This is a great tool to make sure everyone is on track.
Incorporating them daily at the end of each lesson.
This is a great tool to make sure everyone is on track.
Incorporating them daily at the end of each lesson.
Hi Sharon, Thanks for your post to the forum. I am sure that you will find CATs useful in your classes! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
I am going to use the minute paper to see if the classes in which I present are getting something out of these encounters. This will help me to shape/create content for a follow up email to ensure vital information is reaching them.
I am interested in hearing more about how others have used the Punctuated Lectures. It sounds interesting; I am wondering how it is received by students.
This is a good idea - I will try this. Thank you Allison.
CATs are an excellent bridge between what is being offered and what is being accepted. As an instructor is offering new information and concepts, the understanding of that information will arrive at different levels to individual students. This will also serve to wrap back around to the first module in the course, concerning learning styles, to determine whether or not an individual is appropriately absorbing the information or if another source of frustration is blocking the education process. Instructors can use CATs to gauge where they are as far as Instructing and where students are as far as absorbing.
Hi Louis, Thanks for your post to the forum. Involving students in lectures is ideal! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
Hi Margaret, Thanks for your post to the forum. That daily assessment is ideal to give both you and your students valuable feedback!
Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
Background Knowledge Probes that assesses students prior learning of a topic allows an instructor to tailor the delivery of the class content to the specific class. Punctuated lectures that allow students to comment during the sharing of information helps to assess students engagement and comprehension of the information being delivered.
Generally, we have about a five minute review of the material covered in the previous class. At the end of the session we go over material covered that day. It could be in the form of a short quiz or even "passing the ball" after stating something new they may have learned that day.
Hi Tara, Exactly! CATs should never be graded as they are meant to be an informal self assessment. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
Hi Rekha, Thanks for your post to the forum. That daily feedback you receive is so valuable! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
CAT could be used to measure the level of knowledge in the student learner but not for grading.
I give daily questions based on the topics covered in the previous class. I usually suggest to the students that they grade the answers themselves, so they can self assess.
Hi David, Thanks for your post to the forum. CATs are very useful to give students feedback but, as you mention, they give us valuable feedback as well! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
By incorporating CAT's to my lectures I can gain a sense of where my students stand and also how well prepared they are for class. I believe this is a great way to get feedback from the students as of how the class is progressing and if they are absorbing the material been covered.
Hi Farzana, Thanks for your post to the forum. That immediate feedback is certainly useful! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career.
Susan Polick
A great way to incorporate these techniques in class would be to ask students a question during the middle of class, and for them to fill it out on a piece of paper(like a pop quiz)to see what they absorbed during class thus far and to see if they have paid attention to the course subject. This also helps me give students feedback face to face so I know which student is struggling in class, so I can help them succeed.
I agree. I feel that this will be a great motivational tool! I am excited to use it.
I am developing a webapp that will allow asking a quick question or two at every class break. Students submit answers and I can get immediate feedback on whether or not they "got it."
