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. Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. What’s new in your approach?

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 124

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. The strategies are summarized below. ” she says.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Texas Education Agency awards letter grades to schools and districts based on test scores and other student performance metrics. I read a lot, and I just feel like that is not what needs to happen.” In addition to districts, schools in Texas are individually given A through F grades based partially on standardized test scores.

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Schools Multiple Choice Questions Testing Reading 218

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

Testing for such skills relies heavily on technology and required a significant retooling. Yet questions remain about whether any individual test (especially one that has long relied on multiple choice) can truly measure collaboration and problem solving—skills that typically involve heavy doses of human interaction and teamwork.

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Testing Exams Multiple Choice Questions STEM 112

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.” Lightsail offers embedded, adaptive assessments, giving individual readers customized library lists and reading lists that are updated based on their reading assessments.

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Multiple Choice Questions Exams Coaching Motivation 189

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 Languages Language 106

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

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. Here, read a book, or listen to a lecture.

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Intelligence Lecturing Multiple Choice Questions Learning 167

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

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. Currently, more than 25 percent of K-12 students are chronically absent and most students have ground to make up in math and reading.

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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. Getting through the college application process requires perseverance. 3] Stressed.

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Multiple Choice Questions Motivation Intelligence Writing 216

eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2018

Click here to read the full app review. 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. What’s It Like? .

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Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Testing Questions 112

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2018

The students answered 126 multiple-choice questions in class on materials that were just presented. They also took periodic tests and a final exam. In the study, students in two sections of a college course were instructed to use digital devices in only half the lectures.

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Multiple Choice Questions Exams Lecturing Attention 138

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!

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Math Writing 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2018

Read the article 6 ways to test your students listening comprehension to learn how to make use of cloze tests to test for specific vocabulary or general listening skills. Read Jacqui’s tech thriller series, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Language Languages Teaching Multiple Choice Questions 104

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

At the end of the session, a personalized five-question assessment (known as an “Exit Slip”) is given to test concepts they individually worked on that day. 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 151

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2025

There were also highly read pieces about the ways that educators and school systems are grappling with rapid change: how to make access to algebra equitable for historically disadvantaged students and catch up to new technology standards aiding students with disabilities. They shared first-hand experiences with racism in the workplace.

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Essay Disabilities Multiple Choice Questions Math 113

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Each solution has embedded interim and formative assessments available in both English and Spanish that measure and monitor students’ reading levels to measure growth and show impact. ELA Test Challenge Courses. Smarty Ants® Foundational Literacy Program. Upcoming LevelSet Writing Assessments.

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Blended Learning Textbooks Multiple Choice Questions Learning 100

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Some offered multiple-choice questions, for instance, that simply asked kids to pick the correct pronunciation—hardly a useful exercise. The plan is to test another 1,000 students in 2020, and another 600 the following year.

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Laboratory Multiple Choice Questions English Testing 77

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Lalilo’s online literacy product focuses on helping K-2 students develop phonics, word recognition and reading comprehension skills through a series of online exercises and stories. Some activities involve multiple-choice questions; others ask children to read words and passages in order to assess their oral fluency.

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English Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Assistants Special Education 67

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Once you accept the reality that learning can take place outside of a textbook, reading, or notetaking, it’s not hard to see the great value of videos. What they WILL do is watch closely, be prepared to ask/answer questions, take notes as appropriate, and relate what they see to the lesson’s essential question.

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Multiple Choice Questions Textbooks Knowledge Discussions 79

Organized Classroom

APRIL 2, 2025

You could have students do their math facts timed tests in them by placing students down at a center with a timer, and they can sit and fill in their test until the timer goes off. It would be an entire day of facts about groundhogs, groundhog reading activities, and games that were groundhog-approved.

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Multiple Choice Questions Writing Activities Testing 78

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

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. Currently, more than 25 percent of K-12 students are chronically absent and most students have ground to make up in math and reading.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 130

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Teachers can also leverage AI-powered platforms to more quickly adjust the difficulty of classwork based on a student’s reading abilities or level of understanding, allowing learners to progress at their own pace. Many fear that computer-generated grading would only perpetuate the education system’s reliance on multiple-choice questions.

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Plagiarism Education Intelligence Textbooks 130

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Reading back over a textbook or taking lecture notes with a highlighter at the ready is often done by students, for instance, but these practices have proven of limited merit, and in some cases even counterproductive in aiding recall. As a result, teaching is, to use another building metaphor, not up to code.

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Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2017

Spring means one thing to many elementary and middle schools across the country: test prep. Parents, in an effort to find the best school for their children, may latch on to state test results as a comparative measure they can easily understand. At best, test prep can yield modest, short-term gains in scores.

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