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Question Building Part 1 (of 2)

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We completed our first Question Building (QB) assessment in class on Thursday, March 4th.

Al asked students to respond to the following prompts:
A) What is something you have learned in our class?
B) What is something you would like to learn in our class?

In order to get full credit (10 of 10 possible points), answers needed to meet the following criteria:

Responses to part A:
– came from something we had either talked about in class or encountered in class materials (readings, videos, etc.)
– were a piece of information (not just a topic)

Responses to part B:
– were related to what we have done in class so far
– were stated as a question

An example of a 10/10 response is:
A) I learned that a positive statement is a statement about the way the world is whereas a normative statement is about how someone wants the world to be.
B) I want to know: What is the relationship between GDP growth and job growth?

Students who completed this assignment in class were given the opportunity to workshop their responses with other students and with Al. Students who did not complete the assignment in class should contact Al over email to schedule a time to complete the assignment (aeisenbarth@bmcc.cuny.edu).

Reading Summary Instructions

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Over the course of the semester, each student will lead the class two times to get the conversation going for their classmates.

All students are expected to have read/watched/listened to the material, whether or not they are leading the class with a summary that day.

To get full credit for these summaries, students should:

  • provide responses relevant to the materials assigned that week
  • respond to the following prompts:
    • Something from the material I already knew was…
    • I felt surprised by this part of the material…
    • This is the part of the material that I liked/agreed with…
    • I felt suspicious about (or disagreed with) this part of the material…
  • express why the material inspired that response in you.

There is nothing to turn in for this assignment to be considered completed.

Students do not need to compile a presentation. Verbally reporting responses in class is sufficient. Students who cannot speak in Zoom for any reason can complete this assignment using the chat function in class.