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I tried a new formative assessment technique in a workshop today that was inspired by Bonni Stachowiak's recent Teaching in Higher Ed podcast episode with Todd Zakrajsek. I called the technique Spinner Retrieval Practice. Here's how it worked: 1. I created a Padlet Sandbox deck with a card for each instructor. Each card was divided into six boxes that were labeled "Spin," "Retrieve," and "Rate." (See image below.) 2. Instructors clicked on the virtual spinner link in the "Spin" box to access an online spinner. The spinner included five topics we had just explored in the workshop, which in this case, were five Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs). Instructors spun the wheel and took note of the topic they landed on. 3. Instructors returned to their card in Padlet Sandbox, and in the "Retrieve" box, they typed the name of the topic they landed on and what they could recall about the topic from memory. 4. In the "Rate" box, instructors rated how confident they were that their response was correct by jotting down a number between 1-5 on the sticky note (with 1 being not confident and 5 being very confident). 5. Instructors repeated steps 2-4 for a second round. 6. Afterwards, we reviewed the responses as a group. I particularly focused on reviewing responses that anyone rated less than a 4, and in many cases, instructors were correct despite their initial doubt. This led to a good discussion about how confidence ratings can be useful as part of one's formative assessment approach. Overall, Spinner Retrieval Practice was a fun way to randomize and slightly gamify the traditional retrieval practice approach! #HigherEd #FacDev #EdDev #Facilitation #ProfessionalLearning #Facilitator #Assessment #FormativeAssessment #TeachingAndLearning #WorkshopShare #ProfessionalDevelopment

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