At the end of the daily subject matter part of my lesson is to go back over the objectives and see if there are any questions about what was covered and this allows clarification of confused topics during the day.
before the end of the day I leave about 15 minutes to discuss what was learned in the class lecture or if we were in lab what was learned and how we could possibly do things better.this approach gets great feedback and everyone has their say.
I actually like to debrief the following morning. I try to simulate a shop meeting environment, the kind that the techs will find in the field. I will tell them what we did well the day before, I will identify opportunities for improvement, and I will ask if they have any questions, comments or considerations. In this way they have buy in to the process, and feel engaged in a shop environment.
Time varies but usually is between 5 to 15 minutes. This is helpful because it allows time to let the student know what the day's activities
will be and can also let you recap what went on the day before and how it will apply to all new subjects.
I ask questions at the end of each day. I try to stay on the objectives I write on the board prior to class.
In the class I'm teaching at present, there are no lab groupes every lab is done on an individual basis. I have the students bring me their finished labs. I have printed check off sheets and I read the labs as they sit with me at my desk and point out any errors or advise them on easier ways to bring that lab to a error free conclusion. This is a continuing prosses so the time allowed is whatever it take and varries with each student, It allows me to follow each students progreess through out the phase rather than wait for test results, Chuck Peters
I like to talk with the students in their work groups as they turn in their labs and mark them off for having completed them this way I can address any misunderstanding or mistakes as they happen and everything is still fresh in their mind and the equipment is handy.
i write it on the board then tell them what my objectives are right at the beging of class for only about 5min
At the end of the day I sometimes go around the room in a discussion format having each student tell 1 thing they learned today. They cannot use something that has already been said.
At the end of the day I like to call the class together and find out what they learned I asked what was helpful and what was not so helpful. i give them about 20 mins to do this I also can see if they got the topic.
when i do labs, it is on a group to group basis. they bring there labs to me as a group and i go over them as a group.questions answers ect are taken care of then.everything is covered.when they leave,they should understand.
I normaly do a Debrief of class and Lab activities about a half an hour at the end of each day with a question and answer session about the daily lesson or lab
I usuall use the last 30 minutes to an hour of class for debriefing exercises.
When debriefing, i use a combination of Lecture, power point presentations, tactical demo's and product identification and user based instruction.
Re: Debrief
by Adam Kreisher - May 02, 2011 - 04:25 PM (EST)
After each group gets done with a lab I try to talk to each group about what they learned & to help them understand each lesson. This way I can address questions in a smaller group before we reveiw as a class. This can take 5 to 10 minutes per group & as a class can be anywhere from an hour or two.
At the end of each restaurant practical class, I review all the good and bad points that occurred during service and have an open discussion with the students. I had no idea it was called "debriefing". I'm glad to know that it is an effective way for students to learn.
My method of debriefing is to ask questions sometimes of the group and sometimes to individuals about key points from the material just covered. I want to know before moving on that learning has occurred. Early in my course information builds on itself to create the complete picture. Then we apply that lesson throughout the rest of the course. Debriefing insures the foundation has been built.
We do a power point review that includes the wiring diagrams and IDS screen shots to review all workstations.
Each lab day will end with a 1 to 2 hour review of the lab stations. I try to get the student to discribe what it bis that he is taking away from the lab I will then restate the objectives and discuss with the students as to weather or not the objective was reached.
The way my class is set up works very well for the students. In a six hour day we have fours hours for lab and two hours for review, minus lunch breaks. We may not always need the full two hours , but it is nice just in case it is a hard lab day and there are a lot of questions. I also have time to interject with my own experiences as it relates to the subject matter.
