Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

They say students need time to exercise, socialize and recharge. Assignments requiring online access have become ubiquitous over the last decade, and according to one Pew survey , close to one in five teenagers reported that unreliable access to a computer or internet connection interfered with their schoolwork even before the pandemic.

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Education Study Report Exercises 201

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

The Report findings are an analysis of anonymized data from the YouScience Discovery aptitude assessment taken by 239,843 male and female U.S. YouScience Discovery uses psychometrically valid brain game-like exercises combined with an inventory of interests to uncover students’ aptitudes. The students represent all 50 states.

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Report Industry Analysis Assessment 95

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One survey found teachers average more than 10 hours weekly on planning and grading , and another study reported that about a third of teachers spend at least 2 hours daily on pre- and post-instruction activities. How many hours each week do you spend on creating, sharing, monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback on student activities?

LMS 152

LMS Moodle Schoology Libraries 152

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2021

Employers rate “ability to work in teams” as the most important skill required of college graduates; 62 percent of employers said this skill is “very important,” while another 31 percent rated it as “somewhat important,” according to a recent employer survey conducted by the Association of American Colleges & Universities.

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Survey Training Groups Exercises 140

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

With the recent advent of ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies, conversations in education are now abuzz about AI’s potential to redefine lesson delivery, homework and formative assessments. We exercise the power of agency when looking for how to do things. Agency is stick-to-it-tive-ness in action.

EdTech 111

EdTech Trends Outcomes Report 111

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

These tools help create instructional content, interactive lessons, polling surveys, activities, and students’ opportunities to ask questions and communicate effectively. Lesson material consists of short videos, text, and practice exercises, or challenges. Hippo Videos. Collect Feedback Through Polling. Poll Everywhere.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2023

But such programs also carry risks, according to the study, which calls for further research to be conducted to assess how well peer-support efforts actually work and to determine best practices for running them. The two friends reunite, and together take deep breaths and complete a counting exercise.

Training 130

Training Report Survey Study 130

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Instructors say it’s tough to teach and assess motor skills, like catching and kicking, online. Meanwhile, public health experts say kids need exercise more than ever. “PE Compounding these issues, many students around the country live in crowded apartments or in neighborhoods where it’s not safe to exercise outside.

Exercises 144

Exercises Elementary Guidelines Report 144

EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

Assessing for National Board is a great professional development opportunity, and an invaluable part of the National Board Certification process. Assessors score candidate responses to portfolio or assessment center exercises and are trained to look for evidence of a candidate’s practice through the lens of the National Board standards.

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Pearson Company Assessment Exercises 260

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

The nonprofit was founded in response to the global wildfire adoption of its first-generation learning platform, KA Lite , which provided offline access to Khan Academy videos and exercises. This specific feature was initially driven by an assessment by the Harvard EASEL Lab of the use of Amal Alliance’s Colors of Kindness with Kolibri.

EdTech 112

EdTech Digital Divide Education Khan Academy 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The exercise is part of a new program that encourages learning middle school math through real world problem-solving, now in use in 190 school districts across 36 states. NEW YORK — I strap on a virtual reality headset. A screen appears and dramatic music pounds into my ears.

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Training Report Online Learning Conference 117

EdNews Daily

AUGUST 18, 2018

A recent study from the University of Missouri shows that we have the talent to meet workforce demands; it’s just that current interest-based surveys are misdirecting students. Unlike interest-based surveys, aptitude-based testing uses game-like exercises to capture real measures of a student’s ability. Use aptitude-based tools.

Survey 190

Survey Industry Study Assessment 190

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

It’s not often that you come away from an online poll, quiz or survey with a sense of awe and wonder. Optimized to look stunning on all devices (desktop and mobile), Typeform is well worth exploring as your go-to tool for polling, quizzing, surveying and engaging students, staff and parents… Or anyone, come to think of it.

Assessment 40

Assessment Survey Mobility Social Media 40

EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

Assessing for National Board is a great professional development opportunity, and an invaluable part of the National Board Certification process. Assessors score candidate responses to portfolio or assessment center exercises and are trained to look for evidence of a candidate’s practice through the lens of the National Board standards.

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Company Pearson Assessment Exercises 214

Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

Without Innovation, Students Suffer Unbudgeted financial costs associated with the pandemic are a primary concern for leaders of higher education institutions, according to a recent survey of 97 college presidents conducted by Inside Higher Ed and Hanover Research, but these leaders are also worried about their students.

Education 186

Education Industry Training Strategy 186

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Students collaborated to create survey questions and conducted individual interviews with elders in their lives. The goal of this exercise was for students to reference generational knowledge and wisdom in their community to better understand a complex issue like climate change.

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E-rate Data Exercises System 148

Edsurge

MAY 11, 2020

It gives you the opportunity to review all the clothing, furniture, appliances and various knick-knacks that you have accumulated over the years and assess their worth. This exercise feels especially important during a moment when we all face such uncertainty.

Digital Learning 174

Digital Learning Blackboard Course Exercises 174

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Decades of research shows that math anxiety is a common problem for adults, and surveys show it particularly affects women , who make up nearly 90 percent of elementary teachers in the United States. The exercises benefited their own math skills, too. Wendi is me,” said Ivory McCormick, a kindergarten teacher from Atlanta.

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Elementary Report Conference Exercises 126

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 1, 2016

What follows are the elements of differentiated supports for each and every student: Survey students to learn about their interests, passions, and drives; incorporate this information in small and large ways throughout the school year. Tasks that provide students with choice and opportunities to exercise agency.

Future Ready 150

Future Ready Exercises System Survey 150

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress fell by 9 points last year , the largest drop ever recorded, to their lowest levels in more than three decades. Professors blame the pandemic In the most recent Program for International Student Assessment tests in math, or PISA, U.S.

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STEM Report Study Industry 135

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2017

“As more programs are being taken up in schools and districts, there becomes this greater demand to assess them, to see if they’re working, to see if students are, in fact, learning the skills that are being taught,” said Lindsay Read, manager of research at the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, or CASEL.

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Learning Assessment Survey Blended Learning 72

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2017

Engage students in a discussion forum or a survey. By the time educators complete VerveEd’s exercises, they have the confidence to excel in their own Moodle classroom. The platform offers a plethora of tools to customize courses as pretty much whatever teachers need, including: Upload video, audio, and links. adding assignments.

Moodle 150

Moodle LMS Learning Training 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment. Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He has written 24 books on business, security, and leadership topics. webinars, blog posts, and podcast series.

Libraries 41

Libraries Exercises Conference Survey 41

techlearning

JUNE 22, 2018

What’s New: New Tools for Schools ] ADVANCE calibrate ® users complete video-based calibration exercises and can connect with peers within their district or around the country. Users of the ADVANCE Suite will now will be able to network with one another to leverage a broader set of coaching resources.

Software 40

Software Video Exercises Education 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

“There’s not as much research on math disorders or dyscalculia,” as there is on reading disabilities, said Karen Wilson, a clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in the assessment of children with learning differences. A first grader works on a math exercise during a summer program aimed at improving math and reading outcomes.

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Report Training Elementary Strategy 128

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In 2003, a team of Harvard University researchers concluded a survey and mapped out the idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of common English words across the globe. Some offered multiple-choice questions, for instance, that simply asked kids to pick the correct pronunciation—hardly a useful exercise. How do you say “pecan?”)

Exercises 63

Exercises Company Data Assessment 63

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2019

But a large survey of 2,000 elementary schools in three states found that not much advanced content is actually being taught to gifted students. It’s important to point out that the researchers only surveyed schools and district administrators; they didn’t actually analyze the content or quality of gifted curriculum.

Survey 111

Survey Study Exercises Report 111

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

A recent survey of 1,000 K-12 teachers found that 61 percent predicted that ChatGPT will have “legitimate educational uses that we cannot ignore.” Getting students to write something has always been such a solid form of assessment — probably one of the bigger tools we have in our toolkit,” he says. “We

Course 136

Course Tools Flipped Classroom Smartphone 136

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 3, 2022

He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment. Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He has written 24 books on business, security, and leadership topics. webinars, blog posts, and podcast series.

Libraries 48

Libraries Exercises Conference Assessment 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 9, 2022

He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment. Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He has written 24 books on business, security, and leadership topics. webinars, blog posts, and podcast series.

Libraries 45

Libraries Exercises Conference Assessment 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 6, 2021

He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment. Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He has written 24 books on business, security, and leadership topics. webinars, blog posts, and podcast series.

Libraries 45

Libraries Exercises Conference Assessment 45

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2018

I’ve learned that I need to know my students academically and personally so I can modify instruction to be as effective, engaging and rigorous as possible, so every year I craft personal learner profiles for my students that go beyond their IEP goals and basic personality surveys. I’m constantly integrating the gamer profiles in new ways.

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Meeting Differentiated Instruction Survey Digital Badges 104

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Across town, but in the same school district, teacher Alicia Simba leads 13 students, all 4-year-olds, in a breathing exercise in her classroom. Families from Oakland’s higher-income neighborhoods have been drawn to the transitional kindergarten program in her school, which had a waiting list at the beginning of the school year.

Report 113

Report Elementary Policies Groups 113

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

To date, these requirements have been more of a compliance exercise than practical guides to good investments. A 2017 survey by the Technology for Education Consortium found that school officials paid a wide range of prices for similar products and applications. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

Policies 119

Policies EdTech Program Evaluation Outcomes 119

Edthena

JUNE 16, 2021

If you’re debating whether to bother doing this mental exercise, consider the following benefits. You wouldn’t analyze your students’ mastery of content without looking at data in the form of exit tickets or unit assessments. What are you most proud of from this past school year and what do you want to be different moving forward?

Laptops 64

Laptops Exercises Survey Data 64

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to Jill Olson, Senior Director of Operations and Professional Development for EiE® from the Museum of Science, Boston, 73% of elementary teachers do not feel adequately prepared to teach engineering, and in a survey of pre-service elementary teachers, only 10% understood the concepts of computational thinking.

STEM 84

STEM Accessibility Elementary Training 84

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

An Education Week survey found that the vast majority of educators believe that a growth-oriented mindset can help improve students’ motivation, commitment and engagement in learning. But the study found that applying those ideas to practice, and helping students shift their mindset around learning, remains an elusive challenge.

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Strategy Exercises Study Survey 132