Enhance Student Engagement by Asking Better Questions
In addition to employing a variety of question formats to enhance student engagement and foster critical thinking skills, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the question-asking process can further enrich the learning experience. AI technologies can provide personalized feedback, tailor questions to individual student needs, and analyze responses to identify areas for improvement.
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Moreover, incorporating critical thinking into the question-asking process involves posing thought-provoking inquiries and guiding students through analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing information to form well-reasoned conclusions. This approach encourages students to think critically about complex issues, consider multiple perspectives, and develop analytical skills.
Engaging students with better questions also entails encouraging them to apply critical thinking skills to real-world scenarios, thereby demonstrating the practical relevance of their learning. By posing questions that challenge students to solve problems, make decisions, and justify their reasoning, educators can empower them to become independent thinkers and lifelong learners.
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Packback’s AI scores and encourages students in real-time as the student is composing their question or post. This is especially useful for online courses. Students can compose their questions and posts asynchronously and immediately begin receiving feedback. Packback will alert the student to common spelling and grammatical errors and propose corrections. It will also issue a “Curiosity Score” which is an initial evaluation of the content of the question or post. This is probably Packback’s most valuable feature.
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Students submit better quality work because of Packback’s synchronous AI coaching. Packback’s coaching is consistent so for the attentive student, common mistakes repeated over time are diminished. When students revise their work in real time based on PackBack’s recommendations, instructors can spend more time evaluating students’ work for comprehension.
By the time students submit their work on Packback, they have already received extensive real-time coaching on grammar, style, flow, research quality, plagiarism prevention, and more
Click here to get started with Packback. For additional information, contact our CGCC Packback Representative: Katie Horin katie.horin@packback.co

Special thanks to Julie McCarthy, our CTLA Course Production Coordinator and CGCC History Faculty, for contributing Packback information for this Tech Tuesday.
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