The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: A few weeks ago, we took a look at generative AI’s potential to change teaching and learning on college campuses around the country.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2020

For much of the previous decade, advocates of education technology imagined a classroom where computer algorithms would differentiate instruction for each student, delivering just the right lessons at the right time, like a personal tutor. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Choose from our newsletters. Weekly Update.

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ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

Should AI chatbots be used as tutors? That question has been in the air since ChatGPT was released in late 2022, and since then many developers have experimented with using the latest generative AI technology as a tutor. The book is called “ Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing). ”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Tutors sometimes coordinate with classroom teachers to review foundational concepts so that a struggling student can better follow along in class. When these alerts flare, it’s a sign that computerized instruction isn’t going well and the student needs human help. They’ll need hours more planning time to do it well.

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Education Tutoring Lesson Plan Elementary School 121

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2023

After a year of short-burst tutoring, more than double the number of kindergarteners hit an important reading milestone. Researchers are tracking the children to see if the gains from this cheaper and quicker version of high-dosage tutoring are long lasting and lead to more third graders becoming proficient readers. Some exceed $4,000.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Then, as teachers had time to develop lesson plans and adjust to new curricula, student performance began to improve. Leave this field empty if you're human: It’s unclear whether New York is an anomaly or whether other states with raised standards may soon experience a similar deterioration among older students.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

A student at work with her tutor. Fellows are also prepared to develop, acquire, translate and use scientific evidence to design and implement high-quality lesson plans that will benefit students of all abilities. “We Photo: AP Photo/Brian Blanco. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Ever since the pandemic shut down schools almost three years ago, I’ve been writing about tutoring as the most promising way to help kids catch up academically. I often get questions about research on tutoring. How effective is tutoring? There are no magic bullets in education, but tutoring comes as close to one as you get.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Leave this field empty if you're human: 1. Physics majors from the University of Virginia and Yale University work as tutors, providing individual attention to students via an online platform. Infusing lessons with music. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

She’s a postdoctoral student at nearby Carnegie Mellon University in a new field called “Human-Computer Interaction.” Sophisticated programs can adjust to each student’s needs and pace, like a personal tutor. Ken Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon University professor of human-computer interaction and psychology. Because it …”.

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Museum Elementary School Tutoring Humanities 73

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2018

Local AP-certified supervisory teachers also support in-class instructors with detailed lesson plans and pedagogical guidance. College students majoring in relevant disciplines conduct interactive tutoring sessions with each class by video-conference. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2022

These structures exist in first-year writing seminars at many colleges, where students get dedicated tutoring and institutional resources to help them succeed. Instead, if students are in jeopardy of failing, there should be an early identification system to support them.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2022

The goal of AI is to create machines that can mimic human capabilities. While AI has come a long way since the 1950s when the term was coined and work on Intelligent Tutoring Systems began, it simply cannot replace a teacher in the classroom. What is AI and What Can it Do for Teachers? Example: A Digital Assistant for The Classroom.

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ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2022

What’s Next Edtech firms relying on teachers and tutors to support their business models often take a highly personalized approach to training. Startups like GoMyCode, out of Tunisia, or Kibo School, which works with learners in Africa, teach coding and tech skills, and source tutors directly from their own alumni pipelines.

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ED Surge

JULY 2, 2024

But these days, when it comes to AI, another concern has come into the spotlight: That the technology could lead to less human interaction in schools and colleges — and that school administrators could one day try to use it to replace teachers. And it's not just educators who are worried, this is becoming an education policy issue.

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