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Faculty Spotlight: Nicholas Graves

May 21, 2019 Author: Read time: 1 min
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Improving Writing and Student Dialogue with Packback

Nicholas Graves introduced Packback to encourage critical dialogue between students. By the end of the semester, Graves was satisfied with how students were writing about and discussing theatrical texts and plays.

INSTITUTION

Sam Houston State University

DEPARTMENT

Theatre

COURSE

Play Analysis

SIZE

18-20 Students

“[By the end of the semester], the responses on Packback and the responses on the exams themselves were of a higher writing quality”

Community Stats

QUESTIONS

16

AVG CURIOSITY SCORE

70

RESPONSES

626

AVG WORDS PER POST

525

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