Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to rise in the coming years. Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

Instructors 122

Instructors Peer Review High School High School 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to rise in the coming years. Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

Instructors 111

Instructors Peer Review High School High School 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

BHP, dubbed a “social studies course that runs on jet fuel”, covers nearly 14 billion years of history for middle and high school students. Freddy has been studying how kids learn to read for four decades and has written more than 100 peer reviewed articles on the subject. Along the way, there is a heavy focus on writing.

History 144

History Writing Social Studies Peer Review 144

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

But there’s also a solid foundation of evidence available that schools of education can use to inform their teacher preparation programs. Today, much of that research is produced by a small community of academics based in education schools, says Archambault. Enrollments in these schools have been growing about 6 percent per year.

Teachers 216

Teachers Education Blended Learning STEM 216

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

“What’s interesting to me is that students are more concerned about their writing being effective and well done, knowing their peers or people outside their school are going to read it versus just the teacher.” Henry County students in grades six through nine participate in district-wide writing prompts three times a year.

Writing 124

Writing Feedback Exams Middle School 124

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Assess the assessment Kevin Allardice is an English teacher at Mercy High School in Burlingame, CA and the author of the novels Any Resemblance to Actual Persons and Family, Genus, Species. Grading on process isn’t just a participation score. However, he said, “I feel a little creepy about this—big-brotherish.”

Writing 113

Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 113

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 17, 2017

Last year, Sammy Spencer, a High School English teacher in Southern California, ran a pilot program using Revision Assistant in her school. Here’s her story: Last Fall, my El Camino Real High School colleagues and I set out to change the way we teach writing.

Testing 84

Testing Essay English Writing 84

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But I think we're starting to see more and more data, and it’s become more precise, and there are things that students can do to actually engage with the data and become captains of their own ship, or at least participate in their own rescue. They must be peer-reviewable. It's the students' data. They must be transparent.

Peer Review 106

Peer Review Ethics Science Intelligence 106

Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

All students participated in one debate, but when their team was not presenting, the non-debating students took notes—tracing the argument and evaluating the strength of the evidence and refutations, then using those notes to discuss and judge who won the debate.

Critical Thinking 78

Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary History Syllabus 78