Writing comments on student papers takes tremendous effort, and this study
attempted to determine how students use these comments, the importance of
the comments, and methods to encourage students to use comments. The
results revealed that students' course grades did not correlate with their use of
comments; however, students were likely to review comments if they had to
rewrite assignments. Significant differences existed between course grades and
these variables: (a) how well students read comments, (b) how useful com
ments were, (c) how well students understood comments, and (d) how likely
students were to get help in understanding comments.
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