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Classroom
Assessment Tip
The Minute Paper From
T. A. Angelo and K. P. Cross (1993) Classroom Assessment
Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers. San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, p. 148.
This versatile technique, also
known as the One-Minute Paper and the Half-Sheet Response,
provides a quick and extremely simple way to collect written
feedback on student learning. To use the Minute Paper, an
instructor stops class two or three minutes early and asks
students to respond briefly to some variation on the
following two questions: “What was the most important
thing you learned during this class?” and “What
important question remains unanswered?” Students then
write their responses on index cards or half-sheets of scrap
paper and hand them in….The great advantage of Minute
Papers is that they provide manageable amounts of timely and
useful feedback for a minimal investment of time and energy.
Despite its simplicity, the
Minute Paper assesses more than mere recall. To select the
most important or significant information, learners must
first evaluate what they recall. Then, to come up with a
question, students must self-assess—asking themselves
how well they understand what they have just heard or
studied. |
