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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. Senior lecturer Brenda Gunderson teaches a statistics course that will be first to adopt the automated element of M-Write.

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Big Deals—Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee, AI Tackles Campus Safety, and Stanford Offers Online Math

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Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in participating states are invited to submit a 500-word essay addressing a community issue. The full list of participating states can be found on the map available at this link. ” You can learn more and sign up to participate in the National Civics Bee by visiting this link.

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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

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Additional recommendations for faculty during in-person lectures involve small group interactions and calling upon students to create an atmosphere of engagement and dialogue. Small groups. Cold or random call.

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Assignment Prompts: A Tutor’s Perspective

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It’s a typical weekday afternoon and I’m sitting down with one of my students to begin brainstorming ideas for her essay. You can make your narrator someone who sees a very interesting event in which he/she is not necessarily a participant. Or you can make him/her self-effacing yet a major participant in the events related.

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How Digital Study Techniques Improve Exam Preparation

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Websites like Khan Academy or Quizlet provide access to lectures, practice tests, and flashcards among other things. For instance, you can join subreddits related to your subjects, where you can participate in discussions, ask for help, and share resources. Of course, all of the course material can be studied from your computer.

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This Teacher’s Uber-Style App Feeds Hungry College Students

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He earned a master’s degree in creative writing and poetry from Brooklyn College, began a master’s degree program in English education at NYU, and is now an adjunct lecturer at CUNY. To participate in the program, students must register with their “.edu” Since Share Meals first went live, Chin has been busy. Jon Chin’s Share Meals app.

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How to Teach With Videos

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The days of checking books out of the library, traditional style lecturing, and writing papers with a pen are continuously becoming pastimes. Including videos in your lesson plan is a great way to modernize traditional lectures or PowerPoint presentations. In Your Lesson Plan. E-mailing videos is also easy to do.

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