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Peer Feedback: Making It Meaningful

Catlin Tucker

Feedback is how students feel seen and supported. When we give feedback as students work, we signal that the work they are doing is important, and we care about their progress. Teachers want to give students timely, focused, and actionable feedback, yet it is easy to neglect. Peer Feedback Choice Board.

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Using AI to teach persuasive writing to English learners

eSchool News

I spent countless hours guiding them through the writing process, giving feedback, and encouraging them to think critically. With AIs assistance, my students are able to receive real-time feedback, suggestions for grammar and vocabulary, and even guidance on structuring their arguments.

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My Greatest Teaching Problem Was Feedback. Here’s How Research Helped Me Solve It.

Edsurge

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. Students were getting the feedback they needed faster.

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How U of Michigan Built Automated Essay-Scoring Software to Fill ‘Feedback Gap’ for Student Writing

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The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. After a writing fellow quickly reviews it, the score gets delivered to the student via the eCoach system.

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What Research Says About Driving Growth for Writers With Practice, Feedback and Revision

Edsurge

From kindergarten through college, teachers know that writers need guided practice, substantive feedback, and opportunities for deep revision. From kindergarten through college, teachers know that writers need guided practice, substantive feedback, and opportunities for deep revision.

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Investors Write $3.2 Million Check for Writing Startup That’s All About Peer Feedback

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Founded in 2016, Writable offers tools and templates that scaffold the writing and feedback process to help students become stronger writers. Teachers can select how the feedback process will unfold. Students can do a self-reflection upon finishing the draft, and also engage in anonymous peer-reviews of each other’s work.

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Florida Department of Education Approves Lexia Learning for ELA Intervention Courses

eSchool News

Members of the public were also able to review the materials online for two weeks. Finally, the Commissioner of Education assessed the state and district reviewer evaluations, public feedback and cost of the materials before giving approval. K-12 English language arts materials were the focus of the 2020-2021 year.

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