Close+your+Eyes

This strategy for sure is not rocket science, but none the less I feel very useful to get feedback from students. I start by having all students put their eyes on me, sometime this takes a while, but students learn quickly to do this in a timely manner. Once everyone's eyes are on you, tell students to close them if they understand, leave them open if they don’t, and keep one eye open/closed if they are part way. At the beginning you need to tell students to keep looking at you, because they are going to want to look around at what other students are doing. This can be used for any application in any setting. I tell students that don’t understand, if there are only a few to talk about it with me at another time. If the majority of students don’t understand, I immediately go back through.
 * Explanation**

This technique can be used in any setting. It is very simple.No need for set up or take down time. Fairly honest feedback, when you get after students looking at other students. Can be used in pre, post, and during instruction
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Zane Christensen