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What data is necessary to help students succeed?

eSchool News

Typically, information presented to students is either qualitative or too broad, such as during parent-teacher conferences or through course grades. In contrast, medical school can overwhelm students with detailed information, like longitudinal reports on multiple-choice question performance throughout the year.

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5 ways to integrate gamification into your classroom

eSchool News

As a fourth-grade teacher, Ive seen how gamification can transform a regular lesson into something my students look forward to. Quizizz: Turn assessments into fun competitions Quizizz is my top choice for a gamification platform. Other question types include fill-in-the-blank, true or false, drag-and-drop, and matching. .

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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

Cult of Pedagogy

And that class, since I started doing that, is a 20 percent improvement in the exam grades. ’ and then applying it to new knowledge.” ” Peer Instruction This strategy turns a simple multiple-choice question into a quick collaborative activity. That class always has a wait list now.”

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Florida district deploys new math tool

eSchool News

Following the rollout of Digital Jackson, a one-to-one initiative providing Windows 8 tablets to students in grades K-8, the district next focused on interactive learning content. LearnBop mirrors the FSA by providing grade-appropriate content to help students prepare for new, interactive test-taking.

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When will assessments finally test deeper learning?

eSchool News

Technology is making the multiple-choice question obsolete. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) required high-stakes testing at many grades and quick turnaround of results to accommodate parental choice decisions. Can testing keep up? Gaming and simulations, especially, create all kinds of possibilities.

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What Is Missing From Our Curricula?

Edsurge

Truly rare are those careers where employees advance based on their ability to regularly answer multiple-choice questions correctly! These are better ways to demonstrate capabilities than transcripts filled with colorless, contextless grades. Where and how do young people learn these skills?

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Study Finds Classroom-Response 'Clickers' Can ‘Impede Conceptual Understanding’

Edsurge

Millions of students in colleges and schools around the world take classes that require clickers, small remote controls that let students buzz in answers to multiple choice questions during class. There was one exception: students who had prior knowledge of physics concepts were not thrown off by the clicker quizzes).

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