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How can you tell whether a student really understands the class material? Education researchers agree that assessing this is difficult and that the best and most trusted measure is still an exam that is hand-graded by the instructor. On the vast majority of these exams, students are asked to show all of their work, and the instructor typically cares as much about seeing a student’s process as he does about seeing a correct final answer.
Big data is all the talk these days, regardless of what sector you are in; but just collecting data doesn’t provide insight. The real challenge is in the analysis of that collected information, and often this analysis is left to the end user. Given the size and complexity of these data sets, thoughtful analysis is not always done.
Local firm pushes for more access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics training in high schools.
(July 29, 2014) Tulsa, OK – In a groundbreaking move, Expert TA, a national provider of online education tools, announces that for every new college or university course that purchases Expert TA, the company will donate free access to a high school classroom in need for one full academic year.
Posted on November 21, 2012 by David Thomison
