , bridging the gap in Computer Science curriculum, today announced updates and improvements inspired by student and teacher feedback to their code education app and platform. “With great feedback from our users we were able to refine the app’s user experience significantly. PORTLAND, Ore.,

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2019

Related: 20 ideas for teaching coding in math, science, social studies, and ELA. Meredith Hoover, robotics instructor, Nicholas County (WV) Schools. Students work cooperatively to create paths and functions and receive immediate feedback from KUBO whether their path or function works. They especially love dancing with him.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2019

For Devlin Daley’s next act, he’s employed a strategy that worked for his previous education business: visit college campuses to see what technologies made students’ and instructors’ lives harder. I learned that if you improve math completion rates, you can improve graduation rates.”

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Textbooks Instructors Math Feedback 133

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Over the coming months, they will meet with SchoolStatus leadership to provide feedback and collaborate on strategic initiatives. La’Toya works as an adjunct instructor for Mississippi State University, teaching Digital Tools for Learning to future teachers. Representing seven U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The theory is that courseware has the potential to improve student outcomes because it tends to offer students personalized instruction and instant feedback on their work, Jones-Davis says. These tools can also help instructors track whether and how students are studying and completing assignments. history surveys.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2024

When young students miss school, their teachers begin to think of them as less capable in math and language and less committed to learning, according to a new study. If teachers need feedback on how students at that young age are interpreting their discipline, their teaching, or their recording of absence, she says, look at the playground.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2022

I gave only feedback on student work, with no grades on any assignment. This is a class where I try to help students move from a rigid, “there’s only one way to do it and there’s always one correct answer” approach to math into a more nuanced view. Because this was an ungraded class, the focus was on feedback.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2018

Instructors grade the vast majority of high-stakes summative assessments on paper, and collapse student performance down to a single number for entry into the grade book. For example, if it were easier for instructors to record student performance on specific learning outcomes, instructors could track progress across assignments.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Heather Van Looy joined the Fulton County Vanguard Team early on as a middle school math teacher. Students used peer feedback to create graphics and videos showcasing the many ways the library has impacted them. Adobe Spark allowed us to design, collaborate and get feedback easily among our group.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

He’s Robert Talbert, a math professor at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, and he’s someone who spent a lot of time thinking about how to improve college teaching. The conversation gets at how much can be automated about teaching, and what is it, exactly, about having a live instructor that matters? I wasn't entirely sure.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2020

Essentially, NSSI began a four-week training institute for more than 500 teachers who wanted to become better online instructors, and paired them with mentor teachers who could demonstrate effective teaching strategies. We get excited about that because it allows us to do our job—to show, why doesn’t this work?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Leaders in education now have the opportunity to leverage GenAI to accelerate the transformation of data into feedback for students across subjects. If we do, then I think there’s a real chance that, within a decade, the math class of today will feel like the distant past.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll. On the 2015 AzMERIT statewide benchmark exam, only 2 percent of ELLs passed the language arts section, and 6 percent passed the math section of the exam. Approximately 70,000 of Arizona’s K-12 students are ELLs. Read more.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Traditional classroom learning is now modernizing Debates remain about online vs. classroom learning Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Classroom learning remains a cornerstone of education, fostering a dynamic environment where students engage with peers and instructors in real-time.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

Emily Lai, Director of Formative Assessment and Feedback at Pearson But new, externally audited, efficacy research from Pearson about one of the company’s third-party apps shows a significant correlation between increased retesting and lower overall course performance. It is normally used to help lagging students build math skills.

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Mary Fulé could do the math, and she didn’t like what the numbers told her. Too many incoming freshmen and transfer students at Northern Arizona University were struggling with math placement, which is Fulé’s domain at the Flagstaff school. For their insight and innovation, the NAU team received one of the first. Much like Fulé did.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2024

Promises that your venture will transform literacy, math, social-emotional learning or professional development are no longer enough to secure funding. How do you distinguish between buyers of your product, such as district leaders or principals, and end users, such as students or instructors?

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2020

self-paced experiences with very little instructor engagement). You’ll be able to assess in new ways, ways that may help you provide better feedback. As we started to plan our teaching, we fell into old habits. We organized and sequenced our materials.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As an educator, Jared Cotton has worn nearly as many hats as Dr. Seuss’s Bartholomew Cubbins—elementary math and science teacher, assistant principal, principal, district director of assessment and accountability, assistant superintendent, superintendent. We feel that writing and math really complement each other,” he says.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

.” HMH and Writable have collaborated as partners since 2018, when Writable’s research-backed tool for personalized writing feedback and revision for grades 3-12 was first integrated into HMH Into Reading and HMH Into Literature.

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Ethics Feedback Instructors Schools 143

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

She recalled one instructor who told her that 11 students in her class of 35 turned in the exact same assignment using materials from Course Hero, a website where students can share and access course study materials. Another step is giving students more detailed feedback on their work, spelling out what a student did and did not do well. “One

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

Robert Talbert is a math professor, so numbers are his thing. It just had levels on it — the instructor would circle the level that he had completed and use some highlighters to show what skills he's good at doing, what skills he needs to continue to work on. And the way the grading system in education works has long bothered him.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2021

The CoderZ professional development program introduces instructors to the concepts of teaching computer science and computational thinking using an online tool. The CoderZ professional development program has received a lot of positive feedback from teachers who have taken it.

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Science Teachers Evaluation STEM 137

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Even before schools closed in Japan, Apel’s school updated its digital learning plan and shared it with faculty to get their feedback before sending it to parents, who appreciated that the plan clearly spelled out responsibilities ahead of time. His time as a blended learning instructor in Taos, N.M.,

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Schools Students Assignments Testing 218

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

Most people associate Khan Academy with online videos, and that’s largely what it has been since 2005 when founder and CEO Sal Khan began recording instructional clips from his closet to help his cousin better understand math. But that’s slowly starting to change. The announcement comes without a plan, however.

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