Students can also turn in assignments and teachers can manage grades.

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Students can also turn in digital assignments and teachers can enter and manage grades.

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Homework seemed a foreign concept, at least until the contrary behaviour of the American students, who actually turned in the completed assignments, proved an example the Europeans elected to emulate.

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More recent projects include a mobile guide to the street murals in Philadelphia, using tagged maps and information about the artwork, and online educational software so teachers can post questions and assignments, and students can help in teaching each other material.

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In an interview with Cohen, I learned that Thiel has about 250 to 300 students in his class and Lore lets students submit their assignments, lets Thiel see what students are discussing, and helps him with grading.

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To attract talented young teachers to the toughest assignments, I recommend a sixfold increase in scholarships for college students who commit to teach in the inner cities, isolated rural areas and Indian communities.

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This approach gives students the ability to use in-class time to apply their newfound information and to complete assignments.

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Perhaps the students that spent the most time in gradebook happened to be in the most rigorous courses with many graded assignments.

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Students can also use LearnSmart Prep in the early weeks of a course to ensure that they are prepared for concepts and assignments that will come later in the course.

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