Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The University of Michigan’s M-Write program is built on the idea that students learn best when they write about what they’re studying, rather than taking multiple-choice tests. Senior lecturer Brenda Gunderson teaches a statistics course that will be first to adopt the automated element of M-Write.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

What’s interesting to me is that students are more concerned about their writing being effective and well done, knowing their peers or people outside their school are going to read it versus just the teacher. They’re starting to analyze the craft of writing and they’re reading like writers and deconstructing models of good writing.”

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Writing Feedback Exams Middle School 124

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Because we know that becoming a successful writer is crucial to a student’s overall trajectory at school , work , and as a citizen , teachers must identify the tools that can best support writing instruction including the overlapping processes of drafting, review, and revision. The act of writing, in and of itself, is not enough.

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Feedback Peer Review Writing Beliefs 134

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2018

Click here to read the full app review. Teachers can use Writable as a kind of project management platform for the writing process. With Writable, students learn to write to a prompt, provide and incorporate peer review effectively, and substantively revise their work based on feedback. What’s It Like? .

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Peer Review Feedback Writing Evaluation 111

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2023

And his fascination with the form led him to write a book about the genre, “ Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How? ” 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. Especially if people start to put it down there as their scholarship.

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Teaching Peer Review Essay Knowledge 148

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 13, 2019

What exactly is peer feedback and how is it being applied to lower grades? What is peer feedback? When used as an assessment strategy, peer feedback is much more than casual comments shared between classmates. It is the logical evaluation of one student’s work by another using predetermined characteristics and measures.

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Feedback Peer Review Writing Critical Thinking 104

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2019

In response to this, peer feedback is growing in popularity as an approach that balances these two realities for the benefit of the student. A recognized leader in organizing peer reviews is the free online platform called Peergrade. Completed feedback is delivered back to students. Everyone wins. The teacher has more time.

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Teachers Peer Review Feedback Critical Thinking 107

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Feedback dialogue sample from eighth grader Grace, Image credit: Christine Witcher In response, we created Floop , a tool that allows teachers to give digital annotated feedback, allows students to respond immediately to the feedback and facilitates a scaffolded and anonymous peer review session.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

With the advent of AI, the limitations of ChatGPT are a good reminder that effective writing is human writing. How we write to our classes—even more so than what we write—is more important than ever. Conveying our “humanity” through writing, especially in digital spaces, is also something we need to model for learners.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

However, some professors are enthusiastic and see possibilities for brainstorming, breaking blocks to writing, and creating first drafts—essentially preparing students for the world where these technologies are now everyday life. The paper passed three peer reviewers who reported that they believed the paper was written by a person.

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Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

However, some professors are enthusiastic and see possibilities for brainstorming, breaking blocks to writing, and creating first drafts—essentially preparing students for the world where these technologies are now everyday life. The paper passed three peer reviewers who reported that they believed the paper was written by a person.

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Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 96

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 17, 2017

Revision Assistant , part of the Turnitin family, is a comprehensive virtual writing assistant for students that allows them to digitally edit and rewrite documents for any class. Here’s her story: Last Fall, my El Camino Real High School colleagues and I set out to change the way we teach writing. Here’s what we did.

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Testing Essay English Writing 84

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Three ideas—evaluation, categorization, and ideation—for utilizing case studies to develop student questioning skills follow. Evaluation Faculty can have students critique the discussion questions associated with the case. What histories are important to consider when evaluating this case? References Kofoed Wind, D.

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Questions Study Skills Evaluation 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Three ideas—evaluation, categorization, and ideation—for utilizing case studies to develop student questioning skills follow. Evaluation Faculty can have students critique the discussion questions associated with the case. What histories are important to consider when evaluating this case? References Kofoed Wind, D.

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Questions Study Skills Evaluation 97

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. A fun writing project is a Round Robin story where a group of students collaborate to write a story. Does it sound right? If it does, go for it!

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Writing Students Peer Review Essay 90

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2022

That’s quite an advantage since copied materials often come from peer-reviewed articles. Not to mention that you’ll have to spend several hours teaching your students to write without plagiarism, and the program won’t offer too much help with that. . Obsolete design isn’t just bad-looking, it’s inconvenient.

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Plagiarism Essay Instructors Peer Review 158

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

QM’s robust framework, encapsulated in the QM Rubric, evaluates various facets of online course design through eight categories, including learning objectives, alignment, assessment strategies, instructional materials, learner interaction, course technology, learner support, accessibility, and usability. since 2007.

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Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 118

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

With the advent of AI, the limitations of ChatGPT are a good reminder that effective writing is human writing. How we write to our classes—even more so than what we write—is more important than ever. Conveying our “humanity” through writing, especially in digital spaces, is also something we need to model for learners.

Culture 95

Culture Communication Writing Language 95

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

QM’s robust framework, encapsulated in the QM Rubric, evaluates various facets of online course design through eight categories, including learning objectives, alignment, assessment strategies, instructional materials, learner interaction, course technology, learner support, accessibility, and usability. since 2007.

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Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 108

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article addresses these questions through a three-part exploration: tracing AI’s historical development, critically evaluating its role in community college classrooms, and offering practical, evidence-based strategies for faculty. How can it enhance teaching without diminishing faculty agency?

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 88

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article addresses these questions through a three-part exploration: tracing AI’s historical development, critically evaluating its role in community college classrooms, and offering practical, evidence-based strategies for faculty. How can it enhance teaching without diminishing faculty agency?

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 75

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Professional writing is expected. As standard practice, we frequently reviewed the class assignment and encouraged students to seek help if they faced any difficulties. Professional writing is expected. Faculty can also have students use the evaluation criteria to evaluate an example assignment or complete a peer review.

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Assignments Students Peer Review Evaluation 52

Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

These courses are geared towards supporting freshmen in their transition to college by introducing them to academic discourse and college-level writing and research, among other skills. Many colleges and universities around the country offer First-Year Seminars (FYS) or First-Year Experiences (FYE).

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Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary History Syllabus 78

Teaching with a Mountain View

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Help your students with these tips: Restate the Question: This technique helps students stay on track and signals to evaluators that they understood the question. TDA Prompts (Text-Dependent Analysis) TDA prompts require critical thinking and evidence-based writing, which can often feel intimidating for students.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Math Writing 52

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Just as pocket calculators, personal computers, and smartphones have posed threats to students learning math skills, AI (artificial intelligence) seems to be the new tool poised to undermine the use of writing assignments to assess student learning. In November 2022, a tool called ChatGPT made headlines for its ability to “write” any content.

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Assignments Writing Plagiarism Instructors 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Just as pocket calculators, personal computers, and smartphones have posed threats to students learning math skills, AI (artificial intelligence) seems to be the new tool poised to undermine the use of writing assignments to assess student learning. In November 2022, a tool called ChatGPT made headlines for its ability to “write” any content.

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Assignments Writing Plagiarism Instructors 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Take writing, for example. Grading these assignments assignments requires time, especially in larger class sizes, and teachers do not always have the capacity to assign ample writing practice. This can compound the gap in writing proficiency. But what if we employed machine learning and peer reviews for writing evaluation?

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Technology Assignments Peer Review Special Education 167

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2025

Unlike traditional large language models that ingest information from the Internet at large, RAG delivers AI outputs that are grounded in authoritative, peer-reviewed content, reducing the risk of misinformation while safeguarding the integrity of intellectual property. — Janine Walker-Caffrey , Ed.D.,

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