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20 Ways to Assess Prior Knowledge

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prior knowledge refers to the information, concepts, skills, and attitudes that students have acquired before encountering new learning material. In this post, we delve into various strategies educators can use to assess students’ prior knowledge. Games Purpose : To assess knowledge in an engaging, low-stakes environment.

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Case Study: Clark County School District

Education Superhighway

An initial needs assessment by CCSD found that 70,000 respondents did not have a device, 18,000 did not have Internet access, and 120,000 did not respond at all. The post Case Study: Clark County School District appeared first on EducationSuperHighway. Tracking data.

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How Enhanced Homework Detection Makes Securly Aware Student Wellness Monitoring Even More Reliable and Accurate

Securly

Not just a one-time analysis, At-Risk continues to analyze the student’s activities to assess and update their Wellness Level. If an assignment references topics like war, violence, suicide, or death, the potential exists that the student’s work will trigger a false positive alert. How Does the Homework Detection Module Work?

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Unleashing Metacognition: The Power of See, Think, Wonder

Catlin Tucker

Metacognition, often referred to as “thinking about thinking,” is a cognitive skill that empowers learners to reflect on their thought processes, learning strategies, and understanding of a concept or subject.

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What is authentic assessment?

Learning with 'e's

Assessment. It's important because it shows that assessment drives they way we teach. Cathy proposes a causal link between the way we conduct assessment in formalised education and the deficit we see today in the workplace. Do you have good examples of authentic assessment? References Biggs, J. and Tang, C.

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Ensure Your District is Data Ready with this Free Playbook

eSchool News

Interoperability is also critical to enable us to transform assessment. CoSN’s case study–The Michigan Data Hub: A Strategic Alignment and ROI Study–offers insight into these hidden costs. It enables educators to see learning patterns across platforms, revealing strengths, potential challenges, and engagement.

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Increasing Student Participation During Zoom Synchronous Teaching Meetings

User Generated Education

To discuss a real life scenario or case study. This can be done in a jigsaw strategy whereby different groups are given different case studies. Poll Everywhere is a live student-response tool that offers whole-class participation and assessment through teacher-designed surveys, polls, and discussion boards.

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