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Eating an Elephant

One Bite at a Time

This week we focus on one method. It is an excellent way to help students move some information and concepts from short term to long term memory. It also shows the instructor if there are any areas that need to be revisited before an exam.

RSQC2 stands for Recall, Summarize, Question, Comment, and Connect. RSQC2 is an assessment device that encourages students to recall and review class information comprehensively. In so doing, it allows the professor to compare students' perspectives against his or her own. Students who are less skilled at organizing information and applying it to the supporting foundation of the course ---or who are having difficulty figuring out the professor's own perspective--- are among those most likely to benefit from this assessment.

RSQC2 works like this: Students take two minutes to recall and list in rank order the most important ideas from a previous day's class. Then they take another two minutes to summarize those points in a single sentence in order to "chunk" the information. Next, students are asked to write one major question that they want answered. Finally, students identify a thread or theme to connect this material to the course's major goal. As an option, students may add a comment regarding their confidence in or wariness of the specific course content.

RSQC2 is a powerful and multifaceted assessment tool that takes time to administer and evaluate. The Recall, Summary, and Question sections are amplifications of the Minute Paper.The Connect feature is key because it forces students (and the instructor) to confront course structure. Exactly what is the relationship of this topic to the overall course plan? Why is this material important? Student feedback through RSQC2 may be crucial for aiding a professor to identify where students really need help the most but get it the least --- on relationships between ideas. ( Angelo and Cross, 1993)

If you have time and don't want to wait for the next bite, you can find the rest of the toolbox in myOzarka under the "Ozarka Resources" tab.

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https://www.ozarka.edu/files/resources/teachingtoolbox.doc

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https://www.ozarka.edu/blogs/success/index.cfm/Weekly-Postings-for-Faculty-

Hope you enjoyed it.