By placing them at the beginning and end of a learning sequence, the questions could serve to awaken curiosity as well as to gauge understanding of the material.
Active learning can take many forms: working out problems at the blackboard, using the classroom to simulate a professional environment, discussing concept questions in small groups, employing flash cards to gauge understanding, and administering frequent low-stakes quizzes.
She went on to say, "If they actually come to a…some kind of solution [correct] to this problem…" and here she was not only focusing on assessments but on the correct solutions to those assessments to gauge understanding.
Without undermining the FCI's seminal contribution to educational research, there are conditions under which the FCI, along with a second well-known multiple-choice test in mechanics, the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE; Thornton and Sokoloff, 1998), may be less appropriate for gauging understanding and learning.
Participants recounted that they then validated the patient's LEP status independently, using verbal and non-verbal cues (eg, gestures, facial expressions) to gauge understanding (eg, purposely asking open-ended questions).
Choosing to 'get by' without additional assistance can include any of the following strategies: speaking more slowly, enunciating more carefully, using plain language and requesting that the patient paraphrase instructions to gauge understanding.
One benefit of closed-ended questions, such as multiple-choice or matching questions, is that instructors can easily gauge understanding among a population of students (e.g., by using clicker questions).
These include reduced interaction between lecturer and student which may hamper learning, the inability of the student to ask questions and the inability of the lecturer to gauge understanding from non-verbal cues and indeed from questions.
Technology may help to avoid this problem while encouraging voice: for example, web sites where staff can post opinions or experiences, online polls, 'quizzes' to gauge understanding of current policies, etc. Open 'town hall' meetings may be another way to allow staff to express concerns and suggest solutions.
Instructors often rely on discussions to gauge students' understanding, curiosities, and challenges in the classroom.
Stable isotopes provide a complementary method to conventional flow gauging for understanding hydrology and management of large water resources, particularly in arid areas subject to significant evaporation.
