Minute Paper

To identify what learners see as significant learning, an instructor stops class a few minutes early and asks learners to respond briefly to some variation on the following two questions: “What was the most important thing you learned during this class?” and “What important questions remain unanswered?” while students record their answers.

Individual/Group Activity Individually
Class SizeSmall (<25), Medium (25-50), & Large (51-200)
Bloom’s Taxonomy LevelRemember
Development InitialAbsolute Knowing
Minimum Time to Facilitate< 15 Minutes
Minimum Time to Debrief< 5 Minutes
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Additional Resources

Jimoh, A. G., Abanyam, F. E., & Uloko, C. I. (2021). Effect of One-Minute-Paper Cooperative Learning Strategy on Junior Secondary School (JSS2) Students’ Academic Achievement in Business Studies in Ogun State, Nigeria. International Business Education Journal, 14(1), 49-64: http://ojs.upsi.edu.my/index.php/IBEJ/article/view/4352

Chiou, C. C., Wang, Y. M., & Lee, L. T. (2014). Reducing statistics anxiety and enhancing statistics learning achievement: Effectiveness of a one-minute strategy. Psychological reports, 115(1), 297-310: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/11.04.pr0.115c12z3?casa_token=C5I8QeaV37sAAAAA:ktS-ac79VVsHNvoN5kmyVGLtS4_MyP_e2jCS5M9hARQGQiuvA2xNX4PJls9S3mgLGNWZm3_dgtM

Abbas, H. M., Hameed, A. A., & Aday, H. J. (2018). Effect of one Minute Paper Strategy in Obtaining History Material for Second Grade Students. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 9(8): https://eds.p.ebscohost.com/abstract?site=eds&scope=site&jrnl=09760245&AN=135222640&h=RFoGnPnI3SCneh5LE8K5JNCGiy1uQzgjnLV%2bxONDTA2BJhgkc8e3hwvEeAnsr43%2fHYjGJV77S4Dk5Hk1hih6eA%3d%3d&crl=c&shibtoken=A29aOcdfh7Qm_b7B9ReMZlViP4h_TQWAUMlpK9kCq4X2aTKJBdO6j4cnQwEwvGpEcFaCHEj5xTT28_asjnoJBYCme8dQjKBOHDZpiQknRnDV_v2jCONqmmlK8bMCwf8zijbZhSccd_izRb7rOurMF-W_ETUMUpSJsaUgYzbe6yJwDtdQfxTlXbavxJ9hHagY3-GjI9WSndTrCCeaFNkmH5N9_I8RJBtoMnHrmKqMmy9hkE_SGlbYuww1BYgX2n9dLXmbPI6DJdXuwsHYRdJw9wzYsf9bD4aTpoBm6fA2HT7O56DiL7BTBSRUM2wSQopK5zaL6QY21L0C22t1zMajxpjN3G20ydGrnMoiipF8FKWM5LIGBneKqhUBux_MB4IJrv1D8O4k7Nb7JyVOZ2xBeLfO5huH_5AopqX7B0UCi6cWmGYUnif58__F6hkHLJ8VvwGkjZUbPTrOgYJFHlge1FfNDkuPebU&resultLocal=ErrCrlNoResults&resultNs=Ehost&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d09760245%26AN%3d135222640

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