Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

But if you’re new here, I’ll give you a very quick overview: Retrieval practice is the act of trying to recall something you learned from memory by doing things like taking a test on it or using flashcards instead of just looking at, rereading, or reviewing the information. It felt like I was right, but no, I was wrong.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Checking How Well Students Blend Ideas Checking student learning in an interdisciplinary course brings special challenges, as the goal is to test knowledge of single subjects and the ability to blend and use information from many fields. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Creative Expression of Learning: Not every child shines through essays or multiple-choice tests—and that’s okay. With the right tools and a little preparedness, you can partner with instructors to create a sense of community as strong as a physical classroom’s. Ready to start increasing engagement in online learning?

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said. And the university introduced a freshman course with tips on identifying their interests, participating in campus events and even asking instructors for help. There were vital pieces that were missing.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

“I feel like if you do poorly on one test, you kinda get in your mind that maybe this isn’t the subject for you, or you go into the next test feeling less confident. After more than a year in virtual classrooms, students and their teachers have become quite familiar with digital testing and the platforms that make them possible.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2024

These days most major media and consumer tech products undergo extensive testing, he pointed out, but he says that many grown-ups are fine with a much lower standard for anything designed for kids. That’s perhaps an extreme example, Hedman admits, but he says that lack of testing really shows when students are given the materials.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Administrators at Texas State asked instructors to go back to teaching as they did before COVID-19, Meeks said. “I Probably some people look the questions up online because it's an online test a lot of the time. For Meeks, the longtime instructor, this means students are missing out on the whole point of college. “I

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2023

Are students allowed to retake tests on which they did not do well? To build a strong, meaningful grading policy, instructors must choose the approach that best fits the course design and student learning outcomes. Instructors who choose a normative approach will grade based upon relative performance.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2025

CTE teachers were the most likely of all grades 9-12 public school instructors to be newer to the profession, with 10 percent having less than three years of teaching experience. About 38 percent of public CTE instructors entered teaching through an alternative certification program–a much higher rate than overall instructors (19.4

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2025

This edition, which surveyed over 3,000 higher-ed students and instructors and over 1,000 K-12 teachers and administrators, found similarities among higher-ed instructors and K-12 teachers optimism for GenAI specifically. test and quiz questions) (34 percent), animations (e.g., textbook readings) (30 percent) and visuals (e.g.,

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2020

With the rise of digital innovation, distance learning technology has become an integral part of blended learning – an approach that integrates technology and digital media with traditional instructor-led classroom activities. Related content: 4 best practices for remote testing. Why is academic integrity important?

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Educators and institutions are grappling with how best to integrate these tools into the learning environment while balancing innovation with ethical considerations, assessment concerns, and instructor comfort. Schools or instructors adopting this stance may wish to emphasize traditional methods of learning and assessment.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

As Tax Day approaches, Poptential , a family of free social studies course packages, offers instructors media-rich content to teach key concepts about taxation in the United States. Poptential course packages include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers , quizzes, and tests.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2021

As the pandemic has forced more teaching online, plenty of instructors have been trying to figure out the best way to keep students’ attention and interest with lecture videos or Zoom sessions. Multimedia instruction has to include the instructor,” Andrew Stull, one of the authors of the study, recently told EdSurge.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The system is configured to function as a fully automated factory, supporting the design, manufacture, and testing of products and components. system, provide training for the instructors and support the system in the future. The SmartCIM 4.0 Intelitek and Learning Labs, Inc., will jointly install the SmartCIM 4.0

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

In a face-to-face class, students see the instructor and other students and, even if not interacting with them directly, know they are not alone. But asynchronous courses, and especially asynchronous independent study courses, present a different scenario with challenges for both instructors and students. Who is my instructor?”

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

The NLE is a test given annually to Latin students across the United States and around the world. VHS Learning students who take the National Latin Exam consistently win awards, which speaks to the quality of our curriculum and instructors, and the dedication of our students,” President & CEO of VHS Learning Carol DeFuria, said.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

More recently, schools began using computer programs to prepare students for upcoming state English and math tests, angering some educators and families who want children to be interacting directly with instructors, Gothamist reported.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2022

Many students –– and instructors –– were abruptly forced to transition from traditional classroom learning to adopt a new remote format. The COVID-19 pandemic created an educational environment that had never been seen before.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

And we did not teach to the test. In fact, she continues, “There were a couple of kids who said they had never passed the math SBAC test in the history of their schooling, and that 6th grade was the first time.” The students who exceeded on the state test were from diverse backgrounds. We just used Carnegie Learning Math.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

Poptential , an award-winning family of free social studies course packages, offers instructors a variety of content to help students learn about the national debt using pop culture media to engage students. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Click to tweet.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Since the pandemic hit, his research findings are more relevant than ever, as instructors look for guidance on what works as they move their teaching online. Like many education researchers, he tries to conclude the “effect size” of any intervention he tests. How the instructor behaves has a very big effect on learning.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2019

Users can turn on various functions to mimic experimentation and attach various probes, such as a heater that can boil water in a test tube. The lead instructor led us through several interesting activities during the two-day workshop. No more Bunsen burners, which have open flames and burn extremely hot.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For instructors who have had the opportunity to participate in pedagogy learning groups, there may be a lot of overlap in what they already know about teaching and what changes AI might bring to the classroom. Instructors across the disciplines question how and where their students will use AI.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2021

Studies have shown that students learn better from instructors displaying positive emotions—in other words, an upbeat lecturer is more effective than someone delivering in monotone. But when video lessons are led by computer animations instead of live instructors, how much do their simulated emotions matter?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

Yet as instructors in the new world of online education, we have access to ever-increasing amounts of data—from recorded lecture videos, electronically submitted homework, discussion forums, and online quizzes and assessments—that may give us insights into individual student learning. So how does one identify a student’s knowledge state?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2022

I NDIANAPOLIS, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — When teaching about the labor movement in the United States, instructors often focus on Cesar Chavez and Peter McGuire to illustrate the rise of unions and workers’ rights. They include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

Designed to be flexible and alterable, educators and students can continually test how well they work and improve them as necessary, “ensuring the course materials are better every semester than they were the semester before,” says David Wiley, chief academic officer of Lumen Learning, a company that sells low-cost open textbooks and courseware.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests. Poptential uses a variety of pop culture media to illustrate concepts, including those taken from sitcoms, movies, animations, cartoons, late-night shows, and other sources.

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History Social Studies Culture Quizzes 282

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What new technology is out there and being tested in the classroom? As a result, we’re seeing a variety of new technology being tested and used in the classroom to support different learning styles. Instructors can access the content management system and edit student performance reports.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Scratch-offs for test-taking. In this session, Alexandra Herron explains how you can use visually appealing content to engage learners and boost your instructor presence in your online course. Many instructors had different filters (Superman, Mario, etc.) Four key ways to connect with students is through: Instructors.

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Testing Instructors Feedback Exams 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2025

Remembering that most students arent looking to be cheaters can take down the temperature so that instructors dont get so worked up about it. That is causing frustration for many instructors. But the solutions that this expert recommends havent changed.

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Academic Integrity Instructors Ethics Students 189

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

To stave off this potential defection, how can we instructors promote virtual community? One of the most empirically supported best practices of online education is for the instructor to “be present.” In an online-only world, it’s imperative for students to see you as a human being, not merely as an instructor.

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Instructors Lecturing Course Evaluations Feedback 210

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Cost and ease of use won’t matter much if students and instructors won’t be bothered to learn how to use a device. With this single device, instructors can present a slideshow, hold interactive team contests, give a test, and play immersive videos. Which benefits should you look for?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Building quizzes, tests, and lesson plans from curriculum materials: Fran Bellas, a professor at Universidade da Coruña in Spain, recommends teachers use ChatGPT as an assistant in crafting quizzes, exams and lesson plans for classes.

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Teaching Quizzes Exams English 275

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2022

SmarterServices has been at the forefront of EdTech for two decades, serving unmet market challenges facing learners, instructors, institutions, and organizations. It continues, every year, to be a good fit for me.”. Learn more at www.smarterservices.com.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

During the panel, research on the prevalence and perspectives of cheating was presented by Jarret Dyer, coordinator of testing services at College of DuPage, a community college of more than 28,000 students in Illinois, and Steve Saladin, director of testing and assessment at the University of Idaho, a public school of more than 9,000 students.

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