Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I implemented writing reflections to help students recall their feedback from prior assignments and collaborated with a colleague to develop a teacher guided peer review system, which eventually yielded an app called Floop that made the peer review data visible and simpler to manage.

Feedback 218

Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 218

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Yet there is another additional skill that is often overlooked in the implementation of case studies—the opportunity to develop questioning skills. Questions are essential components of case studies. Tucked neatly at the end are a list of discussion questions that faculty can use to debrief or unpack the case.

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Questions Study Skills Evaluation 105

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Based on our work with thousands of students in 15 countries, we’ve determined the three most important questions to ask when thinking about adopting an SEL screening tool for your school or school district. Checklist: 6 Questions To Ask When Evaluating SEL Screeners. Is It Truly Research-Validated? Free SEL Resources.

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Evaluation Questions Peer Review Learning 113

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Students often demonstrate their learning through written explanations in the forms of short answer questions and essays. Project-based assessments, peer reviews, and interactive simulations offer students opportunities to demonstrate their understanding in diverse and meaningful ways. Gen AI is flipping this on its head.

Metacognitive Skills 339

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 339

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Given this reality in which AI can provide and synthesize information for and to our students at their requests in seconds, it is not completely paranoid to ask the question, What can we, as college instructors, offer our students in the age of AI? What college instructors are needed for, he said, is to motivate our students to learn.

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Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Yet there is another additional skill that is often overlooked in the implementation of case studies—the opportunity to develop questioning skills. Questions are essential components of case studies. Tucked neatly at the end are a list of discussion questions that faculty can use to debrief or unpack the case.

Questions 98

Questions Study Skills Evaluation 98

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2021

It’s titled “ The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking ,” and it found that students who took notes on a TED talk by hand did better on conceptual recall questions afterward than those who typed their notes on a laptop. And can tech be used to help boost students' memory of what they’re taught?

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Study Peer Review Fairness Writing 214

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students, followed by a series of brief videos and prompts to guide class discussion. About the CODiE Awards The SIIA CODiE Awards is the only peer-reviewed program to showcase business and education technology’s finest products and services. Twitter and?

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Education Peer Review Science Art 284

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

But there remain unanswered questions about whether instruments can spread COVID-19 particles through the air. Typically, experiments like this would go through careful peer review before being published. But band and music educators at schools and colleges need this information now if they want to teach safely.

Peer Review 195

Peer Review Art Schools Testing 195

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

For instance, when discussing natural resources in geography, I pose a thought-provoking question: What is something you cannot live without? I pose the question: How can we identify an issue within the town of Lexington and address it while ensuring we do not contribute to urban sprawl?

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Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Peer Review Discussions 237

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Instead, I decided to enhance my approach to problem solving by incorporating peer review—letting students participate in the feedback and assessment process. I then had each review work by three other students according to a feedback rubric I created; I moderated the process throughout. Advice for effective peer review.

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Feedback Peer Review Critical Thinking Assignments 134

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Ask that question to a group of adults, and many are likely to tell you that the finding checks out. An article about the research is currently a pre-print, which means it has not yet been peer-reviewed and published in a scientific journal. She concluded that the supplement promotes weight loss.

Critical Thinking 217

Critical Thinking Multiple Choice Questions Peer Review Testing 217

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

The teacher uses guided reading strategies, asking questions that help students focus on basic elements like characters and setting before discussing the moral. The teacher uses questioning techniques to encourage students to cite textual evidence supporting their understanding of the story’s moral.

Teaching 395

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

Plenty of peer-reviewed research shows that classroom “clickers” improve student learning when it comes to delivering facts. 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.

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Study Multiple Choice Questions Peer Review Quizzes 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

You can pose a question for a future column here. Students tell me that when they encounter a discussion board, they expect to see a long discussion prompt from the instructor with some questions they are supposed to answer in 300 to 400 words. one question they had for others who read the same chapter.

Instructors 163

Instructors Syllabus Peer Review Students 163

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The AI system even attempts a “peer review,” of the research paper, which essentially brings in another chatbot to check the work of the first. And if it works, the project raises a host of existential questions about what role human researchers — the workforce that powers much of higher education — would play in the future.

Science 188

Science Peer Review Art Writing 188

Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2021

Meanwhile, learning scientists have been taking a more clinical approach, using experiments to test the question: How important is it for the teacher to be visible on screen?

Instructors 218

Instructors Lecturing Teachers Attention 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here are some you can look into–and all online: Easy CBM Educreations –video a whiteboard explanation of how students are completing a task (app) Edulastic –formative assessments; work on any devices (app) Flip — record a video question from your desktop; add attachments; students respond from the app with their answer Flubaroo (app) (..)

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Quizzes Peer Review Failure Essay 158

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

I asked a variety of questions about their perception of the instruction and assessment practices we had shifted to, the types of feedback they received and how they felt about the class. Students use peer feedback to quickly revise their work and pose at least one question before I provide in-app feedback.

Feedback 167

Feedback Culture Science Teaching 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Sometimes students will be assigned to write on a specific question in class, or to mimic a chapter of an existing textbook. Without a formal peer-review process, how is it possible to catch mistakes? But at the same time, he’s optimistic about LibreText’s nontraditional, crowd-sourced review structure.

Textbooks 165

Textbooks Writing Accessibility Peer Review 165

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2023

There's a lot of distrust in experts, and some of it is justified in the sense that when people try to question experts, sometimes people can be a bit like, ‘Oh, well you don't understand it.’ And for that to be counted as such, people are also going to want to subject it to the rigor of different forms of peer review.

Teaching 148

Teaching Peer Review Essay Knowledge 148

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Plenty of colleagues on other campuses were wrestling with the same question, she saw in the portfolios, and they were finding ways that tried new approaches without throwing out the old completely—call it turning the class on its side rather than making a full flip. “For

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Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

It challenges participants to respond to the driving question, “How can I maximize the benefits of Project-Based Learning by effectively integrating digital tools?”. The organization’s professional learning offerings include online courses, professional networks, year-round academies, peer-reviewed journals and other publications.

Teachers 165

Teachers Peer Review Coaching Participation 165

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

So naturally, one of the big questions we face is, how can we help ensure effective edtech happens more often? Research databases, including Google Scholar, ResearchGate and JSTOR can serve as resources for peer-reviewed studies. Here are five questions to ask when assessing the strength of the evidence.

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Study Testing Students Peer Review 215

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

You can pose a question for a future column here. It was time for me to begin asking some questions and learning more about this new environment. Regularly answering the question surrounding why we teach in the first place can build up greater protections against those factors that may detract from our assurance.

Teaching 167

Teaching Course Evaluations Peer Review Culture 167

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2021

When Carlo Diy throws out a question to his high school entrepreneurship and marketing students, he steels himself for an uncomfortable few moments ahead. What we wanted to do was give teachers the support and the resources to ask their own questions and design their own studies,” explains Aigner Picou, The Learning Agency’s program director.

Teachers 184

Teachers Attention Intelligence Peer Review 184

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 13, 2019

Through the implementation of a prescribed rubric, a student’s classmate looks at their work and determines if it satisfies the goals of the lesson, the Essential Questions, and the Big Ideas. Why peer feedback? Peer feedback is about supporting and learning, not criticizing. Make the peer reviewer anonymous.

Feedback 104

Feedback Peer Review Writing Critical Thinking 104

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There’s even a new peer-reviewed academic journal about using Wikipedia in higher education. These are questions Wikipedia has been struggling with since it was created. When Wikipedia was first came out and was first reviewed in 2001. Oh, unquestionably.

Peer Review 140

Peer Review Textbooks Education Writing 140

Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2021

According to a new research paper , the answer to both questions is yes. The study is currently a pre-print, meaning that the results have not yet been peer reviewed and published by a scientific journal. Parents are less anxious and depressed. That was a pretty solid finding.

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Study Beliefs Peer Review Schools 160

Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

This is a question teachers ask all the timeand its fair. Its a simple concept, but its impact is huge. They make corrections with a colored pen (which helps you see patterns if you do choose to collect them). You gain valuable class time the next day instead of sorting through the stack that night. But Isnt That Cheating?

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Students Peer Review Math Assignments 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

In education, empathy and compassion are paramount to student-centered learning environments and instructional design because they encourage educators to question their own assumptions while considering and supporting the demonstrated needs of students. Continue to build trust with your learners through meaningful feedback and peer review.

Teachers 165

Teachers Learning Styles Feedback Participation 165

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2017

Michael Kennedy, an associate professor at the University of Virginia, was relatively sure he knew the answer to this research question: “When making, purchasing and/or adoption decisions regarding a new technology-based product for your district or school, how important is the existence of peer-reviewed research to back the product?”

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Peer Review Education Math Questions 142

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 4, 2019

The Chromebook App Hub will let users filter applications by grade level and content area, see peer reviews and comments for apps, and follow links to lesson plans that incorporate specific apps. . “It Usually, when a teacher finds what they want, we have to get on the phone with developers to find the answers to these questions.

Peer Review 138

Peer Review Teaching Methods Blended Learning Evaluation 138

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

Students can do a self-reflection upon finishing the draft, and also engage in anonymous peer-reviews of each other’s work. The system guides pupils through how to offer constructive feedback to their peers. Teachers can select how the feedback process will unfold.

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Writing Feedback Peer Review Plagiarism 113

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

I began this incredible career as a music teacher and there’s no question, every student was unique in his/her vocal development, especially with the adolescent changes that occur. Self-assessment and collaborative peer review. Cohort discussions and supports (forums/hangouts).

Teachers 167

Teachers Learning Peer Review Students 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Other students will try to submit their work for publication without the proper elements of an academic paper, such as a background literature review or a methods section. One student hoped to submit a paper that didn’t even include a research question, Hale says. No peer reviewed journal would publish this work, she adds.

High School 181

High School High School Schools Students 181

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In some cases, according to Cator, the companies that didn’t get certified were able to point to peer-reviewed research but did not have that research readily accessible for users or potential customers. In order to answer that question, you have to start with, ‘How is it supposed to work?’” Merriman explains.

Education 167

Education Peer Review Motivation Reading 167