http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ 2020-01-26T22:44:45-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-06-10T16:40:22-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/strategy:smallwhiteboard:deep?rev=1213141222 Questions to Initiate Deeper Thinking Often a teacher wants to spur students to think more deeply about a topic. Instructors sometimes get deeper thinking through class discussions, by using group work, or with carefully constructed homework problems or laboratory experiences. Small whiteboard questions can also be used to get students to look beyond memorized rules or algorithms. text/html 2008-06-10T16:42:44-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/strategy:smallwhiteboard:engage?rev=1213141364 Engaging Students Who Don't Otherwise Participate Much Asking a whiteboard question to the whole class allows all students to answer the question and do important thinking. If the instructor calls upon a single student to answer a question, the rest of the students may feel “off the hook” or they may be worried they will be called upon next. If the instructor takes student volunteers in answering a question, then frequently half the students will never volunteer. text/html 2008-06-10T16:35:02-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/strategy:smallwhiteboard:formative?rev=1213140902 Formative Asessment Questions Formative assessment refers to the idea of finding out what students know in order for the instructor to adjust their upcoming instruction. Instructors don't want to bore their students covering things that 80% of the students already know, nor do they want grossly overshoot the students' level and offer what seems to be uninteligible nonsense to the students. Formative assessment questions allow the instructor to quickly get a feel for what students already know.… text/html 2015-07-06T16:15:09-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/strategy:smallwhiteboard:list?rev=1436224509 Navigation Links Browse activities by Classroom StrategyRationale and Tips for Using Small White Board Questions ---------- FIXME: This list (can it even be called that?) is seriously out-of-date! We have many more swbq's. Here is where we are placing the stray SWBQs. Instead refer to start->SWBQ->SWBQ, for more accurate information. text/html 2008-06-10T16:37:27-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/strategy:smallwhiteboard:prior?rev=1213141047 Questions for Activating Student Prior Knowledge In any instructional situation, there will almost always be something students “bring to the table” in the form of prior knowledge, Getting students to remember, and activate the useful parts of that prior knowledge can help them engage mental resources that will help them understand new material. When students learn things in a void without engaging this prior understanding, they frequently don't integrate what the knew with what they are l… text/html 2011-08-17T14:53:28-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/strategy:smallwhiteboard:start?rev=1313618008 Navigation Links Browse activities by Classroom StrategyList of Small Whiteboard Questions ---------- Small Whiteboard Questions “Small whiteboards” are whiteboards that are about 30 x 40 cm (12 x 16 in) and are used by all students individually. [Small Whiteboard] text/html 2008-06-10T16:33:29-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/strategy:smallwhiteboard:unglaze?rev=1213140809 Disengaging the Glaze: Waking Students Up and Getting Them Actively Engaged Some enthusiatic, well-rested students can manage to stay focused during even the driest lectures, however, even great lecturers have seen times when their students are mindlessly taking notes or are otherwise mentally disengaged from the lecture. Is it because it's obvious to the students are you're going too slow? Is it because students are lost and not understanding?