eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

NEW YORK – Brainly, the AI Learning Companion TM used by 15 million monthly active users, announces the release of Test Prep, the latest AI-powered innovation designed to improve test scores, boost student confidence and reduce anxiety. students confirming they don’t give themselves enough time to study for their tests.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

When students establish a career identity, the material they learn that relates to that identity becomes more personally meaningful than just passing a test or earning a graduation credit, Christine Rodriguez told EdSurge in an email interview. As for Hatch Valley High School, Goins reports, students there saw improvement in test scores.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The textbook that Delmar Larsen assigned his students was full of errors, and he knew it. The textbook, written by a well-known author, had cost each of his students $200. “I I can write a physical chemistry for life sciences textbook,” says Larsen. The professor felt like an accomplice.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. Earlier this year Ferreira stepped aside as CEO, replaced by Brian Kibby , a veteran of major textbook companies including Pearson and McGraw-Hill.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Perched in lime green desk chairs, dozens of employees of OpenStax work here to transform physics, calculus and psychology materials into digital textbooks that students can study at no cost. First, OpenStax came for textbooks. OpenStax textbooks are display in a room named for the author of one the nonprofit's economics books. /

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

Now something similar may be happening with textbooks, as publishing giants start to broker campuswide deals with colleges that give students unlimited access to a publisher’s digital textbooks at cut-rate prices. Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2025

test and quiz questions) (34 percent), animations (e.g., textbook readings) (30 percent) and visuals (e.g., images included in textbooks and digital content) (29 percent). videos integrated into digital content) (30 percent), narrative content (e.g.,

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2022

In my quest to engage my students in social studies, I’ve found that, after a few rounds of trial and error, the social studies textbooks belong on the shelf. However, the digital resources are not enough—they need to be applied within the context of effective, classroom-tested strategies.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

When asked what research and evidence he believes shows one-to-one computing will work in West Virginia, Martirano reiterated that an Internet-accessing digital device doesn’t have the same limits on content that “static” and “finite” textbooks do.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

For the summer program, I created an experiment in which students got to test out different types of road salts. In my experience, even reluctant students become interested in setting up a science experiment when they have some level of agency over what they will be testing. Both are readily available on Amazon. Give students agency.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

It also reflects the prevalence of low-quality and uninspired textbook series that have dominated the market throughout the latter half of the 20 th century. The perception that good teachers reject textbooks and design their own curriculum has been a persistent belief of educators over the years. References. Heifetz, R.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

After all, a free or inexpensive alternative to a pricey commercial textbook can make a big difference for students at institutions like Salt Lake Community College, who are “mostly not affluent,” Hardy says. But OER advocates think open access course materials hold another kind of promise for students, too.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2022

Textbooks have complex formats, full of charts, graphs, and equations that must be manually transformed into accessible formats. The average Math textbook has over 5,000 equations, and it can take three to four months for a human to transform a print math book into accessible formats that can be properly read by a screen reader.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Listening , San Francisco, CA Listening provides a mobile app designed for students and researchers to transform textbooks and research papers into audio, providing insights and note-taking ability on-the-go and helping to streamline the research process. Oblio, Inc. Quizard AI, Inc.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

When Jenny Billings piloted a digital textbook class and saw an immediate increase in engagement and retention after just one semester, she thought it must be a fluke. Taking Textbooks Online: Rowan Cabarrus Community College. I didn’t want my faculty doing anything I hadn’t thoroughly tested,” she says. percent to 76.6

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Today, Anagnoson’s online course is embedded into a Water Systems Technology zero-cost textbook degree program, or Z-degree. Water is a unique discipline, it’s not like math or history or communication studies were major publishers put out multitudes of textbooks on,” she says. Now it’s my job.” But small kinks have cropped up.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It’s one thing to score well on a test; it’s another to see a project you worked on come to fruition and make a real impact. Yet, a vital component of education remains overlooked. Education often lags behind in today’s rapidly evolving world, where technological advancements and shifting job markets are the norm.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

Will Future Textbooks Include Chatbot Tutors? Soon that same technology might power chatbots inside of online textbooks. They showed off a seventh-grade physical science textbook that let students either chat questions about the text or respond to questions posed by the system (with open-ended responses). That hurts you know.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Studytracks has more than 1,300 songs available covering a wide range of subjects, making it the perfect test for teachers at Monrovia. Students were struck by their newfound ability to retain knowledge through listening to music rather than reading from a traditional textbook.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2018

From a rise in test-optional schools to redesigns that move away from being a test of “how well you can learn how to take the tests,” the last few years have seen significant shifts in both the approach to—and importance of—the SAT and ACT. Test-prep anywhere. Think back to the test prep book you studied with.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

When students can touch things and interact, as opposed to watching a teacher write notes on a chalkboard and copying it into their notebooks, test scores improve. One study found that active learning significantly increases student performance in the classroom: Students were 1.5

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2019

Office of Naval Research through the EBEC, which also includes six new lab stations, new textbooks, and new lab manuals. Users can turn on various functions to mimic experimentation and attach various probes, such as a heater that can boil water in a test tube. recently secured for STEM – High School Chemistry from the U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

They had to find the parameters for those conditions and test out various scenarios. This “cookbook recipe” teaching style not only stifles creativity, but it can also hinder critical thinking skill development. It was a lot of fun for them–they were really excited about it. It helps students develop motor skills.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

These are skills students rarely learn straight out of a textbook. Past research reviewed in the report also suggests that PBL students perform better on a wide range of assessments including standardized testing. The best way to teach them, we’ve found, is by making these skills a relevant part of their active lives.

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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. EdSurge: The app you developed helps teachers test out their learning materials to see if they’re effective.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Then, they find or create digital content, objective tests, and performance tasks aligned to those learning objectives, which they post to an LMS. More than three-quarters (77 percent) of teachers who relied on curriculum outside of textbooks created their own materials in 2023, and that pattern is likely to continue. 4, 2020, [link].

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For decades, print textbook publishers have owned K-12 distribution channels, usually through fleets of sales representatives that hone relationships with schools and districts. Now, Quizlet wants to test whether it can offer content providers that distribution channel—and upend how publishers reach consumers online.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2023

This, Samuel said, helps paint a more equitable picture of a student’s potential, beyond test scores and grades, because the points are valid data points that can be used to make a more informed and holistic decision regarding admissions and financial packages. Each time a student shows up, they earn points.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Chalkboards, heavy textbooks, and other analog tools of the past have no place in today’s schools. What new technology is out there and being tested in the classroom? As a result, we’re seeing a variety of new technology being tested and used in the classroom to support different learning styles.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

Many educators who use Vernier probeware in their classroom have noted a deeper engagement and understanding when students watch an event and collect data simultaneously when compared to only reading a table of measurements in a textbook.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The message revealed that large publisher Pearson Education was monitoring social media sites to find students who may be leaking information about tests administered by the company. These tests were developed by a number of states in conjunction with Pearson and were intended to measure student preparedness after graduation.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2020

In addition to Office Hours, Numerade offers more than 6,000 hours of step-by-step video solutions to problems in the STEM textbooks and test prep books used at the secondary and post-secondary levels, created by a team of 1,000+ PhDs and TAs from universities across the US.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Increasingly, students encounter these proctoring tools in courseware required for their classes, thanks to partnerships between textbook publishers and proctoring companies. The practice has stirred controversy, and this week a group of parents became the latest to push back against remote proctoring software. It is very nerve-wracking.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Some said yes, or gave textbook answers such as, “So we can be successful in high school,” or “to grow our brains.” Some students opted for a good old-fashioned test. Clark crying and apologizing for being a bad kid, we returned to the question of why. I asked my students, “Do you understand why you learn what you learn in school?”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

If traditional teaching methods reliant on textbooks, lecture, and rote memorization have proven anything, it’s that one size definitely does not fit all. When these approaches are brought together in the classroom by a teacher, it creates an environment where students feel encouraged to test ideas, make mistakes, and ask questions.

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