The Minute Paper Overview
The most often-used CAT per Angelo & Cross!
- Teacher's Purpose:
- Provide useful feedback with little intial effort
- Ensures that students' questions will be raised (see hint below)
- Learner's Purpose:
- Learners must evaluate what they recall to determine the most important point
- Learners must self-assess to come up with a question
- Timing:
- End of presentation/lecture
- Close of a discussion
- End of a reading assignment
- Hint:
- Suggested Questions:
"In one sentence, summarize the most important concepts from the reading."??????
"What important question remains unanswered?" - Avoid overuse
- Suggested Questions:
- Feedback:
- Tabluate resonses, make note of useful comments
- E-mail students indivdually if appropriate with additional resources
- Post results in an announcement or discussion board
The Minute Paper Example
- Topic:
- Internet Search Tools
- Internet Search Tools
- Method:
- Short answer quiz with one question
- Short answer quiz with one question
- Question:
- "What is the most important/interesting thing you learned after reviewing the web sites about Internet search tools?"
- "What is the most important/interesting thing you learned after reviewing the web sites about Internet search tools?"
- Feedback:
- Learner responses are read and posted to a discussion board by the teacher. Learners read posts and reply with additional comments.
- Learner responses are read and posted to a discussion board by the teacher. Learners read posts and reply with additional comments.
- Alternate Delivery:
- Create a discussion board initially for students to post their responses
- Create a discussion board initially for students to post their responses
- Example Provided By:
- Roxann Humbert
Fairmont State College
- Roxann Humbert
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