{"id":1672,"date":"2011-02-03T17:55:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T14:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2011-02-03T17:55:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T14:55:34","slug":"keyword-checker-tool-developing-essay-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/keyword-checker-tool-developing-essay-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyword checker: A tool for developing essay skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been getting fed up with my IB students not incuding all of the topic keywords \/ terms in their essays.
\nSo I\u2019ve just finished writing this program<\/a> which checks how many keywords have been included with the click of a button.
\nI\u2019ll be encouraging students to run their essays through this before handing them in.<\/p>\n

Feel free to make use of it (and any suggestions for improvements are welcome)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been getting fed up with my IB students not incuding all of the topic keywords \/ terms in their essays. So I\u2019ve just finished writing this program which checks how many keywords have been included with the click of a button. I\u2019ll be encouraging students to run their essays through this before handing them… <\/p>\n

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