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"With Perusall, I could set up my course for my students to read and engage with the material before class. So that when they came to class, I'm not talking about the material, we're discussing it."
Perusall has helped my students engage with each other and get excited about class readings.
Here in the CISA department, we have fallen in love with the learning and engagement that Perusall provides! If we use a textbook on Perusall, students read and they engage. Their learning improves dramatically.
I am Dr. Chad Curtis, and I teach statistics and programming courses at Nevada State University. Perusall was a game-changer for me because it helps students to meaningfully engage with assigned texts. I assign a lot of scientific papers, which aren't exactly known as the easiest genre out there. Perusall brings students together during reading assignments in a powerful way to support learning outcomes. I have students bringing in outside materials, answering each others' questions-- and posting lots of memes! I'm very grateful for the dynamic that Perusall brings to reading assignments.
Perusall is a wonderful tool to hold students accountable while also encouraging collaboration and deep dives into literature. The built-in rubrics are easily adjustable to what you skill sets you want to target. I highly recommend Perusall to all educators.
Perusall extends discussions of readings in my courses and helps hold students accountable for doing the work of preparing for class. I can read the students' comments before class meetings and have a good sense of the ideas stood out to them and which concepts I should spend more time on in class.
A high percentage of my students tell me that Perusall is the number one thing they think I should keep in the course for future semesters.
Perusall engages my students and allows me to interact with them more effectively, especially in online courses.
Getting students to truly prepare for class is easier with Perusall.
By the way, my students overwhelmingly liked the peer review process with Perusall. One of my students just said that the experience with this assignment was the best part of the whole semester.
Perusall has been an incredibly valuable addition to my courses. It provides students the opportunity to read and process collaboratively (asynchronously) and gives me a window into what concepts students are struggling with and the sense that they are making of course content. I find it to be user friendly and a great addition to my course design!
Perusall is hands down the most effective teaching tool I have for increasing community within my classes while also providing engagement and accountability.
Perusall is a great tool to ensure my students do the reading prior to class and come prepared to discuss it. It also provides me insight prior to class of areas of student confusion or interest to help steer our discussions.
Perusall is great because it encourages every student to comment and ask questions, then rewards them for their participation.
Do you have trouble getting your students to complete the readings for your course? If so, I'd like to introduce you to our lord and savior, Perusall.
Perusall helps my students engage with class material when they might be shy about participating in a large class discussion. It allows them a way to dialogue about issues on their own time and to apply their thoughts to current events.
