Building Student Discourse and Interaction in Class

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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Douglas Erwing Shares How He’s Building Student Discourse with Packback

Dr. Douglas Erwing wants his students to see history as more than just names and dates to memorize. Since implementing Packback, Dr. Erwing says he’s been satisfied with how his students have been discussing class concepts to better understand the world around them.

I’ve gotten better papers and better discourse in class and I attribute a lot of that to Packback.”


INSTITUTION

University of Houston

DEPARTMENT

History

COURSE

US History to 1877

SIZE

18-25 Students


“I’m getting a much higher quality discourse in my history class by using Packback because it helps the students focus on how to ask better questions. And then we’re able to have an intellectual discourse about the questions they asked and how those questions might lead to certain sorts of answers… It’s made class very interactive, active, more intellectually engaging for them. I’ve gotten better papers and better discourse in class, and I attribute a lot of that to Packback.”


Community Stats

QUESTIONS

150

AVG CURIOSITY SCORE

73

RESPONSES

297

AVG WORDS PER POST

121




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