Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

HOUSTON — On a Saturday morning in August 2023, a crowd gathered outside the Houston Independent School District administration building with protest signs in hand. Teachers, parents and politicians took turns at the microphone, united in their criticism of the controversial state takeover of Texas’ largest school district.

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Schools Multiple Choice Questions Testing Reading 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2024

The goal of the effort is to move away from requiring students to stop everything to sit in a room to answer questions for a couple hours, says Timothy Knowles, president of the Carnegie Foundation. Schools and school systems already have rich data that they don’t make much use of, he says.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Exams Questions 210

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Indeed, the time spent on teaching class is less than the time spent on preparation, evaluation, and feedback (grading). AI can also provide schools tools to foster a less stressful, more flexible work environment. The substitute teacher shortage is dire and hinders a school’s ability to function.

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Teachers Textbooks Multiple Choice Questions Essay 273

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

From the parent perspective, such assessments can deliver near-immediate information about how children are learning and achieving, said Marty Creel, Discovery Education’s Chief Academic Officer and previously head of curriculum at Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. They can add videos, images and diagrams.

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Multiple Choice Questions Exams Coaching Motivation 189

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2020

As many schools resume remote instruction this fall, watch out for these three mistakes you may be making. But sometimes, distance learning can take an “app-centric” approach, where students spend more time watching instructional videos and answering multiple-choice questions than talking about concepts with their peers and teachers.

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Distance Learning Teaching Multiple Choice Questions Math 218

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2023

Although I will focus on the same course (one about how to write multiple-choice questions), this time I want to find out whether ChatGPT can function as my teaching aid. For example, can it come up with examples and questions that I can use in learning materials and activities? It’s similar to a very fast brainstorm.

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Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Participation Questions 119

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

“TeachTap is a game-changer for students preparing for AP exams and studying high school courses. Pearson Edgington, a high school senior who piloted TeachTap, shared his experience: “TeachTap made studying for my AP exams actually fun and interesting. Chief Product Officer Phil Hewinson. Generative AI with guardrails LearnWith.AI

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Exams High School High School History 139

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2023

Although I will focus on the same course (one about how to write multiple-choice questions), this time I want to find out whether ChatGPT can function as my teaching aid. For example, can it come up with examples and questions that I can use in learning materials and activities? It’s similar to a very fast brainstorm.

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Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Participation Questions 98

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

Bier and others involved in the project say that they are testing the approach in a variety of educational settings, including public and private K-12 schools, community colleges and four-year colleges. One example in particular is getting students that are taking, say, an online chemistry course to create a multiple choice question for us.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 123

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 9, 2024

Listen to my interview with Karen Borchert ( transcript ): Sponsored by Alpaca We have a lot of conversations about what should be done to make schools better. I’ve advised teachers to regularly seek feedback from students and I’ve urged principals to get feedback from their teachers.

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Schools Multiple Choice Questions Questions Feedback 116

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Quizzes on Google Forms now allow for a bit more customization: Teachers can offer partial credit for answers choices while auto-grading multiple choice questions. Educators at a school can also set up their own channels and video conferences. Updates and upgrades DUDE, WHERE’S MY SCHOOL? Police Brutality.

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Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Quizzes Game-Based Learning 153

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

EdSurge: Intelligent tutoring systems are computer systems that simulate human tutors by providing customized instruction and feedback to learners. That’s different than the standard delivery of text and multiple choice questions. 2018 McGraw Prize in Education winner Arthur Graesser. Op eration ARIES!,

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Intelligence Lecturing Multiple Choice Questions Learning 167

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

I predict a greater focus on cybersecurity so schools can protect our students and themselves from these unexpected (and unwelcome) twists and turns. Additionally, AI can shorten the feedback loop on student work, allowing students to quickly identify any misunderstandings they may have.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

When you get close enough to the heart, you can feel it beating in your hand through phone vibrations (known as haptic feedback). My children are now on regular video chats, as is my husband, a middle school science teacher. We’ve redesigned our home to adapt to multiple meeting spaces and upgraded our Wi-Fi to meet the demands.

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Activities Mobile Devices Multiple Choice Questions Motivation 183

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

Like all district administrators, Dr. Ayindé Rudolph, superintendent at Mountain View Whisman School District (MVWSD), wants to see students improve, be challenged and get excited about learning. I want my 5th grader to be well-educated… Tapping away at multiple choice questions is not high level math,” another parent said.

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Learning Multiple Choice Questions Math Evaluation 144

Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

Two years ago, I was invited to deliver a course at a prestigious management school abroad. Are the challenges related to the curriculum, the school, or the larger context extending beyond the school to the home and society? Amal Farhat has experience in teaching and instructional coaching at K-12 schools and higher education.

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Academic Integrity Multiple Choice Questions Learning Students 101

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Achieve3000 offers innovative new ways to empower blended learning and accelerate student literacy gains through differentiated instruction in the 2016-2017 school year. Interested parties can apply to join the LevelSet Writing pilot during the 2016-2017 school year. State-Customized Solutions. New Teacher’s Edition Homepage.

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Blended Learning Textbooks Multiple Choice Questions Learning 100

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Ask Good Hinge Questions Effective formative assessment doesn’t need to be lengthy; in fact, a lot can be accomplished with a single hinge question (a term coined by educator Dylan Wiliam ), which will determine how the rest of a lesson goes depending on how students answer. The construction of that question is key.

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Multiple Choice Questions Culture Questions Grades 129

Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

Two years ago, I was invited to deliver a course at a prestigious management school abroad. Are the challenges related to the curriculum, the school, or the larger context extending beyond the school to the home and society? Amal Farhat has experience in teaching and instructional coaching at K-12 schools and higher education.

Academic Integrity 89

Academic Integrity Multiple Choice Questions Learning Students 89

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

Here are some great suggestions from efriend and math afficionado, Matt Kim: Before I was ever a high school math teacher, I was always a hardcore technophile. As a high school math teacher, I have used Kahoot in my classes more times than I can count, but so has my wife who is a first grade teacher, and it works just as well there as well!

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Math Fairness Assignments Multiple Choice Questions 103

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

I predict a greater focus on cybersecurity so schools can protect our students and themselves from these unexpected (and unwelcome) twists and turns. Additionally, AI can shorten the feedback loop on student work, allowing students to quickly identify any misunderstandings they may have.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 130

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

The number of K-12 students enrolling in full-time virtual and blended learning schools continues to grow, despite research suggesting that students in these programs do not perform as well as their peers in traditional settings. Under the broad umbrella of virtual schools, which operate in 39 U.S.

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Blended Learning Multiple Choice Questions Schools Achievement 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Here’s a familiar conversation loop, one that gets replayed endlessly in homes across the country: “How was school today?” “Um, She means inviting students to teach their families what they’re learning in school. Over the past five years, several popular edtech companies have sprung up to better link schools and families.

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Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Schools Mobile Devices 165

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

As this article was being written, the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, forcing a global experiment in online education as schools and colleges closed their doors and moved teaching to online formats. That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says.

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