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What can we do with exit tickets?
What can we do with exit tickets?
In an article in the publication Educational Leadership by ASCD, Robert Marzano explains that there are four kinds of prompts teachers often use with exit slips — prompts that …
Provide formative assessment data (How would you rate your current level of understanding of what we did today?)
Stimulate student analysis (How hard did you work today? What could you have done to help yourself learn better?)
Focus on instructional strategies (How did the group work today help you understand the content?)
Are open communications to the teacher (What could I do differently to help you understand better?)
Exit tickets are also a research-based best practice for several reasons ...
Students are second-most likely to recall what they learn at the very end of class (most: beginning). Therefore, the end of class is when their brains are primed for learning.
When students recall what they've learned without textbooks or notes, it produces great long-term memory effects.
Reflection on learning -- and the learning process -- can help learning stick and help them become better students.
Exit tickets are a pretty versatile tool. We can use exit tickets one day as formative assessment and on another day to check in on students’ feelings to learning. Remeber an assessment is only formative if it prompts YOU to reform your teaching!
Armed with this data, it can inform your instruction instantly — as soon as the next day or even later on in that same day!
10 ideas for exit ticket prompts
Here are 10 exit ticket prompt ideas that you can use to wrap up your class ...
What two things stood out to you most today? Recalling what they've learned helps students store it in long-term memory. Plus, only asking for two isn't too overwhelming.
Do you agree or disagree with the topic today? Describe why. If you're studying a topic that has two or more sides, this lets the student decide where he/she stands and why.
If you had to describe what you learned today very simply to a young child, how would you describe it? Simplifying a concept into it's most basic terms can help students boil it down to its key points.
Design a t-shirt that represents something you learned today. This is a fun twist, it's visual, and it lets students get creative.
Snap a selfie with your reaction to something you learned. Then, describe why you reacted that way. Then, describe why you reacted that way. This multimedia prompt utilizes the camera option that most devices offer. Plus, it's very personal -- the student's picture is in it!
What are you most confused about? This lets students get really honest. Plus, it can be very, very valuable information to guide your instruction.
What could you have done today to help yourself learn better? This introspective question helps students look metacognitively at their own learning -- and how they can improve their learning skills.
How hard did you work today on a scale of 1 to 4? Then, describe why you feel that way. Effort is important, and it's something we don't help students identify and evaluate. When students self-evaluate, it's a non-confrontational way to help them judge their own effort.
What could I, the teacher, do differently to help you learn? This turns the evaluation from student to teacher. It does open the teacher up to criticism, but it can be valuable feedback that can help you improve.
How are you doing? Just a simple social-emotional check-in can give the teacher valuable information and help the student to feel seen and heard.
What is a hinge question?
What is a hinge question?
A check for understanding at a 'hinge-point' in a lesson, so-called because of two inter-linked meanings: 1) It is the point where you move from one key idea/activity/point on to another. 2) Understanding the content before the hinge is a prerequisite for the next chunk of learning.
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