Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

After politics and religion, few issues are as contentious as standardized tests. To some, standardized testing overwhelms our schools and helps eradicate differences between students. Whatever your thoughts, there’s no denying that students are taking lots of tests. students were taking about eight tests a year.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

Multiple-choice questions don’t belong in college. They’re often ineffective as a teaching tool, they’re easy for students to cheat, and they can exacerbate test anxiety. Defending Multiple-Choice To be fair, not everyone is so down on multiple choice.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Quizizz: Turn assessments into fun competitions Quizizz is my top choice for a gamification platform. It allows you to create or search pre-made question sets and host a variety of games that students can join. Students answer multiple-choice questions on their devices while seeing fun memes, leaderboards, and progress bars.

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Gamification Multiple Choice Questions Motivation Social Studies 300

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In contrast, medical school can overwhelm students with detailed information, like longitudinal reports on multiple-choice question performance throughout the year. This raises an essential question: What kind of feedback information is genuinely useful for students?

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Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History 272

eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud available to all teachers for free, including electronic bubble sheets for distributing and grading assessments. is offering instructors a free 60-day subscription to its popular Remark Test Grading Cloud application.

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Testing Grades Multiple Choice Questions Teachers 110

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Jackson County implements LearnBop to help students master math skills, computer-based testing. In the past,” Rogers said, “if a student scored a 70 on a chapter test, all we knew was that they didn’t understand 30 percent of the content. We didn’t know what the specific gaps were.

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Math Multiple Choice Questions Blended Learning Assignments 222

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A researcher tested a new weight loss supplement. Ask that question to a group of adults, and many are likely to tell you that the finding checks out. Each group of study participants started the experiment by taking a pre-test and receiving training about critical thinking. Is that claim accurate, or faulty? lack of control.

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Critical Thinking Multiple Choice Questions Peer Review Testing 217

eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

You know the formula–students watch an instructional video or read an overview of a concept, complete a cookie-cutter practice set that may or may not include a game or two, and demonstrate their mastery by completing a few multiple choice questions. Personalized learning 2.0 Kids these days are built differently.

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Technology Gamification Multiple Choice Questions Intelligence 305

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

That’s the question posed by a group of researchers who developed a free tool they call the Adaptive Experimentation Accelerator. 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.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 124

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

You know the formula–students watch an instructional video or read an overview of a concept, complete a cookie-cutter practice set that may or may not include a game or two, and demonstrate their “mastery” by completing a few multiple choice questions. Personalized learning 2.0

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Technology Gamification Multiple Choice Questions Intelligence 294

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Sarah Blaine said: ten years into private practice, I don’t draw on my two months of intensive bar test prep to advise my clients or manage my work. I don’t rely on essay formulas to craft my briefs, and of course I have never encountered an MBE-style multiple choice question. Test prep works. via [link].

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Essay History 93

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

That’s the idea at least behind the latest summative assessments from Project Lead the Way , a project-based STEM curriculum, which is introducing new tech-based question types to measure a raft of noncognitive skills from collaboration to general problem solving (in addition to subject-specific questions about engineering or coding concepts). “We

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Testing Exams Multiple Choice Questions STEM 111

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Over the last decade or so , we’ve settled into a choreographed dance around large-scale, state-mandated standardized test scores. Next, people who have nothing to do with the design, administration, taking, or scoring of the tests will then use them to critique states, districts, schools, and/or individual teachers.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Language Languages 111

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

They’re looking for things that don’t feel like a test, and looking for experiences that engage students and capture their understanding in a unique way.” “[Districts] are really looking to publishers to help them with that. They can add videos, images and diagrams.

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Multiple Choice Questions Exams Coaching Motivation 189

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Texas Education Agency awards letter grades to schools and districts based on test scores and other student performance metrics. In addition to districts, schools in Texas are individually given A through F grades based partially on standardized test scores. For short-answer questions, they wrote on an index card.

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Schools Multiple Choice Questions Testing Reading 218

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2024

Having taught and worked with seniors in high school for over half of my career, these questions are always present, rarely asked, and, for me, often remain unanswered. Louisiana, where I teach, is one of eight states in the country that requires a passing score on standardized tests to receive a diploma.

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Multidisciplinary Counselling Multiple Choice Questions Exams 206

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Truly rare are those careers where employees advance based on their ability to regularly answer multiple-choice questions correctly! Traditional high-stakes testing does not capture a student’s ability to handle complex projects such as managing a construction site, or even putting together a small robot.

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Multiple Choice Questions Multidisciplinary Social Studies English 155

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2021

So the folks behind the Common App have been testing a tool that might help more students successfully apply to college, both by giving them accurate information about deadlines and resources and by encouraging them to keep at it when it feels overwhelming. Students learned the answer to that last question this past October.

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Multiple Choice Questions Motivation Intelligence Writing 216

eSchool News

JULY 4, 2023

The challenge Aldine ISD faced at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year was to prepare their students for the redesign of the math State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR), which added non-multiple-choice questions to align with the deep critical thinking and conceptual mathematics learning students should be doing in class. “The

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Multiple Choice Questions Math Middle School Middle School 148

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

But one word in that phrase often raises a host of questions: What counts as “data”? To shed some light on the questions above, EdSurge talked to six educators to get their take. Here’s the big takeaway: Data doesn’t just come in the form of grades, attendance records and answers on multiple choice questions.

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Multiple Choice Questions Beliefs Education Culture 166

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

In a recent editorial , the Los Angeles Times called into question the district’s record-high 75 percent graduation rate, as it said that the figure was based in part on LA Unified’s dependence on its less-than-rigorous online credit-recovery courses. But it notes that students can pass them without completing assignments.

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Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Testing Evaluation 135

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2023

The AI-generated assessment items will be complemented by AI-powered Adaptive Testing in Performance Matters to better understand each student’s competency and personalized instruction needs.

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Multiple Choice Questions Fairness Language Languages 139

eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2018

Pros : AP and IB teachers will love the clearly targeted and complex questions to help their students improve. Cons : Some dull multiple-choice questions and confusing images. Bottom line : A variety of question types and on-the-spot analytics help teachers individualize test-prep practice. Rating : 4/5.

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Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Testing Questions 116

Elementary Nest

MARCH 4, 2025

Elementary Nest 5 Strong Test Taking Strategies for Multiple Choice Reading Passages Raise your hand if your students love multiple choice questions. Multiple choice questions might seem easy at first glance, but for young readers, it can feel like a tricky guessing game.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Reading Questions 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2018

The question of whether or not to allow students to use smartphones, laptops and other technology in the classroom has been long-debated , and at times, heated. If you ask the a question right then, they’ll get it right,” he says. The students answered 126 multiple-choice questions in class on materials that were just presented.

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Multiple Choice Questions Exams Lecturing Attention 138

eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2016

The newly added Assessments tool gives educators full control to create, distribute, and assess custom quizzes, tests, and homework assignments directly within the platform. The Assessments feature includes more than 5,000 pre-built questions covering more than 1,200 science and social studies topics.

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Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Social Studies Exams 116

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

The app offers a personalized feed of entertaining and educational videos, images, questions, and memes, ensuring that students remain engaged while mastering the material. I was able to review an entire year’s worth of material in about 10 hours, and I feel more confident than ever going into my tests.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A) Choose questions that most students will be able to answer correctly. B) Vary the types of poll questions beyond multiple choice. D) Stress that students answer questions independent of their peers. Here are a few tips: Scaffold your questions as class progresses. Select all that apply.

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Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 145

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

We have evidence that when you take a demanding test that requires reasoning, reading a book or listening to a lecture in preparation is no different than doing nothing. That’s different than the standard delivery of text and multiple choice questions. But to put those concepts into practice, you need deeper learning.

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Intelligence Lecturing Multiple Choice Questions Learning 167

Teaching with a Mountain View

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

State testing season is just around the corner, and we know the pressure it brings… not just for students but for you as their guide and biggest cheerleader. To help make test prep a little easier, were sharing the BEST test-taking strategies that set your students up for success! Here’s a set to get you started!

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Math Writing 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

It may sound like an oxymoron, but it is possible to assess where your students are on their learning path without taking home a stack of papers or forcing your students to complete mundane multiple choice questions in a simulated testing environment. Nearpod First, there’s Nearpod. Sounds simple enough.

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Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Exams Questions 110

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

Historically, students have been evaluated primarily on the basis of test scores and subject matter mastery. To answer these questions, Panorama Education analyzed data from more than 100,000 students at nearly 200 schools across the country. These factors remain relevant, of course.

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Multiple Choice Questions Learning Grades Special Education 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2024

Here’s the role memory retention plays in academia: Recall During Tests: Enhanced memory retention means an improved recall ability. Remember that fluctuating moods can cloud your judgment and impair your decision-making – a critical aspect when facing multiple-choice questions or mapping the outline of an essay.

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Achievement Multiple Choice Questions Students Study 167

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2024

Student are convinced they can’t learn what we’re teaching, worry they won’t do well on the tests, and become filled with anxiety over anything in a course that looks like it might be hard. They question their abilities and wonder if they have what it takes. Do you teach one of those courses that promotes lots of student anxiety?

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Teaching Multidisciplinary Multiple Choice Questions Exams 111

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The most common way to do this is with some kind of a test, which traditionally happens at the end of a unit — a final exam of some kind. We call these two kinds of testing summative assessment , the kind that happens at the end, and formative assessment , the kind that happens during the learning cycle. ” explains David-Lang.

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Multiple Choice Questions Culture Questions Grades 129

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

This begs the question: What’s next for education? When students can bring models to life and test them in real world situations, they are expanding beyond paper and screen into the world around them. What are the projections for edtech? Looking ahead to 2024, the industry is poised to transition to an offensive stance.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

End-of-year state testing can be useful as a “gut check,” says Phillips, to ensure that students don’t fall too behind. Is it fair to only cover the standards that are going to be on the test?” How one demonstrates “mastery” may vary according to the subject or skill in question. What does ‘mastery’ look like?

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Education Multiple Choice Questions Fairness Questions 143