Good Job! The Importance of Writing More Meaningful Comments on Student Papers
When graded papers get a quick glance before being shoved into a backpack or deposited into the trash can on the way out of class, it’s often hard for teachers to summon the motivation to write lots of...
View ArticleWriting Comments That Lead to Learning
Instructors who require papers spend a good deal of time emphasizing the importance of audience and purpose in writing. Writers who remember their readers and their writing objectives are much more...
View ArticleFeedback Techniques that Improve Student Writing
Yvonne is frustrated. She wants to do well in her language arts class, but each essay she completes fails to earn her the grade she believes she deserves. Although her teacher thoughtfully writes out...
View ArticleTo Increase Learner Achievement Serve Feedback Sandwiches
Constructive instructor feedback is essential for a students’ cognitive growth, and it is essential that constructive feedback be presented in a positive and encouraging manner. An appropriate...
View ArticleGiving Feedback on Student Writing: An Innovative Approach
I ran across an interesting idea in the British journal, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education involving the use of something called interactive cover sheets. First-year students in an...
View ArticleGetting Students to Act on Our Feedback
I’m still pondering why students don’t make better use of the feedback we provide on papers, projects, presentations, even the whole class feedback we offer after we’ve graded a set of exams. Yes, we...
View ArticleThe Eyes of a Writer: A Strategy to Improve Student Writing
How many times have you provided feedback in the margins of students’ papers, only to find that you’re providing the very same feedback on the next set of papers? As a new faculty member, I was left...
View ArticleA Faster, More Efficient Way to Grade Papers
I hope you won’t stop reading once you find out the idea being proposed here involves automating the feedback provided students on papers, projects, and presentations. If you were to look at a graded...
View ArticleCritical Friends: A Novel Approach to Improving Peer and Instructor Feedback
We appreciated reading Dr. Weimer’s article “Getting students to act on our feedback” (March 5, 2012). The solution proposed of asking students to identify three ways to improve their assignment based...
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Managing High-Enrollment Online Courses
Online instructors are being asked to accommodate an increasing number of students in their courses. The challenge is to manage the workload associated with these high-enrollment courses. Susan Fein,...
View ArticleWhy Doesn’t Teacher Feedback Improve Student Performance?
Sometimes feedback leads to better performance, but not all the time and not as often as teachers would like, given the time and effort they devote to providing students feedback. It’s easy to blame...
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Efficient and Effective Feedback in the Online Classroom
Learn how to Give Online Students Better Feedback in Less Time Efficient and Effective Feedback in the Online Classroom Detailed, specific feedback enhances student learning. It also helps boost...
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Increase Grading Efficiency with a Comment Archive
One of the big challenges of teaching an online course is managing workload while providing the support and feedback that is essential to student success. A good way to become more efficient is to...
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How Can I Use Technology to Create Custom Automated Feedback?
How Can I Use Technology to Create Custom Automated Feedback? Program includes a CD with the video presentation, plus supplemental materials, PowerPoint slides, and complete transcript • $99 “What...
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How Can I Enhance the Impact of Feedback in Online Classes?
How Can I Enhance the Impact of Feedback in Online Classes? Program includes a CD with the video presentation, plus supplemental materials, PowerPoint slides, and complete transcript • $99 When it...
View ArticleThe Need for Balanced Feedback
In the online class environment, students enjoy many advantages, such as increased scheduling flexibility, ability to balance work and school, classroom portability, and convenience. But there are...
View ArticleWhy Don’t Students Use Teacher Feedback to Improve?
Here’s the conclusion of a small but intriguing study. Its findings reveal “only limited support for the idea that students actually do respond to feedback and make changes in a subsequent piece of...
View ArticleEffective Feedback Strategies for the Online Classroom
Editor’s Note: The following article is an excerpt from the whitepaper Efficient and Effective Feedback in the Online Classroom. Feedback is more than post-assignment commentary. When employed...
View ArticleTo Improve Student Performance, Start Thinking Like a Coach
I have a confession to make. I was wrong. You see, I once thought that teaching was lecturing, and I thought that because that is how my graduate mentors taught me to teach. But I was wrong. Studies...
View ArticleA Faster, More Efficient Way to Grade Papers
I hope you won’t stop reading once you find out the idea being proposed here involves automating the feedback provided students on papers, projects, and presentations. If you were to look at a graded...
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