The average student recalls 62% of material just presented, 45% recall after 3-4 days, and just 24% recall after 8 weeks.
What is the "forgetting curve"?
100
A questioning technique that starts with a planned question and proceeds with more questions based upon the students' answers.
What is the Socratic method?
100
Four or five students briefly present different points of view on a topic, either their own position or one they are representing.
What is a panel discussion?
100
Groups that are diverse in terms of ability, race, gender, and other characteristics
What are heterogeneous groups?
200
These are the most basic learning objectives we can set for students
What are foundational outcomes?
200
Illustrations of abstract concepts and relationships
What are examples?
200
Questions that ask students to compare and contrast different theories, research studies, literary works, etc.
What are comparative questions?
200
Individual students or teams present their independently conducted research papers that express their own ideas; the rest of the class asks probing questions and offers constructive criticism.
What is a symposium?
200
The optimal group size for mathematical and scientific problem solving
What is a threesome?
300
Informal assignments and activities, usually in class and ungraded, to help instructors evaluate student learning and adjust instruction
What is formative assessment?
300
pictures, photographs, charts and graphs, diagrams
What are visual aids?
300
These are "what if" inquiries that require students to think creatively, to make up scenarios, and to explore how changing circumstances might change the results.
What are hypothetical questions?
300
A method by which students acquire various skills and knowledge while working in community service.
What is service learning?
300
Groups or pairs based solely on seating proximity
What are ad hoc groups?
400
Students act out instructor-assigned roles, improvising the script, in a realistic and problematic situation
What are role plays?
400
A two to five-minute recap of the most important points of your lecture
What is the conclusion?
400
These represent the best kind of discussion questions. There are multiple good answers, and they invite risk-taking and problem solving.
What are open questions?
400
Examples are Prisoner's Dilemma, Unnatural Selection, SimWorld, and SimMan.
What are simulations?
400
Results from lack of organization, lack of specificity in the assignment, unclear purpose and expectations
What is group work failure?
500
The fourth level of Bloom's taxonomy.
What is analysis?
500
A five-minute "settling in" period followed by another 5-10 minutes, and then students become restless, bored, and confused.
What are attention span limits?
500
These good-for-nothing questions are too vague and unfocused for students to know how to approach them.
What are fuzzy questions?
500
This is an essential component of a simulation to help students disengage from the emotional aspects of the experience
What is debriefing?
500
Each member of a "base group" is assigned a mini-topic to research. Students then meet in "expert groups" with others assigned to the same mini-topic to discuss and refine their understanding. Base groups re-form, and members teach their mini-topics to their teammates.