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 19, 2021

I decided this path wasn’t for me, but I didn’t see other alternatives until a friend recommended joining Minnesota’s Reading Corps and Math Corps, two programs that place tutors in local schools. While tutoring, I felt a spark of joy and purpose I hadn’t felt before. Schools also need teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2021

Thanks to professor Robert Slavin’s research at Johns Hopkins University, we know that one-on-one tutoring using an evidence-based program is a quick, effective way to increase students’ literacy. As part of their coursework, the university students tutored struggling first and second grade readers.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Like hundreds of school districts, Aspire purchased an online tutoring service for the spring of 2021 to help these students. Students could log in to the tutoring service, called Paper , whenever they wanted, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and connect with a tutor to help with schoolwork in any subject.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

One of the few replicated findings in education research is that daily, individualized tutoring during the school day really helps kids catch up academically. The problem is that this kind of frequent tutoring is very expensive and it’s impossible to hire enough tutors for the millions of American public school students who need help.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2021

The term most often refers to school classrooms but may include any designated place of learning such as science laboratories, distance learning contexts, libraries, tutoring centers, teachers’ lounges, gymnasiums and non-formal learning spaces.

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ED Surge

APRIL 27, 2023

Since the sudden arrival of ChatGPT just a few months ago, there’s renewed interest in using AI chatbots as tutors. So as we get to that point, we should understand, ‘What should the characteristics be of those tutors?’ ‘How The tech itself raises a host of challenging questions. One possible solution?

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

After the pandemic, the nationwide adoption of online high-dose tutoring was expected to address deepening educational disparities. Some school districts have opted for in-person high-dose tutoring. So, is the low effectiveness of high-dose tutoring simply due to its online nature?

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ED Surge

APRIL 14, 2022

Getting tutoring at Arkansas State University has long been easy. A student could just walk into a campus tutoring center and get help from a tutor, on demand—for free. And sometimes tutors were sitting waiting to help, but no students came in to get the benefit. It has increased our availability for every subject.”

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TeachThought

AUGUST 5, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Tutors Artificial Intelligence (AI) tutors will provide personalized learning experiences for each student, adapting to their learning styles and need in real-time. These AI systems will offer instant feedback, identify areas where students struggle, and tailor lessons accordingly.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Instead, we’ve proposed interventions like high-intensity tutoring and extending the school year. The post OPINION: Post-pandemic, our bored and disconnected teenagers need a whole lot more than high-dosage tutoring appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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ED Surge

MAY 3, 2023

School districts around the country have rolled out tutoring programs at a feverish pace with the help of federal relief funds, intent on helping struggling students get back on track academically after the disruption caused when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools. The organization picked a diverse set of nine districts to study.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Perhaps counterintuitively, Heid thinks that a new tutoring program they’re piloting in Polk County will help to ease some of that burden. In turning to tutoring services, the county is hardly unique. An estimated 40 percent of schools plan to use their federal relief dollars on tutoring.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 1, 2024

Real-Time Feedback and Support: AI-powered tutoring systems and homework assistance platforms can provide students instant feedback, step-by-step guidance, and personalized support tailored to their learning needs.

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TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Media libraries, interactive apps, and virtual language tutors: technology is changing how we approach language learning. You can start with simple sentences, practice with language exchange partners, or use apps with virtual language tutors. What’s the best way to make progress?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2024

Then, in 2020, Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research announced that it was going to test the feasibility of paying tutoring companies by how much students’ test scores improved. Tutoring became a leading solution for academic recovery and schools contracted with outside companies to provide tutors.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2014

Other potential outcomes will be an ability to use this 3D virtual learning environment to offer home instruction, keep school open virtually during snow days, flip the classroom, tutoring, and enrichment activities. educational technology Laura Fleming New Milford High School Proton Media Protosphere virtual reality'

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 10, 2019

She found that the stars emphasized ongoing, intensive one-on-one tutoring of the people who worked for and with them, either in person or virtually, in the course of daily work. This personalized approach is what we see from highly effective teachers who work tirelessly to meet the needs of all their students.

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TeachThought

JUNE 18, 2024

Online Learning Tools For Students: From AI Tutors To Smart Notebooks Technology has transformed how you interact with your educational materials. From AI tutors that provide personalized learning experiences to digital platforms that organize notes efficiently, these innovative tools are transforming traditional learning methods.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 3, 2019

School districts try to accommodate these special needs by working providing online courses, in-home tutors, special busing, video conferencing and more. Injuries, extended illnesses, immune deficiencies, and other physical challenges prevent a student from physically being able to attend school.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2024

Example of the talk meter shown to Cuemath tutors at the end of the tutoring session. Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on a Math Tutoring Platform.” Silence may be golden, but when it comes to learning with a tutor, talking is pure gold. Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on a Math Tutoring Platform.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2024

Credit: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report Since the November 2022 launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, an expanding cast of AI tutors and helpers have entered the learning landscape. But, there aren’t enough human tutors available nor enough money to pay for them, especially in the wake of pandemic-induced learning loss.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 17, 2024

Thus, tech serves as an additional tool for navigation, similar to how tutors and experts at a professional coursework writing service assist with developing writing skills. Using technology in learning also enhances the student’s ability to appreciate and ponder on issues in a previously deemed impossible manner.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

A third group of students had access to a revised version of ChatGPT that functioned more like a tutor. But on a test afterwards, these AI-tutored students did no better. Even a fine-tuned version of ChatGPT designed to mimic a tutor doesn’t necessarily help. Afterwards, they took a test to see how well they learned the concept.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Research points to intensive daily tutoring as one of the most effective ways to help academically struggling children catch up. Education researchers have a particular kind of tutoring in mind, what they call “high-dosage” tutoring. The best results occur when tutoring takes place at school during the regular day.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 12, 2024

And in the past, administrators at some colleges have replaced their services with all-encompassing tutoring centers or third party organizations, Wynn Perdue adds. AI can serve as a supplement to a human tutor, Mills says. Johnson and her team train their tutors to teach students about how AI can be useful in the writing process.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Peer Tutor Role. If this is the case in your class, you can create lanyards that say “peer tutor or student support” and encourage students who finish early to either complete a may do or a brain break activity OR grab a lanyard and work as a peer tutor, assisting students who need additional support.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Examples include whole child learning models, blended learning models and high-dose tutoring ones. High-Dose Tutoring “Schools, typically, in this country, don't have enough of an innovation culture. We have an opportunity to create that now,” says Alan Safran, CEO of Saga Education, a high-dose tutoring non-profit.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Schools are planning extended years, summer programs and tutoring sessions to address Covid-19 reading loss. It’s hard to even test where kids are, and in the ways they are [usually tested] in the classroom,” said Adeola Whitney, chief executive officer of Reading Partners, a nonprofit that focuses on reading support and tutoring.

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

Today, and for the last year or so, aspiring educators at American University are required to spend a minimum of 40 hours tutoring students in Washington, D.C., Later, they may do one-on-one or small group tutoring. It started off as a way to bring high-impact tutoring to elementary school students in northeast Washington, D.C.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Millions of students across the United States spent their summers in learning and enrichment programs, many of which employed intensive tutoring designed to bring math and reading scores up to grade level. That experience showed me that high-dosage tutoring can't be the only tool we offer students after the disruptions of COVID-19.

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ED Surge

MAY 15, 2023

If I’m in need of a tutor, or an editor, or a professor’s help, is that not “receiving assistance from another person”? AI As On-Campus Tutor Perhaps one of the most potent examples I’ve heard is that challenging concepts often stop students in their tracks. Technologists have long dreamed of this vision of a “computer-assisted” tutor.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2024

On a short test afterwards, these adults improved 17 percent, compared to less than 12 percent learning gains for the adults who could see a different group of hints written by undergraduate math tutors. In theory, ChatGPT could instantly digest a book chapter or a video lecture and then immediately turn around and tutor a student on it.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2021

As executive vice president of the Great Oaks Foundation , I work closely with schools on a model built on high-dosage tutoring, which has demonstrated success in accelerating learning.??. We should also use high-dosage tutoring, in which a tutor provides consistent, in-school support to a small group of students.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

One example is Reading Recovery, a tutoring program for struggling readers in first grade that costs $10,000 per student and was a recipient of one of these grants. The tutoring seemed to harm them. The tutoring sessions likely exposed children to these words so many times that the students memorized them.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2024

When product developers at UPchieve, a nonprofit that connects students with free math tutoring powered by human volunteers, began evaluating AI tools to power a system for forecasting student performance, they expected to find serious problems with bias. Check out last week’s post here.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

I really don’t think that they’re growing,” said Brown, who’s also president of the National Tutoring Association. “I Teaching experts say that will mean slowing down to fill in knowledge gaps —detouring from lesson plans, adding extra periods for tutoring, and more. Those extra periods could also include tutoring. (A

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