MAA Paper

Advantages for the Instructor:

A snapshot of the class:

Their understandings
Their questions
Their misconceptions
Reactions to text, etc

Opportunity to remind about Math Center,..
Can remind them about reading the text..!
Opportunity to motivate at start of next class
Getting some positive feedback, too...
"..Dr. Barzilai, I am so excited because I am finally grasping this material..."
Cover sheets rated high in class evaluations
Allow for formative assessment

"...the discussion we had in class helped me to understand inverses more so than if I was just to read the book. When you picked on me to explain a question to another student [it] helped me to understand because I had to explain it verbally instead of just saying 'yes, I understand'".