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Is It Time to Rethink the Traditional Grading System?

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Gradually these quizzes and tests and timed assessments and the way it all fits together with points and averaging, it just wore her down,” Talbert says. All human learning that's significant is based on feedback loops, except in school. All human learning that's significant is based on feedback loops, except in school.

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The Power of Choice: Unlocking Student Engagement in the Online Classroom

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Additionally, this approach balanced the need for high-levels of faculty-student interaction as well as personalized feedback within a growing class size, a previously challenging task. The essence was to give students the autonomy to select assignment activities that resonated with their learning preferences, interests, and strengths.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

Faculty Focus

Promotive interaction involves concept explanation, idea challenging, providing positive support and feedback, and, more importantly, the student’s involvement in the learning process (Raihan, 2014). Promotive interaction is where students facilitate and encourage one another when completing the task. Continuously improve.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

Faculty Focus

Promotive interaction involves concept explanation, idea challenging, providing positive support and feedback, and, more importantly, the student’s involvement in the learning process (Raihan, 2014). Promotive interaction is where students facilitate and encourage one another when completing the task. Continuously improve.