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How Students Think

In watching our students think through exercise sets, we can "map" or "make visible" their learning processes, which can then help us refine our instructional practices to address specific needs. The video clips offered below (2-3 minutes each) show students working on multiple-choice exercises in which they must identify a specific example that does not fit with a main idea. (Click on the image to access the video. You might have to click the "play" button more than once for the video to play.)

"Smooth Start" ~ observe students moving smoothly through an exercise.

"Roadblock" ~ observe students grappling with an exercise they have trouble with.

"Breakthrough" ~ see students struggle, analyze, and break through to the answer!


Jovan's Smooth Start 

Hear what instructor Denise Ezell

learned from Jovan's think aloud...



Yexuani's Smooth Start 

Hear what instructor Denise Ezell learned from Yexuani's think aloud...


Jovan's Roadblock 

Audio version

Transcript of Audio (.doc)



Yexuani's Roadblock 

Audio version

Transcript of Audio (.doc)


Jovan's Breakthrough 

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Yexuani's Breakthrough 






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