eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2023

Standardized tests can be hard on students. Many of us still remember the frustration and anxiety we experienced when we were younger and sat down for our first round of testing. To make matters worse, it’s fairly common for students who are doing well academically to find themselves stymied by a single bad testing experience.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized testing. The debate over using test scores in college admissions has oscillated between requiring them and questioning their necessity in favor of relying more on student grade point averages (GPAs). Over time, standardized tests have evolved in many ways.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

That holds true for students scoring a 5 on the test as well as a 1 or 2. This potentially sets them up for low performance, as well as a compounded sense of struggle at more critical times in life, such as when preparing for a career in nursing, accounting, or many others that require standardized testing. There is a threshold.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology. 12 brain/mind learning principles in action: The fieldbook for making connections, teaching, and the human brain (Vol.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Merge, the leader in mixed reality for K-12 education, announced today their new hand-held digital teaching aids are now available for teachers and students worldwide. Setting a new standard, the digital teaching aids will alter the way millions of students learn in 150,000 U.S. schools as well as over a billion students worldwide.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2025

–( BUSINESS WIRE )– The Smithsonian Science Education Center and Carolina Biological announced new independent study results showing the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom curriculum improved students scores in N.C. Students in grades 3 through 5 were part of the study from rural and diverse North and South Carolina.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2022

Before exploring how technology can alleviate pressure from teachers to deliver the right teaching and learning environment that accommodates various learning styles, it’s important to home in on Merrill’s Principles of Instruction. Five Principles of Learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading. More than 50 years of research has illuminated the most effective way to teach children to read.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

While 89 percent of teachers reported in a recent survey that they believe generative AI will have an impact on teaching, recent reporting in the Wall Street Journal and The74 have rightly identified some of AI’s limitations in education, questioning the technology’s ability to serve as, for example, an effective tutor.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

When asked for their best advice when it comes to AI and math education, for example, 61 percent of educators polled suggested that students view AI as a mentor or study partner rather than a crutch, while nearly half (49 percent) see value for students in using AI for help with the process of learning math concepts, rather than to give answers.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

Our most recent white paper, Exploring the Data: A Comprehensive Review of Research on Probeware and Three-Dimensional Teaching , explores the latest research that highlights how probeware supports active, student-driven learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

According to a recent study , this ratio has stayed stable for years, but teachers are under more pressure and are working more hours than ever before – an average of 52-58 hours per week. Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework. First, outside-in.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2025

When state testing season arrives, classroom routines can quickly fall apart. In this blog, I’ll share six strategies that encourage students to explore, create, reflect, and connecteven during the testing season. For example, if students studied ecosystems, one student might ask, How would a major drought affect the grasslands?

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

Poptential , an award-winning family of free social studies course packages, offers instructors a variety of content to help students learn about the national debt using pop culture media to engage students. More than 100,000 users from throughout the United States have signed up for Certell’s Poptential family of free social studies courses.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2024

When my friend, Emma, was preparing for finals, she used Trello to organize her study schedule, Quizlet for flashcards, and weekly Google Meet sessions with classmates to discuss tough topics, transforming her test stress into an effective study routine. Because studying for exams can feel overwhelming.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Florida Funders Invests In ChalkTalk, Personalized Learning Program for Real-Time Instruction, Designed to Shape The Future of Teaching & Training. Using results from a student placement test, ChalkTalk’s machine-learning software generates a standards-aligned curriculum customized to fit within existing class schedules.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Teachers can sign up for a free account and identify the subjects and grade levels they teach. Are you teaching students about Latin roots, orders of operation, or cell division? chapter in the textbook, unit of study, collection of vocabulary words). You can use any game with your students that has been shared publically.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

With school back, let’s talk about the most efficient ways to study. With increasing coursework and extracurricular activities, a structured approach to studying helps manage time effectively, reduces stress, and boosts learning outcomes. For example, you could find a selection of study material at Studocu that you can utilize.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Once upon a time, educators worried about the dangers of CliffsNotes — study guides that rendered great works of literature as a series of bullet points that many students used as a replacement for actually doing the reading. From a teaching, learning standpoint, that's pretty concerning to me,” he says. Today, that sure seems quaint.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Every test score, attendance log, learning app, or digital assignment generates data. Why it matters for K-12 teachers As educators, we regularly interact with data, benchmark scores, reading levels, engagement analytics from edtech tools, and state test results. You dont need to be a data scientist to teach data literacy.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Helping students review for an exam often takes the form of a study guide or review game. The teacher has to do the lion’s share of the work compiling a list of items to include on the study guide or creating questions for a game. The person generating the study guide and review game is the one doing the critical thinking.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

New methods of teaching may help close this gap, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. Schools also tend to rely on spoken communication to teach and written exams to assess learning. The study suggests that being able to construct meaning from multiple methods is critical for multilingual students.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Alabama state law previously required students to take at least four years each of English, math, science and social studies to graduate from high school. Students who opt for the workforce diploma will not have their ACT test scores included in their schools public reports. The state is now calling that track the Option A diploma.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2023

But even as some educators raise concerns, others see potential for new AI technology to reduce teacher workloads or help bring teaching materials to life in new ways. A number of startups are trying to bring so-called generative AI to classrooms as a teaching tool. Chocolate-Covered Broccoli’?

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

In 2014, I got my first teaching job at a brand new high school in Detroit. Study after study has shown that effective library programs can increase student literacy and test scores and create more equitable student outcomes. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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Edsurge

JUNE 3, 2025

For many counselors, the prevalence of children using social media to self-diagnose suggests a larger problem related to lasting social and emotional impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, unregulated virtual spaces and the importance of teaching media literacy skills. We say, Okay, it looks like youre upset. Lets take a deep breath.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Not only do these courses offer students a jump-start on credits once they get to college, but they also equip them with skills like time management, critical thinking and study habits that researchers say encourage them to enroll and stay in college. Some states have eligibility requirements, such as passing a standardized test.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

At the Human Computing Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, McLaren develops digital learning games to study how effective they are in the classroom and beyond. For more than a decade, McLaren and colleagues have brought games like this to Pittsburgh area schools to test their technology and learning theories.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He devoted the bulk of his time and energy to studying how to improve teaching. “I In fact he had been pursuing research to improve physics teaching for years, as a parallel area of work that people hadn’t paid much attention to. Wieman has led efforts to improve science teaching.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

AP courses are a time-tested way to prove academic rigor, making them an integral part of many students’ college admissions strategy–their importance for college admissions, however, comes down to what a school offers. How important are AP classes for college admission?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Studies have shown that if you start cultivating STEM interest in kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms, students will have a greater chance of pursuing a career in the field. Hyper-focused on standardized testing. While these tests are important, they limit the ability to put the scientific method in action.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

The organization is best known for its skills competitions that bring students together to network with industry professionals and test their abilities in more than 100 career fields. When students take part in SkillsUSA competitions, they compete with students in the state based on technical standards created by industry leaders.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2024

With interest in the teaching profession waning and enrollment in teacher preparation programs reaching historic lows, all eyes are on the next crop of students — tomorrow’s prospective educators — to make up the deficit. Teaching, many would argue, is one of the most meaningful jobs available.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

As Tax Day approaches, Poptential , a family of free social studies course packages, offers instructors media-rich content to teach key concepts about taxation in the United States. Poptential course packages include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers , quizzes, and tests.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology. 12 brain/mind learning principles in action: The fieldbook for making connections, teaching, and the human brain (Vol.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Key points: A study offers important considerations for how colleges can best evaluate student performance Test: The four-letter word that works with GPA for college admissions What data is necessary to help students succeed? The study is based on an analytical sample of 40,194 students across 10 postsecondary institutions.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Global learning platform Quizlet today announced a series of new study tools designed to help students return to the classroom with renewed confidence this school year. Brain Beats: With Brain Beats, students can automatically turn their flashcards into a song to enhance studying, using a tune to aid in memorization.

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