Benefits for Students



  1. A regular, scheduled, convenient way to personally ask the instructor questions:
    "[The cover sheets] help us to let you know what we need help with"
    --Student comment from mid-semester survey.


  2. Writing down a weekly log of "what I've learned this week" is a good review of the material -- and helps the material "sink in".



  3. "What I've learned" sections (corrected by instructor if necessary) make good Study Sheets for tests.



  4. The students move towards taking ownership of (responsibility for) their own learning. Organizational and Study Skills are enhanced.



  5. Students can ask questions they are too shy to ask in class in front of others, or face-to-face with instructor.



  6. Students can make suggestions or requests to instructor (short but useful suggestions not worth a visit to office hours).



  7. Students can improve their ability to express themselves mathematically in clear, precise ways. Instructor needs to make constructive suggestions, or ask leading questions -- "can you be more precise?" ; "what do you mean by..?" or "I think what you mean to say here is..?"



  8. Students can have their misconceptions corrected in a non-graded environment.