Formative Quiz - This is an ungraded quiz that can be used as the basis for discussion or as a check of student progress. It also allows students to see what your questions will be like on upcoming exams. Fishbowl - A group of students does a demonstration or participates in a discussion, and the rest of the class observes and reflects in writing. Guided lecture - Bonwell explains that the professor lectures for 20 minutes, and the students are not allowed to take notes during this time. At the end of the 20 minutes, the students are given 5 minutes to write down everything they remember about the lecture.
Students then get into groups and work to reconstruct the lecture.
The entire class discusses the lecture toward the end of the period. If a class meets 3 times a week, the professor lectures 2 of the 3 days. On the last day of the week, the students ask any questions they might have, but they have to justify the importance of their questions. The professor writes the questions on the board and then asks students to rank them according to importance. The remainder of the class time is spent discussing the top-ranked questions.