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Local Government 52

Local Government Critical Thinking Peer Review Questions 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

AI-powered tools have entered the educational landscape, and theyve changed the way I teach writing–particularly persuasive writing. For instance, teach them to craft a clear thesis statement and support it with specific details. Example : Nour and Ammar used AI to review each others work.

English 288

English Writing Teaching Essay 288

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

This shift has led to the growing adoption of co-teaching models, where general and special education teachers collaborate to meet the diverse needs of their students. First, let’s explore the benefits of using the station rotation model to enhance co-teaching and create more inclusive classrooms.

Teaching 395

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

Instead of making any edits for the other person, the peer reviewer identifies areas where the student will need to spend time editing or developing their work. Peer Review Using Rubrics. The checklist approach is designed to help students clean up easy-to-correct mistakes before submitting their work.

Feedback 546

Feedback Peer Review Assignments Online Learning 546

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

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This includes in-person and tech-enabled learning that is specifically focused on strengthening culturally responsive teaching, differentiated instruction, and inclusive practices. This eight-step model is centered on collaboration to help improve both teaching and learning. Collaborative teaching opportunities. Math support.

Coaching 288

Coaching Peer Review Math Teaching Methods 288

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Looking through a collection of teaching portfolios by her colleagues helped reassure her that she could redesign her course while preserving what worked about the classroom experience. Thanks to that requirement, the Cal State system has built a library that has grown to more than 200 teaching portfolios.

Teaching Portfolio 167

Teaching Portfolio Teaching Syllabus Peer Review 167

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2023

And plenty of educators are using podcasting in their teaching as well, getting students sharing conversations about ideas. What are some of the ways podcasts are now used in a teaching setting? 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

eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2015

available online, that features science educator Isabella Reyes as she explores “the science of teaching science.”. The series draws from peer-reviewed research in science, cognition, and pedagogy and distills valuable findings from journal articles to promote effective classroom practices. for grades K-2).

Science 267

Science Peer Review Grades Questions 267

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. This is especially hard for me since I teach large classes and it is challenging to connect. As I began my first night of teaching in a university setting, I asked the students to take out their textbooks for the class and turn to a particular page.

Teaching 167

Teaching Peer Review Course Evaluations Culture 167

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

I was in my fifth year of teaching at Forest Ridge, an independent all-girls school serving students in grades 5-12 in Bellevue, Wash., This Class is Unfair The pivotal class I was teaching at the time was a physical science course, consisting of three sections of 15 to 17 eighth graders. Anonymous student. Anonymous student.

Feedback 167

Feedback Culture Science Teaching 167

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2016

WHAT : The ISTE Standards provide a framework for learning, teaching and leading that is amplified by technology. Innovative offerings include the widely adopted ISTE Standards for learning, teaching and leading in the digital age–as well as the ISTE Conference & Expo –the world’s most comprehensive ed tech event.

Teachers 262

Teachers Peer Review Feedback Participation 262

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This year marks a significant milestone in integrating advanced AI technologies into educational practices, heralding a new era of teaching and learning. Project-based assessments, peer reviews, and interactive simulations offer students opportunities to demonstrate their understanding in diverse and meaningful ways.

Metacognitive Skills 332

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 332

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

for literacy saw fourth-grade reading scores rise by 10 points – even after school closures during the pandemic – due to an emphasis on explicitly teaching foundational reading skills and professional development. One example to learn from is the “ Mississippi Miracle ,” in which a state once ranked second to last in the U.S.

Science 311

Science Reading Gamification Motivation 311

eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2024

At Savvas, we are committed to developing the highest-quality instructional solutions that are powered by cutting-edge technology in order to personalize teaching and learning and help all students succeed.”

Peer Review 256

Peer Review Critical Thinking Learning Instructors 256

eSchool News

JULY 28, 2021

CoderZ is a powerful, self-paced virtual learning platform for grades 4-12 that teaches computer science integration by gamifying NGSS and CSTA-aligned curriculum. CoderZ also offers a professional development program that introduces instructors to the concepts of teaching computer science and computational thinking using an online tool.

Interdisciplinary 246

Interdisciplinary Peer Review Science STEM 246

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

They are also valuable teaching tools. Databases provide full-text access to a wide range of content, including books, magazines, primary sources, images, charts, and peer-reviewed articles by credible authors representing diverse perspectives.

Peer Review 269

Peer Review Essay Skills Critical Thinking 269

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2023

16 in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics , suggest that the Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) program, aimed at increasing educational opportunities for under-represented and economically disadvantaged students, also significantly reduces substance use. The findings, published Dec.

High School 337

High School High School Schools Peer Review 337

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

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. So the researchers are publishing data frequently—even as they do the experiments. How does the experiment work?

Peer Review 200

Peer Review Art Schools Testing 200

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

Examples include small-group brainstorming and “Mini Socratics” (small-group Socratic Seminars), gamification methods giving students points for each component they’ve completed in an assignment, small-group peer reviews where students reflect on each other’s ideas instead of correcting errors, and more.

Writing 318

Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 318

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

The company currently serves the K-12, higher education, professional, library, English language teaching and workforce training markets worldwide. 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.

Peer Review 241

Peer Review Study Knowledge English 241

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Three years ago I was teaching a graduate computer science course with 20 students. When teaching many students at once, some ordinary things become near impossible. Instead, I decided to enhance my approach to problem solving by incorporating peer review—letting students participate in the feedback and assessment process.

Feedback 140

Feedback Peer Review Critical Thinking Assignments 140

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2021

The study has been cited in other peer-reviewed journals more than 1,200 times, according to Google Scholar, and it has been pointed to in op-eds and other popular articles as well. Miller has been looking into what learning science says about all kinds of narratives that float around technology and teaching these days.

Study 215

Study Peer Review Fairness Writing 215

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

While peer-reviewed journals are important mechanisms to share research, she feels that scholars can also present the results of those studies in other ways to help influence practice in a more timely manner. So what do we do with the results of this research?

Peer Review 217

Peer Review Mobile Devices Gamification Learning 217

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

al (2019), Integrative teaching benefits middle-level learners as it potentially increases student engagement, motivation, and achievement. Educators who do not incorporate technology into their teaching practices are missing an opportunity to enhance student learning experiences. or Why should I care? I will never use this.

Interdisciplinary 228

Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Peer Review Discussions 228

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

As the school year gets underway across the nation, many schools and districts are launching new technology initiatives and programs designed to improve teaching and learning. One of the district’s top technology initiatives : Fifth and eighth grade students partnered on a peer-reviewed argument writing assigment.

Peer Review 181

Peer Review Essay Disabilities Schools 181

eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A peer review team from Middle States member schools recommended VHS Learning for reaccreditation, and Middle States voted on the recommendation at its biannual meeting in Philadelphia. As part of the reaccreditation process, VHS Learning conducted a self-study before the peer review team’s evaluation.

Peer Review 130

Peer Review Learning Evaluation Achievement 130

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.

Instructors 218

Instructors Lecturing Teachers Attention 218

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Perhaps education has been missing a key ingredient when it comes to teaching students to detect faulty reasoning: practice. 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. The data is publicly available online.

Critical Thinking 217

Critical Thinking Multiple Choice Questions Peer Review Testing 217

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

Plenty of peer-reviewed research shows that classroom “clickers” improve student learning when it comes to delivering facts. When she showed the finding to the professor teaching the physics course, Grant V. O’Rielly, she says he “he nearly fell over” and immediately changed how he uses the teaching tool.

Study 154

Study Multiple Choice Questions Peer Review Quizzes 154

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

students who played edgames outperformed their peers on standardized tests. Now a soon-to-be released study from Vanderbilt University demonstrates the impact of rigorous, peer reviewed research into curricular tools, in this case showing that students who played edgames outperformed their peers on standardized tests.

Game-Based Learning 164

Game-Based Learning Peer Review Learning Gamification 164

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

It was 2007, and Larsen was teaching a physical chemistry for life sciences course at the University of California at Davis. 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 164

Textbooks Writing Accessibility Peer Review 164

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2023

At school you teach and support students. That study could be used to help administrators overhaul their teachers’ schedules, the task force writes, and free them up from non-teaching tasks that eat away at time that could be spent collaborating with peers, reviewing their students’ learning data and generally making their lessons better. “I

Teachers 218

Teachers Peer Review Study Grades 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

They serve as a bridge between theory and practice, promote active learning and the development of practical skills that improve their teaching methods. This teaching approach can help them analyze and find realistic solutions to complex problems. The NSTA also has nearly a thousand peer-reviewed case studies on various science topics.

Study 163

Study Teachers Peer Review Instructors 163

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

Some educators may feel overwhelmed by adding projects to their already busy curriculum, but Caldwell and Fielding offer two strategies that can greatly reduce stress and time: use rubrics for assessment and incorporate peer reviews.

Peer Review 174

Peer Review Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Communication 174

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Today, a growing number of professors have embraced Wikipedia as a teaching tool. There’s even a new peer-reviewed academic journal about using Wikipedia in higher education. He even wrote a book about the topic, called “ Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia.”

Peer Review 145

Peer Review Textbooks Education Writing 145

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2025

I really think that they have become so accustomed to it, they lack confidence in their own writing,” Distefano, who teaches in Texas, says. “In She recounts that an automotive teacher realized he had to change his teaching strategy because when his students adopted AI, they “stopped thinking.” “So It’s a formidable challenge.

Assignments 199

Assignments English Teachers Essay 199