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Giver’s Gain in Peer Learning

Bill Hart-Davidson uses the catchphrase “giver’s gain” to describe the benefits of being a helpful reviewer. Giver’s gain comes from actively thinking alongside another writer: What you read, you too […]

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Feedback Practice in Eli Helps Students Learn and Feel Like they Belong at UCSB

New results from the University of California Santa Barbara’s Access to Practice (AtP) research group show that giving and receiving feedback on writing to learn activities contributes significantly to student […]

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Professional Development Workshop Schedule

Instructors use Eli Review to assign online peer learning that increases students’ critical thinking and engagement. Seeing the app work helps instructors imagine how Eli can fit in their own […]

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New Feature: Set It and Forget it Groups

Imagine it’s Friday afternoon, and you are setting up next week’s peer review tasks. You’ll tell Eli: On Tuesday at 9 AM, form groups so everyone gets 3 reviews. Magically, […]

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Coaching Give-and-Take

Eli Review’s free and open article “Feedback and Improvement” encourages students to observe the Golden Rule: Give the feedback you’d want to receive. Reviewers GIVE feedback that describes what they understand the […]

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