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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

One of the district’s top technology initiatives : Fifth and eighth grade students partnered on a peer-reviewed argument writing assigment. After a couple days of review, the eighth grade students connected individually with the fifth grade students via Google.hangout, and they used their Chromebooks.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

While multiple choice, short answer, and essays are still proven methods, there are many alternatives teachers can use for their particular student group. Assessment of student work is a crucial aspect of learning. It helps students recognize important lesson goals and teachers gauge understanding.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Instead, I decided to enhance my approach to problem solving by incorporating peer review—letting students participate in the feedback and assessment process. I then had each review work by three other students according to a feedback rubric I created; I moderated the process throughout. Advice for effective peer review.

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Feedback Peer Review Critical Thinking Assignments 134

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JULY 25, 2023

Because let's say a student essay of 2,000 to 3,000 words, you can't easily read that out on a podcast. I think after a certain amount of time, many students learn how to sort of quickly write an essay the day before the deadline. Some people just switch out a written assignment for an audio assignment. And I've done this myself.

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Teaching Peer Review Essay Knowledge 148

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MAY 25, 2022

Many institutions still rely on Turnitin, but the professionals who must check dozens of essays on a daily basis know that this expensive service can be way too slow. . That’s quite an advantage since copied materials often come from peer-reviewed articles. The best alternative is at your disposal.

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MARCH 13, 2019

If they’re short answer or essay — the preferred way to check understanding — grading takes a long time. Peer feedback is about supporting and learning, not criticizing. Each peer review should include positives and shortfalls in equal amounts. Make the peer reviewer anonymous.

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Feedback Peer Review Writing Critical Thinking 104

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. It also helps break down the barrier between critical and creative thinking.

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Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 110

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AUGUST 22, 2018

For teachers, Writable’s web-based tool offers customizable templates for common writing assignments (such as an argumentative or cause-and-effect essay, or a personal narrative). Students can do a self-reflection upon finishing the draft, and also engage in anonymous peer-reviews of each other’s work. based company.

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Writing Feedback Peer Review Plagiarism 113

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JUNE 12, 2020

In an earlier essay, we discussed how teachers are leaning into SEL to adapt student services and unlock opportunities that, just months ago, may have seemed impossible. As she shifted to remote instruction, Strassman knew she’d have to pivot her lesson plans to engage her students from afar.

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JULY 10, 2020

In addition to assessing students’ grades and essays, admissions officers have long looked to the SAT and ACT to help them decide who will make it in their campus settings, and beyond. But the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the sudden decision by many colleges to make submitting such scores optional. They also simply may not work.

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APRIL 17, 2017

Our literacy coach and English teacher, Heidi Crocker, found a product from Turnitin – Revision Assistant – that used a powerful technology to assess writing and would turn the data it uncovered into feedback that students could apply to their essays immediately. We decided to give it a try.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Peer review in the classroom: Student perceptions, peer feedback quality and the role of assessment. Carless, D., & Winstone, N. Designing effective feedback processes in higher education : A learning-focused approach. London, UK: Routledge. Gaynor, J. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education , 45(5), 758–775.

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Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

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MARCH 30, 2025

For example, instead of traditional essays, instructors might assign reflective portfolios, oral presentations, or collaborative projects that require students to engage deeply with the material and demonstrate their understanding in ways that go beyond what AI can produce.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Peer review in the classroom: Student perceptions, peer feedback quality and the role of assessment. Carless, D., & Winstone, N. Designing effective feedback processes in higher education : A learning-focused approach. London, UK: Routledge. Gaynor, J. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education , 45(5), 758–775.

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Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

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MARCH 30, 2025

For example, instead of traditional essays, instructors might assign reflective portfolios, oral presentations, or collaborative projects that require students to engage deeply with the material and demonstrate their understanding in ways that go beyond what AI can produce.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 82

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

When students share organic ideas and peer review projects, they build authentic knowledge that everyone takes ownership in, but the saying is easier than the doing. This should follow the well-accepted five-paragraph essay used in many elementary classrooms. This also works well for non-fiction. Educational applications.

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Writing Students Peer Review Essay 90

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JANUARY 22, 2023

Peer review. Conduct a peer review and/or class discussion of AI writing. In ten years, maybe Skynet will be writing everyone’s five paragraph essays and none of this will matter. What is AI incapable of doing in its writing? Are there writing situations where AI should be more or less trusted?

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Assignments Writing Plagiarism Instructors 122

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JANUARY 22, 2023

Peer review. Conduct a peer review and/or class discussion of AI writing. In ten years, maybe Skynet will be writing everyone’s five paragraph essays and none of this will matter. What is AI incapable of doing in its writing? Are there writing situations where AI should be more or less trusted?

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Assignments Writing Plagiarism Instructors 98

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JULY 11, 2018

Among the top results: a slick animated video called “Problems in Public Education,” a rant arguing that all public education “kills creativity,” and a video essay titled “public ‘education’ has become indoctrination and distraction.” And that was just on the first page.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

A new peer-reviewed, open-access journal, Public Humanities , aims to strengthen the connections between university-based humanities work and the wider world, creating a space for academics and practitioners to share what they do and how they do it. A scholarly book or article about history or philosophy counts. and elsewhere.

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Essay Peer Review Art History 218