F25 - Active Learning, Taking Notes, Creating Questions, Etc.

What is one of the key skills needed for the workplace of the future that active learning helps to foster?

• A) Passive consumption
• B) Essay writing
• C) Creativity
• D) Memorization

Why does active learning encourage students to take risks?

• A) It makes sitting in class comfortable
• B) It discourages student participation
• C) It creates an environment where risk-taking is encouraged
• D) It rewards passive listening

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of having students create questions?

• A) Identifying trends or problems in student understanding.
• B) Making exams more difficult and challenging.
• C) Encouraging students' ideas and voices in the classroom.
• D) Helping students learn about developing good questions.

What role do student-authored questions play in course development?

• A) They serve as the primary exam questions without requiring editing.
• B) They provide a starting point for fruitful discussions.
• C) They replace the need for traditional final exams.
• D) They act as a tool to challenge the instructor's expertise.

What impact does having students create exam questions have on the classroom dynamics?

• A) It promotes competition among students.
• B) It empowers quiet students to contribute meaningful ideas.
• C) It eliminates the need for instructor-led discussions.
• D) It shifts the responsibility of grading onto the students.

According to a study by Marzano, creating summaries _____.

• increases understanding by almost 20%.
• decreases understanding by almost 20%
• increases understanding by almost 2%
• decreases understanding by almost 2%

Underlining and highlighting words while you read, without doing anything else _____

• is very successful at helping students retain information.
• is a very popular method for learning.
• Both of these.
• Neither of these.

"Active Learning" is which of these:

• constructing meaning from text
• making connections to lectures
• creating examples
• regulating your own learning
• All of these.

"Active Learning" is which of these:

• highlighting text
• re-reading text
• rote memorization
• All of these.
• None of these.

Which of these is NOT what happens when you work a short time on each class every day, instead of using one long memorization session the night before the test:

• the total amount of time spent studying will be the same (or less)
• you will learn the information more deeply
• you will retain much more for the long term
• you are more likely to get an A on the final
• the total time spent studying will be more