This entry was created in response to a student writing:
Recent research has highlighted the significance of evaluating Padlet’s role in education
Significance does not seem right here because what is being evaluated is a future need rather than a result. The link https://ske.li/evaluating provides a few suitable alternatives with the intended meaning, and it looks like this:
![](https://bawequicklinks.coventry.domains/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image-15.png)
Another link here https://ske.li/stress_need shows a wider range of verbs and it looks like this:
![](https://bawequicklinks.coventry.domains/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/stress-importance-of.jpg)
To compare with the typical use of significance you could use the link https://ske.li/significance_of, which looks like this:
Created by Elena Mazzeri