Observations and Debriefs
SI Fundamentals
Learning Objectives
Collaborative Learning
SI Session Planning
100

The number of observations that SI Leaders need to complete each semester

What is 3?

100

The 3 SI Fundamentals

What is Wait-Time, Redirecting Questions, and Checking for Understanding?
100

A learning objective is ____.

What is a statement that clearly describe what students are expected to achieve as a result of instruction?

100

CLT

What is a collaborative learning technique?

100

The first thing that SI Leaders should do when planning a session

What is write an effective learning objective(s)?

200

The location in which the observation surveys are located

What is Box?

200

The number of seconds that SI Leaders should wait when using Wait Time

What is 3-5 seconds?

200

The purpose of a learning objective is to:

What is (something about providing a clear, specific outcome for the SI session that SI Leaders can use to help them plan their session)

200

Share a collaborative learning technique you like to use and why

(sharing a CLT)

200

The purpose of an opening activity

  • 1. Serve as an icebreaker to get the students talking to each other

  • 2. Introduce the main topic(s) that you will be reviewing during the session

  • 3. Should prepare students to participate in the middle activity

300

What SI Leaders are evaluated on during observations 

What is:

SI Fundamentals

Collaborative learning

Active leading strategies

Opening, middle, and closing activities

Learning objectives

Attendance is taken

300

The three ways to redirect questions

What is:

1. To the student

2. To the group

3. To resources (notes, textbook, slides, etc.)

300

The 3 parts of a learning objective

What is the object, an action verb, and the SMART model?

300

the benefits of collaborative learning 

  • Development of higher-level thinking, oral communication, self-management, and leadership skills.
  • Promotion of student-faculty interaction.
  • Increase in student retention, self-esteem, and responsibility.
  • Exposure to and an increase in understanding of diverse perspectives.
  • Preparation for real life social and employment situations.
300

The purpose of a middle activity

1. Cover the majority of the material

400

The purpose of observations

The answer should include something about how it is an opportunity to improve our skills and learn new things, it's a requirement for accreditation, etc.

400

This type of question should be used when checking for understanding

What is an open-ended question?

400

SMART stands for:

What is specific, measurable, achievable, result-oriented, and time-bound?

400

Share a collaborative learning technique you like to use and why

(Share a CLT)

400

The purpose of a closing activity

  • 1. Serve as an opportunity to check for understanding

  • 2. Should tie everything from the session together

  • 3. Give students something to do/think about before the next session

500

The number of times each SI Leader should be observed during a semester according to UMKC accreditation standards

What is 8?

500

A pattern where students become overly reliant on instructors or tutors for learning, often leading to poor study habits and a lack of independent learning skills

What is the dependency cycle?

500

The six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy in order are:

What is remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create?

500

Daily Double: The number of CLTS on the sheet I gave you last semester

What is 35?
500

The goals of the SI program

  1. Learn the course material
  2. Improve their course grade
  3. Develop transferable study skills