Mark Terwilliger - Brown Bag Seminar Presentation: Exit Tickets

1. Exit Tickets
Mark Terwilliger
October 17, 2014

2. The Teaching Professor
The Teaching Professor
Conference is a place where
higher education teachers
connect
Provides an opportunity to
learn effective pedagogical
techniques and interact with
colleagues committed to
teaching and learning
excellence
Boston, MA

3. Some things I learned at the
conference
Good practice is whatever helps
students learn
Best teaching is critically reflective
Asking “good questions” is important.
Write out questions as part of your
lecture content
Ask “What questions do you have?”
instead of “Do you have any questions?”
Honor questions by surrounding them
with silence

4. What is an exit
tAicnk eexti?t ticket is simply a
piece of paper / note card
Each student must turn in
the exit ticket with the
answer to a question /
problem before exiting
the classroom

5. Four types of exit tickets
(Manzano)
1. Prompts That Provide Formative Assessment Data
Exit slips are one of the easiest ways to obtain
information about students' current levels of
understanding. When used this way, exit slips are a type
of formative feedback.
2. Prompts That Stimulate Student Self-Analysis
Teachers might also give prompts that ask students to
think about their effort or their use of learning strategies.
For example, the following prompt asks students to
examine their level of effort: “How hard did you work
today? Explain why you think you worked at the level
you did.” This type of prompt gets at a necessary
condition for learning content—student effort.

6. Four types of exit tickets
(Manzano)
3. Prompts That Focus on Instructional Strategies
These types of prompts require students to reflect on the
effectiveness of various instructional strategies as well
as on their own behavior during the execution of the
strategy. For example, a teacher might ask, “How did the
group work today help you understand the content?
What are some things you'd like to see during group
work in the future?”
4. Prompts That Are Open Communications to the
Teacher
This is the least common type of prompt. For example, a
teacher might ask students, “What is something I should
be doing to improve your understanding of the content?”
Of course, such prompts invite criticism and therefore
require a fair amount of courage to employ. However, the
risk might be worth the potential rewards.

7. CSCI105 Introduction to Computer Programming Fall Semester 2014
Quick Survey
1. Up to this point, how difficult do you find the lab activities in this course (circle one number)?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Too Easy Pretty Easy Not Too Bad Pretty Challenging
Extremely Difficult
2. How is the reading of the textbook (circle all that apply)?
a) I don’t have a book
b) I have a book, but I hardly read anything
c) I read the chapters, they are easy to read
d) I read the chapters, they are difficult to read
e) I read the chapter and project before I show up to lab
3. How frequently have you used the drop-in computer lab or the Learning Center tutoring (circle one)?
a) I will never use tutoring
b) I haven't need it yet, but I may consider going later in the semester
c) I have gone a couple of times, but it wasn't helpful
d) I have gone a couple of times and it was helpful
e) I use the math lab and/or the tutoring all of the time
4. How could the class be improved to help your learning in this course?
5. What are your main goals for this course?
CSCI211 Database Applications Fall Semester 2014 Quick Survey
1. How difficult was the first lab activity (circle one number)?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Too Easy Pretty Easy Not Too Bad Pretty Challenging
Extremely Difficult
2. How was the reading of Chapter 1 (circle all that apply)?
a) I don’t have a book
b) I have a book, but I didn’t read the chapter
c) I read the chapter, it was interesting to read
d) I read the chapter, it was easy to read
e) I read the chapter, it was difficult to read
f) I read the chapter, it was boring
3. What are your main goals for this course?
Some
Exit
Tickets

8. CSCI351 Mobile Applications Development Fall Semester 2014 Quick Survey
1. How difficult have the homework assignments been so far?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Too Easy Pretty Easy Not Too Bad Pretty Challenging Extremely Difficult
2. How difficult has it been to comprehend the material so far without having a textbook?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No Problem Pretty Easy Some Difficulty Pretty Challenging Extremely Difficult
3. To this point, what has been your favorite thing about this class?
4. In what way could this course be modified to help improve my learning?
MATH111 College Algebra Fall Semester 2014 Quick Survey
1. Up to this point, how difficult do you find the material in this course (circle one
number)?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Too Easy Pretty Easy Not Too Bad Pretty Challenging
Extremely Difficult
2. How many of the recommended textbook exercises do you work on (circle one)?
a) I haven't done any homework yet
b) I do a couple of problems from each section
c) I usually do about one half of recommended problems
d) I have worked on most of the textbook exercises
e) I have worked on every textbook exercise
3. How frequently have you used the drop-in math lab or the Learning Center math
tutoring (circle one)?
a) I will never use tutoring
b) I haven't need it yet, but I may consider going later in the semester
c) I have gone a couple of times, but it wasn't helpful
d) I have gone a couple of times and it was helpful
e) I use the math lab and/or the tutoring all of the time
4. How could the class lectures be improved to help your learning in this course?
5. What are your main goals for this course?
A couple
more
Exit Tickets

9. Exit Ticket Results – Database
course

10. Exit Ticket Results – Database
course

11. Results –
Intro to
Comp.
Programmi
ng

12. Results – Intro to Comp.
Programming

13. Results – Intro to Comp.
Programming

14. Results – App Development

15. Results – App Development

16. Results – App Development

17. Results
–
College
Algebra

18. Results – College Algebra

19. Results – College Algebra

20. Your exit ticket
Describe briefly what you think would
be a good, practical use of an exit
ticket