Back to resources Article Contents Faculty Spotlight: Nicholas Graves May 21, 2019 Author: Read time: 1 min Share This Article Copy Link Share on Linkedin Share on X Share via Email 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 More Faculty Spotlights
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