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Low Stakes

USING LOW-STAKES RESEARCH PROJECTS TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE COURSE CONTENT

Posted on August 17, 2017

  Professor Catalina Toma, Communication Arts Assignment #1: Theories of relationship formation in reduced-cue online environments In class, we have discussed four theories of how strangers form personal relationships in reduced-cue online environments (e.g., social …

Posted in Designing Effective Assignments & CoursesTagged Analysis, Communication Arts, Low Stakes, Research, Summary

Informal Writing Assignments

Posted on August 10, 2017

  Brad Hughes, Martin Nystrand, Paige Byam, and Tom Curtis, English The assignments below are generally short, informal, perhaps ungraded writing assignments that instructors might consider adapting to their classes. Students often appreciate the opportunity …

Posted in Designing Effective Assignments & CoursesTagged In-Class, Informal, Low Stakes, Ungraded

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