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JUNE 9, 2022

They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. provide a concluding statement that follows from argument presented. Educational links.

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MAY 23, 2024

They had an idea, though, for how they could set up a unique set of guardrails that would make a new kind of teaching tool that could help students get more of their ideas into their assignments and spend less time thinking about formatting sentences. They have been building tools together to help teach writing for decades.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

It turns out that doing so will require a major reeducation effort for parents, students and teachers, argues Joshua Eyler, who has led teaching centers at several colleges, in a new book. But some teaching experts say tutoring should be reserved for humans who can motivate and understand the students they work with.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

But what is learning and why is play seen as so antithetical to teaching? In that period specifically, I rarely have to break up an argument or redirect a student. What if we centered playfulness and unstructured time in our classrooms, even when it has nothing to do with the curriculum?

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

But for Adisa, as more and more students use AI tools, I believe some faculty may rely too much on the surveillance of writing than the actual teaching of it. Mills doesnt necessarily disagree with that argument, in theory.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Abbie Kay points out that a well-organized essay helps guide the reader through your arguments coherently and logically. Focusing on these structural components will ensure that your essays are well-organized and easy to follow, enhancing the clarity of your argument. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Louisiana, where I teach, is one of eight states in the country that requires a passing score on standardized tests to receive a diploma. Graduation requirements, including the number of credits, types of assessments and graduation pathways, vary widely across America’s 50 states.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The proliferation of AI tools has outpaced efforts to understand how AI’s presence might change teaching practices or the role of the teacher. How do teachers view and position AI tools in their teaching? Teachers who used AI as a teaching partner saw AI feedback as a tool to enhance their teaching and their students’ learning.

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JUNE 28, 2024

Essay writing is a crucial skill for academic and professional success because it teaches clear, logical, and persuasive communication. It presents your main argument and sets the direction for your paper. Each section should flow logically from one to the next, ensuring that your argument builds progressively.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Critics also challenged the arguments and data used by the district to justify the policy. It shows that a common argument against detracking that it hurts students by holding them back from higher level math courses is wrong, Iwasaki says. This year San Francisco unraveled its nearly 10-year experiment.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. But not every educator who tried hybrid teaching of some kind during the pandemic has continued it. Even vocal proponents of HyFlex admit it’s not widely popular among college instructors.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Based on conversations we had with teachers, ViewSonic developed a solution to address their concerns when teaching online. At the same time, they might hear a group getting into an argument across the other side of the room, and they can virtually walk to that group and mediate. The pandemic brought even more attention to this issue.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

The purpose of critical thinking is to inform our behaviours, actions, decisions and to "improve our ability to reason and generate strong arguments" (Hanscomb, 2016, p. In this non-critical state, the mind becomes a warehouse of facts, a receptacle of unfiltered ideas and arguments. The taken for granted becomes the norm.

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MAY 21, 2024

Ellen Galinsky has been on a seven-year quest to understand what brain science says about how to better teach and parent adolescent children. Do you agree with Haidt’s argument there, that teens would be far better off without access to social media and smartphones during this developmental time? I don't have a Yes or No reaction.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2022

With the widespread use of social media platforms and the ubiquity of news stories, teaching students how to critically evaluate sources and sift the good from the bad becomes a pressing pedagogical necessity. Teaching using news articles: Ideas and tips for teachers There are various ways to teach with news.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. Liljedahl has developed a strategy for teaching that he says greatly improves how many students in a class are actually thinking about course material.

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JUNE 25, 2024

Essentially, they should redesign assignments and how they instruct to help teach mental focus, modeling how to read, write and research away from the constant interruptions of social media and app notifications. He’s been teaching since 2006, so he remembers a time before the invention of the iPhone, Instagram or TikTok.

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JUNE 24, 2024

A member of the Ask a Tech Teacher team, when preparing an essay example for her class on the impacts of social media on mental health, used freewriting to brainstorm ideas and created a vivid opening scene describing a teenager’s day (she teaches High School), highlighting moments of social media interaction and their emotional effects.

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JANUARY 29, 2025

It allows you to convey ideas, opinions, or arguments easily. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. All Round Wring Proficiency Takes A Hit Academic writing becomes a stable grey area for students weak in English. Not only dissertations.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Her response stunned me, not just because she had yelled, but because of who she wasa student who had been a leader in my classroom, someone with whom I had built a strong relationship through teaching art the previous year. Then, I walked back inside and continued teaching. I walked over and quietly asked her to step outside with me.

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JULY 21, 2023

Here are popular online resources to teach about Civics and Government. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Schools need to tap into the same sense of wonder that led early humans to seek unifying stories to explain their place in the world — and teachers need to do more to incorporate myths, jokes and riddles into curriculum and teaching practices, from the earliest grades up through high school.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

When Teaching Students Math, Concepts Matter More Than Process By Nicola Hodkowski Researcher Nicola Hodkowski makes a case for moving beyond students memorizing the process of doing math and instead fostering a deep understanding of mathematical concepts. Here are the most popular K-12 stories of 2024.

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JUNE 14, 2023

With the increased availability of AI tools in classrooms accelerated by the pandemic and showing no signs of a slowdown, teaching has become yet another field in which professional work is shared with tools like AI. We wondered about the role of AI in one specific teaching practice: assessing student learning. Figure 1: Teacher v.

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APRIL 30, 2024

AI algorithms use massive datasets and natural language processing to produce content that replicates student writing styles as teaching tools. AI writing helpers’ real-time feedback on grammar, vocabulary, coherence, and argument structure is their crucial draw.

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MAY 15, 2023

A Sparring Partner in Forging an Argument A third use case for an AI chatbot is as a “naysayer” or “critic” — not necessarily a role that a university explicitly employs like tutors or editors. Oftentimes, when writing or describing or designing, it helps to hear feedback, especially when there is argumentation involved.

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MAY 18, 2023

We recommend you choose a narrow topic and explore free essay examples at StudyDriver.com where you’ll find valuable ideas and techniques for effectively developing your writing style and creating persuasive arguments. Talk about related arguments from your course and use another section to educate readers beyond the course.

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APRIL 19, 2022

One big theme in education-innovation circles is that the professional world is changing faster than ever, and so schools and colleges must adjust how they teach to meet those needs. One college in St.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

If we want to truly equip our students to understand and navigate the political environment that exists today, we have to think about how we teach the discipline of history more broadly. Good history education empowers students to actively engage with the past they study, rather than being passive receivers of historical narratives.

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JULY 24, 2023

As a case in point, Project Topeka featured an automated essay scoring tool that provided grades 6–8 students with individualized line-level feedback on argumentative essays responding to six different prompts. The relationship between and among ideas—how do you teach that?” Is the evidence reliable? Is it relevant?

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MARCH 26, 2024

He still has that concern, but as he stepped back to think about it, he also saw a way to “leverage” the tool for a goal he had long fought for — to help bring social studies education, and especially the teaching of civics, to broader prominence in the nation’s schools. Cote is not alone in pinning hopes on AI to help the teaching of civics.

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JUNE 5, 2015

Very effective: Argument Wars. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. These are mostly for MS, a mixture of flashcards, games and simulations. Branches of Power. Civics Game Room. Civics games. Congress for Kids. Court Quest. C-Span –Congress at work in video. Elections—the Game. Executive Command.

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MAY 2, 2024

The argument against AI-powered tools remains the same: any content produced by artificial intelligence can be viewed as plagiarism. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. This is the same concern that has been posed about essay writing services and the people who use them.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Micro-credentials are short, low-cost, focused, online classes that are self-paced and student-driven, offering competency-based recognition for skills educators want to learn to buttress their teaching. Supporting Student Argumentation – Understanding Structure and Language of Argumentation. Supporting Argumentation [link].

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Now that schools are back open and pandemic relief funds are expiring , there’s a risk this gap will quickly widen unless policymakers take a fresh look at the nation’s connectivity. And it’s one that disproportionately affects students of color and those in underserved communities.

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MAY 15, 2023

Inspired by past educators, Aida Hadzovic has built a reputation for innovative teaching strategies for English. EdSurge: How did using AI tools in your classroom change your approach to teaching writing? Like many teachers, I wasn’t sure about using AI in my teaching. AI can be used as a revising and editing tool for students.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

How do teaching methods influence understanding? Teaching Methods and Learning Tools Learning environment in the classroom can influence perception and comprehension on many levels. In an argumentative essay, the cause-and-effect lays forth the chain of events that led to the current state of affairs. Find the answers here.

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