Students are asked in class to quickly write down their thesis statements from memory.
The backchannel increased the number of questions asked in class, and also resulted in a broader range of students participating in such interactions.
"Sometimes it's a matter of being able to answer questions students ask in class," said Michelle Corlew, who teaches at Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, Ill.
Such question generators are used for generating homework exercises, quizzes, exams, questions to be asked in class, and many other purposes.
When I teach at the University of California, students sometimes ask in class where to get more information on a subject I've been talking about.
Yet, when asked in class to answer an analogy question using the word "gazebo," she drew a blank.
If you have questions, speak up and ask or go to the professor's office hours if you are afraid to ask in class.
These ratings, on a 1 to 5 scale, were based on an overall evaluation of these six aspects of participation: attendance, homework completion (reading, answering questions, completing practice exercises), the quality of questions asked in class, active involvement in small-group discussions, ability to answer questions when called upon, and general class attentiveness.
