Essential Details
Interaction Type | People | Time | Stakes |
---|---|---|---|
✖ Learner-to-Learner ★ Learner-to-Instructor ★ Learner-to-Content |
★ Individual ✖ With Others |
★ Asynchronous ✖ Synchronous |
★ Low-Stakes ✖ High-Stakes |
Description
Ask students a question that recaps a student's understanding of a lecture or week's content. You can use index cards, half sheets of paper or leverage an Online Assignment to capture the responses of 2 or 3 questions. As it should take students one minute to write, it is not a comprehensive evaluation.
Example
Sample Prompts
Choose two or three prompts for your one-minute paper prompts:
- What was the most important thing you learned today?
- What was the most confusing topic today?
- What important question remains unanswered?
- Without looking at your notes, what was most memorable or stands out in your mind about today’s class?
- Looking back at your notes, what would you say was the most stimulating idea discussed in today’s class?
- In your opinion, what was the most useful idea discussed in today’s class?
- During today’s class, what idea(s) struck you as things you could or should put into practice?
- What example or illustration cited in today’s class could you relate to the most?
- Would you agree or disagree with this statement: . . .? Why?
- What was the most persuasive or convincing argument (or counterargument) that you heard expressed in today’s discussion?
- Was there a position taken in today’s class that you strongly disagreed with, or found to be disturbing and unsettling?
- What idea expressed in today’s class strongly affected or influenced your personal opinions, viewpoints, or values?
- What did you perceive to be the major purpose or objective of today’s class?
- What do you think was the most important point or central concept communicated during today’s presentation?
- What relationship did you see between today’s topic and other topics previously covered in this course?
- What was discussed in class today that seemed to connect with what you are learning or have learned in other courses(s)?
Sample Form of a One-Minute Paper:
Click the following link for a sample one-minute paper: https://provost.tufts.edu/celt/files/MinutePaper.pdf
Bloom's level
The level indicates this activity’s place within Bloom’s Taxonomy of learning (Cognitive Domain). Higher-levels contains lower-levels within it.
Level | Action |
---|---|
Sixth |
Create |
Fifth |
Evaluate |
Fourth |
Analyze |
Third |
Apply |
★ Second |
★ Understand |
First | Remember |
Verb
Summarize
Tools
- Canvas Discussion
- Canvas Assignment
Teaching Goal
The one main teaching goal for your activity
Check for Understanding