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May 1, 2022

The Classroom Experiment Part III: How should students be graded?

One of the big questions I had as a researcher turned teacher was, is it possible to use exclusively formative assessments as both feedback…

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Apr 26, 2021

Improv-First Learning: Designing Experiences for Structured Play

Learning activities should be like jungle gyms, not lectures and not sandboxes.

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Feb 3, 2025

Trust Teachers.

Education has long been compared to medicine. They both involve professional care, given by individual experts. They both involve sensitive…

Trust Teachers.

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Jan 17, 2024

To Avoid AI Cheating — Convince Students Learning Your Thing Is Worth Their Effort (Using This GPT)

When students cheat, it’s because they are being asked to put in effort, and they have not been convinced that that effort is worthwhile.

To Avoid AI Cheating — Convince Students Learning Your Thing Is Worth Their Effort (Using This GPT)

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Nov 20, 2023

Augmenting a Science Project with AI

Last week, I assigned a research project to students. They were to research a genetic disease (they picked from a list) and then…

Augmenting a Science Project with AI

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Sep 20, 2023

One small tweak flipped a secret switch in my classroom and now I have rapport with my students.

You may have heard or noticed of the trick teachers sometimes use to get a certain behavior without yelling at kids to do the behavior…

One small tweak flipped a secret switch in my classroom and now I have rapport with my students.

Maya Bialik

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Apr 15, 2023

The Case for Multiple Choice

Multiple choice questions have become almost synonymous with high stakes testing, and thus with contrived, challenging, limiting, unfair…

The Case for Multiple Choice

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Mar 28, 2023

Teaching is an impossible job. Can AI finally make it possible?

Preparing content progressions for units, writing lesson plans, making them engaging and varied while building up classroom routines and…

Teaching is an impossible job. Can AI finally make it possible?

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Jan 19, 2023

Four Things Teachers Can Do To Avoid AI Cheating

With every great leap forward comes an initial panic followed by a slow adjustment. The latest leap forward has come from AI in the form…

Four Things Teachers Can Do To Avoid AI Cheating

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Jan 14, 2023

My #1 Classroom Management Hack: Sprinkle In Slang

Students hear teachers telling them to behave properly all day, and they don’t really internalize it. Sure, you’re telling them to be…

My #1 Classroom Management Hack: Sprinkle In Slang

Maya Bialik

Maya Bialik

Creator of questionwell.ai. Teacher, author, and speaker making learning meaningful and making teaching more enjoyable.

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