The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Jake Price, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Washington AI can serve as a tutor, giving a student who is floundering with a problem immediate feedback. It can help a teacher plan math lessons, or write a variety of math problems geared toward different levels of instruction.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Most of its applications, though, are either geared toward students (better tutoring solutions, for instance), or aimed at making quick, on-the-spot lesson plans for teachers. Copur-Gencturk persisted, supported in part by a federal grant, to create a tutoring-style platform for teachers, as yet unnamed. Teaching is hard.

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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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

“A lot of times, [parents] let it go for a long time because it’s culturally acceptable to be bad at math,” said Heather Brand, a math specialist and operations manager for the tutoring organization Made for Math. Some students attend tutoring up to four days a week, at a cost of up to $1,000 a month.

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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

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 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

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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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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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

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

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

AUGUST 26, 2024

I also worry about teachers using ChatGPT and other generative AI models to write quizzes or lesson plans. The Berkeley researchers took advantage of the fact that ChatGPT, like humans, is erratic. Kids could memorize incorrect solutions that are hard to unlearn, or become more confused about a topic. Now we have the opposite.

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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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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

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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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Though they didnt rise to the threshold of my 10 most read stories, I would also recommend these three stories about troubles with tutoring , something called subitizing and the puzzle of chronic absenteeism.) What struck a chord with readers in 2024 were stories about teacher pay, reading instruction and artificial intelligence.

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