ETP - Checking for Student Understanding

Rationale

Research shows that active student participation in classroom assessment and effective questioning techniques reinforce student learning, increase student motivation, and provide instructors with valuable feedback on the effectiveness of their instruction (Angelo & Cross, 1993; Nilson, 2010). In an online environment, discussion forums, journaling, and practice tests provide a conversation and questioning space similar to the classroom space for checking for understanding (Boettcher & Conrad, 2016).

Practices

Plan questions aligned to your learning objectives
Prepare to address common misconceptions
Use wait time to increase the quality and quantity of student responses
Call on both volunteers and nonvolunteers
Guide students to clarify or correct their responses
Use prompts to expand student thinking
Adjust instruction using student responses
Align the classroom assessment technique with your learning objectives
Explain the purpose of the technique
Analyze student responses for patterns to inform your teaching
Make adjustments in the next class period or online module activity to incorporate student information
Tell students how you will use the information to meet their learning needs

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ETP - Checking for Student Understanding

Rationale

Practices

Plan questions aligned to your learning objectives

Prepare to address common misconceptions

Use wait time to increase the quality and quantity of student responses

Call on both volunteers and nonvolunteers

Guide students to clarify or correct their responses

Use prompts to expand student thinking

Adjust instruction using student responses

Align the classroom assessment technique with your learning objectives

Explain the purpose of the technique

Analyze student responses for patterns to inform your teaching

Make adjustments in the next class period or online module activity to incorporate student information

Tell students how you will use the information to meet their learning needs