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Thom, Michael – Teaching Public Administration, 2020
Group assignments are a near-universal feature of classrooms around the world. They are broadly viewed as more effective than passive forms of learning and are assumed to position students for success in fields that demand high levels of interpersonal communication, like public affairs. But does research support that view? This article examines…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Assignments, Cooperative Learning, Educational Benefits
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Zhang, Ruofei; Zou, Di – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Technology-enhanced peer feedback (TEPF) activity has been increasingly investigated in L2 writing education. Researchers have conducted many review and meta-analysis studies on related research and identified factors influencing the activity effectiveness. However, few reviews have been conducted based on the activity theory that may clarify…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Writing Assignments
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Chong, Sin Wang – Language Education & Assessment, 2019
In the past decade (2007-2017), research on written corrective feedback (WCF) has been proliferating in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) contexts, and new developments in this field of research are evident. To synthesize the latest advancement in WCF research, a systematic review of recent literature on…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Design, Writing Assignments, Error Correction
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Anderson, Kate T. – Written Communication, 2013
Against the backdrop of proliferating research on multimodality in the fields of literacy and writing studies, this article considers the contributions of two prominent theoretical perspectives--Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and Situated Literacies--and the methodological tensions they raise for the study of multimodality. To delineate…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Writing Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Educational Research
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Fessakis, Georgios; Zoumpatianou, Maria – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2012
This paper is a literature review report concerning educational uses of Wikipedia in the first 10 years of its existence. The aim of the work is the tracing and the presentation of published and validated educational applications of Wikipedia in a manner that could inform learning design by teachers or researchers. For the review, 24 scientific…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing, Literature Reviews
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Jongsma, Eugene – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reviews research related to homework and makes recommendations for its effective use. (FL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
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Turvey, Joel S. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Increased pressure is facing many administrators today for teachers to assign more homework to students. Recent research is reviewed that correlates homework positively with student achievement, and the need for a homework policy in school districts is emphasized. (TE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Assignments, Educational Research
Foyle, Harvey C.; Lyman, Lawrence – 1989
This paper discusses homework policy as a product of 50 years of experimental research. Part 1 discusses homework guidelines in grades 3 through 8 by suggesting that homework should be assigned, graded, and individualized. In addition, homework should provide feedback about student achievement that includes parental monitoring. Part 2 recommends…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, Educational Assessment, Educational Methods
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Nightingale, Peggy – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1991
Cites results of studies showing that students' language skills are not deteriorating. Suggests using class time for writing workshops to give students feedback on work-in-progress. Considers that difficulty with concepts and subject content may come across as poor writing. Notes that additional writing can be helpful without being graded. (DK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Madigan, Robert J.; Brosamer, James J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1991
Discusses the use of holistic scoring in the introductory college psychology course. Presents data showing the reliability, validity, and efficiency of the holistic scoring of students' written work by teaching assistants. Argues that holistic scoring is a high quality, low cost approach to scoring written work in large classes. (SG)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Research, Grading, Higher Education