One Step at a Time: Improving Student Persistence through Low-Stakes Assignments

Description

This session will demonstrate how a well-designed on-line course can enable professors to use unique, low stakes, write-to-learn assignments to (1) improve engagement and student persistence, (2) help students develop an effective learning, researching, or writing process (3) help instructors to improve their understanding of their student's capabilities and points of confusion and (4) improve the social presence of students in their online courses.

Presenter First Name:
Shelley
Presenter Last Name:
Wick
Presenter Email:
swick@fiu.edu
Names of Co-Presenters
Shelley Dianne Wick
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