Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2024

The Ask a Tech Teacher team came up with fresh rules we think are less threatening and more geared to enabling students to enjoy this important writing style. Start small. Mastering these basics is akin to acquiring the essential building blocks that will enable you to construct a sturdy and aesthetically pleasing literary edifice.

Essay 167

Essay Writing Skills Interdisciplinary 167

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Students work through examples where they compare data before and after a reaction to determine if a chemical change has occurred, with the teacher providing targeted support and feedback. Teacher 2 might also provide feedback on their data collection methods and help troubleshoot any issues that surface during the planning phase.

Teaching 395

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

I asked a variety of questions about their perception of the instruction and assessment practices we had shifted to, the types of feedback they received and how they felt about the class. This was the toughest feedback I have ever received, but it helped me define the problem so I could figure out what to do about it.

Feedback 167

Feedback Culture Science Teaching 167

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.

Feedback 132

Feedback Peer Review Beliefs Writing 132

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 13, 2019

A solution that has become popular is peer feedback. 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. Why peer feedback?

Feedback 91

Feedback Peer Review Writing Critical Thinking 91

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

I can write a physical chemistry for life sciences textbook,” says Larsen. Sometimes students will be assigned to write on a specific question in class, or to mimic a chapter of an existing textbook. Without a formal peer-review process, how is it possible to catch mistakes?

Textbooks 165

Textbooks Writing Accessibility Peer Review 165

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Digital resources include Literacy Worldwide, research-based articles from the International Literacy Association (ILA), and peer-reviewed reports from journals like Reading Research Quarterly, the Journal of Educational Psychology, and the Journal of Literacy Research.

Science 320

Science Reading Gamification Motivation 320

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.”

Writing 124

Writing Feedback Exams Middle School 124

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services. The course template is a key factor in the QM course review process as it ensures consistency in course design.

Feedback 120

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 120

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi schemes of MFA programs like the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, assessment comes in the form of peer feedback—marginalia and discussion.

Writing 113

Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 113

eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2015

She said the idea for the helpline came after 15 years of writing and research showed that if “we aren’t going to pay close attention to the research and policy-making, then maybe we’ll pay attention to the actual experience.”. Positive Feedback. Calling the California helpline rollout “unprecedented” in the U.S.

Schools 279

Schools Attention Peer Review Feedback 279

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services. The course template is a key factor in the QM course review process as it ensures consistency in course design.

Feedback 110

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 110

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2018

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? . Price : Free to try. Grades : 3-12.

Peer Review 124

Peer Review Feedback Writing Evaluation 124

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If the pursuit is to provide students with a custom assignment as you get started , opting for an online case study writing service is highly beneficial; services such as EduBirdie or Studybay extend premier case study writing services tailored to your needs. Where to Find Case Studies?

Study 162

Study Teachers Peer Review Instructors 162

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

Aliza Strassman , a second-grade general education teacher, leveraged the educational technology specialist at her school and her knowledge of best practices under Universal Design for Learning (UDL, a framework for designing inclusive classrooms) to create a technology-based approach to creative writing, publishing and peer feedback.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2018

Combining these two advantages yields another: a tight feedback loop where teachers can introduce a tool, measure success and quickly make adjustments, all while remaining responsive to their busy schedules and limited free time. Our first was PeerView, an app for facilitating faculty-to-faculty peer review and feedback.

Feedback 159

Feedback Schools Peer Review Testing 159

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Making sure the approach to reading and writing across materials created by a bunch of different people is hard. Making sure the approach to reading and writing across materials created by a bunch of different people is hard. Along the way, there is a heavy focus on writing. Finding time to do that work is even harder.

History 146

History Writing Social Studies Peer Review 146

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010). 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 120

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 120

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2019

Robust reports are available to identify opportunities for enrichment, deeper dives, or additional support while providing feedback on which word skills students have begun and completed. In response to this, peer feedback is growing in popularity as an approach that balances these two realities for the benefit of the student.

Teachers 96

Teachers Peer Review Feedback Critical Thinking 96

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 122

Culture Communication Language Languages 122

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Incorporating peer review into their courses. Another step is giving students more detailed feedback on their work, spelling out what a student did and did not do well. Use Tools and Services There are tools and services that can help instructors catch cheating on assignments, such as Turnitin for writing. One option?

Academic Integrity 148

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 148

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2016

However, verbally presenting one's ideas and listening to contributions made by student peers are not typical experiences for online students, as most activities in online classes consist of reading and writing. View examples shared by CI faculty here.).

Accessibility 130

Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Learning 130

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The program fosters student agency in learning through solidarity, creates a sense of belonging and self-efficacy for students and instructors, integrates teaching approaches responsive to students’ learning needs, and builds a culture of openness to student feedback (Cavazos, 2024; Cavazos & Chapa, 2023; Cavazos et al.,

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010). 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

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 97

Culture Communication Language Languages 97

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. We decided to give it a try.

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Testing Essay English Writing 71

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.

Plagiarism 158

Plagiarism Essay Instructors Peer Review 158

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Perhaps you use questioning to facilitate self-assessment, peer-to-peer assessment, or formative feedback—therefore students can be instructed to design questions that facilitate a dialogue about what it was like to participate in the unpacking of the case. References Kofoed Wind, D. 2020, September 28). Www.eduflow.com.

Questions 105

Questions Study Skills Evaluation 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Perhaps you use questioning to facilitate self-assessment, peer-to-peer assessment, or formative feedback—therefore students can be instructed to design questions that facilitate a dialogue about what it was like to participate in the unpacking of the case. References Kofoed Wind, D. 2020, September 28). Www.eduflow.com.

Questions 98

Questions Study Skills Evaluation 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Personalized Feedback : AI tools like Grammarly flag errors, allowing instructors to refine feedback with comments like, “Expand this argument,” blending efficiency with mentorship (Pritts, 2023). Faculty can learn to leverage AI feedback systems through peer mentoring.

Faculty Development 89

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Personalized Feedback : AI tools like Grammarly flag errors, allowing instructors to refine feedback with comments like, “Expand this argument,” blending efficiency with mentorship (Pritts, 2023). Faculty can learn to leverage AI feedback systems through peer mentoring.

Faculty Development 80

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 80

EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

They suggested that additional reductions in teaching loads could be explored that reward faculty based on specific and measurable research metrics, for example, but are not limited to the number of peer-reviewed publications, grant proposals submitted and secured, number of graduate students supervised, etc. Acknowledgements C.T.

Interdisciplinary 52

Interdisciplinary Peer Review Feedback Science 52

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.

Assignments 52

Assignments Students Peer Review Critical Thinking 52

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

If none exist, explore national opportunities for mentorship within your discipline or, if appropriate, ask your departmental leader or senior colleagues to take on the role, meeting with you regularly and providing feedback and guidance. You may be invited to review a book, to chair a workshop, or give a lecture at another institution.

Faculty Development 60

Faculty Development Peer Review Achievement Lecturing 60

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

If none exist, explore national opportunities for mentorship within your discipline or, if appropriate, ask your departmental leader or senior colleagues to take on the role, meeting with you regularly and providing feedback and guidance. You may be invited to review a book, to chair a workshop, or give a lecture at another institution.

Faculty Development 53

Faculty Development Peer Review Achievement Lecturing 53

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.

Assignments 122

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.

Assignments 98

Assignments Writing Plagiarism Instructors 98