Teaching Strategy Tip #23

Anticipate the next session’s topic

Strategy: At the end of a class session early in the semester, the instructor informs the students that they will be asked to write, at the beginning of the next session, responses to questions regarding understanding and agreement.

Process: At the beginning of a class session, students are asked to write two entries on index cards or sheets of paper:

  • Question 1: Something they did not understand in the reading
  • Question 2: Something they disagreed with in the reading

Source: http://fc.short.cm/AnticipateTheNextSessionsTopic

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Teaching Strategy Tip #29

Review with Exam Wrappers*

Strategy: Exam Wrappers direct students to review their performance (and the instructor’s feedback) on an exam to adapt future learning.

Time: Allot time for individual review and general discussion in the session after an exam

Materials: Returned exams
Questionnaire (“exam wrapper”) with three questions

Process:

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