Exploring the value of questions in addressing six of the most common college course design problems.

1. SOCRATES STEPS
UP TO THE PLATE
USDLA 2016

4. SIX COMMON PROBLEMS
1. Alignment
2. Compliance
3. Student Readiness
4. Student Awareness
5. Individualized Intervention
6. Instructional Design

7. Detailed Learning Outcomes
Integrated Questions
Multimedia Content
Tailored Content

8. 1. ALIGNMENT

9. One course, 1355 students, 26 assignments, 65% passed

10. CORRELATION
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%

11. CORRELATION
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%

12. One course, 1355 students, 26 assignments, 65% passed

13. 2. COMPLIANCE

14. AVERAGE NUMBER OF ZEROS
zeros among students who passed
zeros among students who failed.
0.3
12.7

15. # OF STUDENTS WITH A GRADE OF ZERO FOR THE WEEK
0
100
200
300
400
WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7
Passing Students Failing Students

16. 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Webtext Completion
Spring 2014
median
✦ 4% study
question
completion
✦ 86 questions
✦ 4.8 hours
active time
PSC1113
*N=165 students
Each column represents one student.

17. 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Webtext Completion
Spring 2014
median
POL210
*N=153 students
Each column represents one student.
✦ 100% study
question
completion
✦ 479 questions
✦ 13.5 hours
active time

18. 3. READINESS

23. Turn in your paper.
Complete a first draft.
Outline Your Argument
Conduct Your Research
Anticipate Objections
Add proper citations.
Revise with rubric.

24. Turn in your paper.
Complete a first draft.
Outline Your Argument
Conduct Your Research
Anticipate Objections
Add proper citations.
Revise with rubric.
Choose a topic.
And a debatable point.
Articulate a thesis.

27. 4. AWARENESS

33. 5. INTERVENTION

34. QUE101 - Introduction to Soomo

35. Ashley Adamson
Kristin Anderson
Roger Beatrix
David Brentshore
Talia Gonzalez
Romaine Jackson
Organizational Behavior Summer 2015

36. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE UNDERLYING THEME OF THESE THREE COMMERCIALS?
SHORT ANSWER REPORT
▸ This is what a man is/does/looks like and girls like that. If you buy
these products girls will like you too.
▸ The theme of these commercials is to pursue us to purchase their
products. Its being done by using a condescending tone about
the competitors.
▸ I think the underlying theme is "be more manly" or somewhere
along that line of thinking. Each commercial seems to be saying
"use my product and you'll be a man.”
▸ A man can only be manly if they use these products.
▸ For Entertainment purposes. They are all about men too.
▸ N/A

37. 6. INSTRUCTION

38. THEME
HUMAN
INTERPRETATION
ARGUMENT
CONTEXT
QUESTIONS
LITERARY
SOCIAL
CLOSEREADING
AMBIGUITY
COMPARING PERFORMANCE ACROSS OBJECTIVES

42. SIX COMMON PROBLEMS
1. Alignment
2. Compliance
3. Student Readiness
4. Student Awareness
5. Individualized Intervention
6. Instructional Design
ONE COMMON SOLUTION: QUESTIONS
TOLD YA.

43. PRACTICAL TIPS
▸ 3 minutes per question, but a total number related to points
▸ Work the breadth of Bloom’s taxonomy
▸ Make it easy to see who’s falling behind
▸ Ask about the most important parts of the page
▸ Tag questions with learning outcomes
▸ Review question performance and answers to open ended questions
▸ When you try something new, tie questions to it to see if it works

44. QUESTIONS?