Video: An Improvement in Critical Thinking Skills
McKenna Kohler, a student at UNC Charlotte, shares how her critical thinking skills improved since using Packback.
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Christopher Capp
Dr. Christoper Capp shares how implementing Packback helped his students connect what they learned in previous courses to what they were learning in their senior-level biochemistry course.
Improving Communication, Critical Thinking and Application Skills with Packback
Dr. Corey Fox wants the students that complete his business strategy capstone course at Texas State University to have strong communication, critical thinking and application skills. “We want [students] to be able to do things like communicate both written and orally, develop analytical and critical thinking skills [and] be able to integrate some of the […]
Video: Improving Communication, Interaction and Critical Thinking with Packback
Dr. Corey Fox of Texas State University shares how Packback helps his students achieve important skills such as communication, interaction and critical thinking.
Case Study: Engaging Students with Technology
Case Study of how one professor at Michigan State University utilized technology in the classroom to increase student engagement, promote critical thinking and improve student exam grades.
CEO Mike Shannon at the ASU GSV Summit
“We are reversing education’s fast-answer epidemic, reviving the life skill of asking great questions by awakening and fueling lifelong curiosity, no matter the scale.” Listen to our co-founder and CEO Mike Shannon discuss the mission of Packback at the ASU/GSV conference.
Case Study: Improving Critical Thinking Through Online Discussion
Case Study about how graduate Professor Jennifer Summers at Grand Valley State University uses Packback to prepare students for their careers in Occupational Therapy.
Teaching Critical Thinking through Electronic Discussion Platforms
Electronic discussion can stimulate and develop critical thinking skills in students, and we’re not the only ones who believe it. A scholarly article by Steven Greenlaw and Stephen DeLoach called Teaching Critical Thinking with Electronic Discussion spoke on the subject more than ten years ago, and as technology has continued to advance, electronic discussion is […]