One of our graduating academic mentors Kelsey Baubie suggested this idea - and I thought it was great! To help you continue incorporating strategies in your sessions, I've decided to run a regular strategy of the week/month feed on this blog. The purpose of this idea is to have everyone use the strategy posted as the "strategy of the week" during their sessions, and perhaps offer some feedback in the comments section of this post about how useful this strategy was, how you've adjusted it to your sessions, and whether you would like to continue using it in future.
I would update the strategy of the week bi-weekly until the end of the semester. There is also a possibility to identify the "strategy of the month," and the "strategy of the semester"!
So this week's "Strategy of the Week" is:
The one minute paper is designed to help students realize what they know or do not know i.e. "check for understanding." The academic mentor should ask the student/-s to take out a piece of paper and write on the topic presented by the leader. Remind them it is most important that they put their thoughts on paper in their own words, not that they produce polished piece of writing. If you are working with two or more students, you can have them share their response with each other.
You may use one-minute papers at the start, in the middle, or at the closing of your session. At the start, it would be used to check student's understanding of the material covered in lecture, and to identify the challenges needed to be addressed at the session. At the closing, you may use it to get students' immediate feedback about the session, to measure the degree of student's understanding of the material, and see whether the material discussed presents further challenges for the student.
I also think the one-minute paper strategy is great to be used in the beginning of the semester, as a tool to tell each other more about yourselves. In this case, both mentors and students could do a "one-minute paper," and share it with each other as a way to do introductions. All in all, great amount of imagination & exploration could be used with one-minute papers!
I would update the strategy of the week bi-weekly until the end of the semester. There is also a possibility to identify the "strategy of the month," and the "strategy of the semester"!
So this week's "Strategy of the Week" is:
The one minute paper is designed to help students realize what they know or do not know i.e. "check for understanding." The academic mentor should ask the student/-s to take out a piece of paper and write on the topic presented by the leader. Remind them it is most important that they put their thoughts on paper in their own words, not that they produce polished piece of writing. If you are working with two or more students, you can have them share their response with each other. You may use one-minute papers at the start, in the middle, or at the closing of your session. At the start, it would be used to check student's understanding of the material covered in lecture, and to identify the challenges needed to be addressed at the session. At the closing, you may use it to get students' immediate feedback about the session, to measure the degree of student's understanding of the material, and see whether the material discussed presents further challenges for the student.
I also think the one-minute paper strategy is great to be used in the beginning of the semester, as a tool to tell each other more about yourselves. In this case, both mentors and students could do a "one-minute paper," and share it with each other as a way to do introductions. All in all, great amount of imagination & exploration could be used with one-minute papers!
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