Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponents say catch cheating, but in ways that many students say amount to an unacceptable invasion of their privacy. In that model, colleges are typically charged on a per-test basis.

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Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

We all have that one teacher who seems to take months to grade even a single test. It’s a student response system that allows teachers to make quizzes that students can take on their device. The average high school textbook costs $70 and weighs about a million pounds. We spend the entire semester wondering what our grade is.

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Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus Students 143

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

While many students say they’re looking for the assistance they’re not getting from their colleges, professors argue that students are using these sites to cheat on quizzes and tests. It's the way quizzes and exams are proctored. A lot of our original test takers are students who are full-time employed.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

In this system, students choose from a menu of content delivery options (textbook, downloadable study guides, lectures) and interaction options (in-person or online). Making practice tests fun with a "King of the Hill" game. Bruce Robertson Technology makes it easy to send out reminders, administer quizzes and offer immediate feedback.

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Curriculum Hybrid Courses Lecturing Gamification 154

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Students are required to complete online chapter quizzes based on the course objectives and textbook for the course within D2L. When the course was taught in-person, three tests were administered to students and evenly spaced throughout the semester. There were no intermittent due dates throughout the semester.

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Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 126

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2024

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods whether they’re in a classroom, the library, one of the tech labs.

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Quizzes Schools Textbooks Grades 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2022

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods. prepare students for the rigor of end-of-year summative testing.

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Quizzes Schools Textbooks Grades 159

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

BBookX uses artificial intelligence to create OER texts for professors to use in their courses instead of traditional textbooks. Artificial intelligence can play a role in that, too. So his team built Inquizitive, a quiz generation engine.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

That ruffled feathers early on, particularly as professors claimed copyright over their lecture and test materials, and said that services like these made it easier for students to cheat. The company is also working with textbook publishers on interactive experiences that pair reading materials from the book with quizzes on Course Hero.

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Quizzes Lecturing Textbooks Instructors 159

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Formative: more informal check-ins—quizzes, questions from the front of the room, or even chats with students—that assess how students are absorbing material and allow teachers to adjust lessons on the fly. It is no longer just writing multiple choice test questions. And it’s mind-bending stuff. It's super sophisticated.

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Education Quizzes Exams Textbooks 213

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

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.” Cherlendy Louis, a student and TeachTap user in New York City, said, “Instead of getting bored and zoning out using textbooks, TeachTap makes topics so much more entertaining.

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Exams High School High School History 143

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Students are required to complete online chapter quizzes based on the course objectives and textbook for the course within D2L. When the course was taught in-person, three tests were administered to students and evenly spaced throughout the semester. There were no intermittent due dates throughout the semester.

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Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 110

Edsurge

JULY 5, 2016

Open educational resources (OER) have saved students at the University of Georgia (UGA) nearly $2 million in textbook costs alone over the past three years. In spring 2016, UGA began testing protocols for OpenStax’ Concept Coach and will pilot the next version of the software through the spring of 2017. “We Not Just the Text.

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Quizzes Textbooks Coaching Testing 93

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning methods like lectures and textbooks to innovative technologies such as interactive whiteboards and educational apps, these tools aim to facilitate effective learning experiences and foster student growth. What are some examples of teaching techniques?

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Teaching Textbooks Learning Styles Teaching Methods 130

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

We can’t just use a college textbook, we go through it so fast.” Students are paid to be there, and if they successfully complete their training (testing with more fluency than a typical university graduate who has studied foreign language for four years, according to the institute), they receive bonus pay.

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Motivation Language Languages Learning 214

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. At the end of the day, edtech can feel like one more thing on a teacher’s plate. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning.

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Gaggle Speaks

JULY 14, 2015

How many copies of worksheets, handouts or textbook pages do teachers make each week? Students who are absent, forget an assignment at school, are on vacation or are missing school because of a snow day can have quick access to scored assessments, assignments, tests and quizzes. Think about it.

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Grades Quizzes Essay Instructors 94

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

I found some quizzes and tests,” she said, noting that plenty of those materials and PowerPoint slides from other professors were easily found on Course Hero about the subject she was teaching, biomaterials. She didn’t really pay attention to the goal of the site—which is for students to share their notes and other class materials.

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Study Exams Quizzes Academic Integrity 130

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com (formerly called Education-Portal) is a distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, physics, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and more) aligned with popular textbooks. Take quizzes and proctored exams available in your subscription.

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Exams Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus 82

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

To test this out, the institution partnered with researchers from Brown University and edtech company Mainstay to select an online political science course that has high enrollment—and high rates of failure—because every student is required to take it. Too Much Help—Or Not Enough?

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Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Students 200

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

As Meyers explains, traditional math textbooks and the way we teach math is the functional equivalent of turning on “Two and a Half Men” and calling it a day. That 3-Act video covered unit rate, and that was our highest tested standard that year. But ya know what? The kids learned. Tip: Hate seeing yourself on camera?

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Math Quizzes Textbooks Testing 138

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I had been teaching eighth grade geography for four years at that point, and historically, I had used a textbook and pacing chart to cover the curriculum. I used traditional grading practices, assessing student progress through quizzes, tests, project, midterms and finals each year.

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Syllabus Learning Course Outline History 159

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

From 2006 to 2016, the cost of textbooks increased by 88 percent, more than than nearly any other college student expense—including tuition and fees (63 percent) or on-campus housing (51 percent)—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned.

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Textbooks Plagiarism Instructors Quizzes 77

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2017

He’ll design short quizzes to test each concept, and make a menu of choices for students to turn to when the results show they need to learn more. Once he settles on the concepts he wants to cover, Salimi will look around for open education resources or multimedia from textbook publishers to explain each one.

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Learning Disabilities Disabilities Education Students 119

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 5, 2019

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods. prepare students for the rigor of end-of-year summative testing.

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Quizzes Textbooks Grades Curriculum 94

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

So far, 15 partners have signed on to make their materials available through Quizlet study sets, which include a collection of flashcards, games, quizzes and other interactive activities. The publishers will give a cut of such textbook sales to Quizlet. “In high school students using its studying tools.

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Textbooks Quizzes Game-Based Learning Study 77

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Within these walls, knowledge transcends textbooks, as discussions, debates, and collaborations spark deeper understanding. Another example is the use of educational games or quizzes to reinforce concepts and assess understanding. This activity promotes active participation, peer collaboration, and critical thinking.

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Learning eLearning Instructors Learning Styles 130

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

For technologies that facilitate traditional teaching practices—such as taking attendance, administering and grading quizzes, maintaining a gradebook, or digitizing textbooks—this approach makes sense. Creating tightly integrated technology and instructional models requires in-depth, collaborative partnerships.

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Feedback Quizzes Textbooks Study 85

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

Just 26 percent of ACT test-takers are prepared for college. Wish this wasn’t locked down behind AEA PD Online (with quizzes!) Missed signals: The effect of ACT college-readiness measures on post-secondary decisions. What We’re Missing In Measuring Who’s Ready For College. STEM Education Award for Inspired Teaching video.

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STEM Interdisciplinary Quizzes Math 94

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

How “hard fun” that integrate math, writing, design and art in a programming project captivated students previously bored with the curriculum, and developed in them new confidence and significantly improved their scores on standardized math tests. Yet Seymour also felt that some of his ideas have been misconstrued and misapplied.

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Knowledge Curriculum Design Intelligence Math 128

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

Use Active Learning, Not Passive Consumption Watching lectures or reading textbooks might feel productive, but its passive. For example, a student might learn a concept on Monday, review it briefly on Wednesday, then test themselves the following Monday, and again two weeks later. The goal is to revisit just as youre about to forget.

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Study Online Learning Learning Motivation 52

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

Courses include not just live or recorded lessons, but assignments, projects, tests, and exams, just like traditional school. Technology-Enhanced Learning Experiences Online education isnt just textbooks uploaded to a computer. But unlike traditional school, online schooling often allows students to customize their learning pace.

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Schools Exams Assignments Culture 52

eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2019

People have been predicting the end of the traditional, paper-based textbook for years. A McKinsey & Company study from 2014 suggested that textbook rentals would cannibalize new-textbook sales by 2017, resulting in a reduction in new-book sales of 5 to 10 percent by 2020. How are they shaping the future of education?

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Textbooks Quizzes Testing Critical Thinking 279

Lab to Class

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Education, especially formalized education in schools, has long held that in order for students to learn effectively, they must have solid study routines, consistent teachers, and unified textbooks. This should be a sign for every teacher that they need to add more variety of practice into their lesson. Absolutely not.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Wesley Engers has an unusual hobby: beta testing online courses from well-known colleges and universities. He doesn’t get paid, but he helps improve the quality of courses by catching mistakes in quizzes and pointing out befuddling bits of video lectures, which can then be clarified before professors release the course to students. “I

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Testing Lecturing Quizzes Textbooks 166

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

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2025

Here are 10 ways schools have changed in the last five years: Students are still paying for COVID learning disruptions Karyn Lewis recalls thinking that the worst had passed when she saw promising signs from testing during the 2021-22 school year. These policies may take time to show up in test scores. COVID was the catalyst.

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