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DECEMBER 20, 2023

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Peer Review 275

Peer Review Essay Skills Critical Thinking 275

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2025

For instance, there’s a corner of TikTok reserved for tech influencers who rack up thousands of views and likes teaching students how to most effectively use AI programs to generate their essays, including step-by-step instructions on bypassing AI detectors. It’s not especially high-tech or even particularly ingenious.

Assignments 204

Assignments English Essay Teachers 204

Edsurge

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.

Feedback 140

Feedback Peer Review Critical Thinking Assignments 140

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2023

Professors often spend years writing a paper or a book, he adds, and then it takes years or months to get published, and then read by very few people. Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. Because let's say a student essay of 2,000 to 3,000 words, you can't easily read that out on a podcast.

Teaching 148

Teaching Peer Review Essay Knowledge 148

Edsurge

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.

Writing 113

Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 113

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

You can read part one here. 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. The COVID-19 outbreak disrupted daily life for virtually every educator, parent, and student in the U.S.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Faculty Focus

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. The Reading Teacher, 67 (6), 455464. link] McCarthy, J.

Faculty Development 89

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Faculty Focus

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. The Reading Teacher, 67 (6), 455464. link] McCarthy, J.

Faculty Development 80

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 80

Ask a Tech Teacher

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. Here they read what has been written and add Part 2, making sure that the two parts blend together. Read several for the class. Educational applications.

Students 77

Students Writing Peer Review Essay 77