MAP

Methodology for Academic Progress

Research has shown that employing various questioning approaches can improve a learning environment by as much as 150%. The eInstruction MAP program uses various questioning approaches to maximize the classroom learning environment. There are 5 key benefits to using this approach:

  1. Students are more engaged.
  2. They are more able to focus on specific learning objectives.
  3. They get to practice retrieving and applying class information.
  4. You have the opportunity to provide feedback and show why students missed questions.
  5. It repeatedly exposes students to class material.

By using these 4 questioning strategies you can get the most out of CPS and your class time.

1. Daily Instructional Activity
We recommend asking 8-12 objective questions with CPS for every hour of class time. These questions include pre-questions, inserted questions, and post-questions:

  • Pre-questions (4): Two review questions over previous materials to provide retrieval and repetition practice. Two pre-questions to direct attention to the session’s learning objectives.
  • Inserted questions (5): These questions are inserted throughout the lesson so that students can practice retrieving and repeating information.
  • Post-questions (3):Questions for retrieval and repetition practice (spacing occurs which improves learning benefits).

2. Bi-weekly Instruction Activity
We recommend incorporating a fun team activity into your instruction twice a week. eInstruction has developed three different games for CPS to make this a time of learning that everyone enjoys.

These activities integrate fun, competition, teamwork, repetition, retrieval, spacing, and delayed feedback into the learning environment. The questions should focus on the learning points of the previous 2-3 days.

3. Weekly Instructional Activity
We recommend that you administer a self-paced classroom activity every week. Using the patented student managed mode in CPS you can have students answer questions at their own pace while you get instant feedback. This activity lets you know if students understand class material while it gives them practice on retrieval, repetition, and spacing. CPS makes this easy by coordinating a teacher-entered key to a set of objective questions in hardcopy format. We recommend asking approximately 10-15 questions.

4. Bi-Monthly Instructional Activity
We suggest a more formal 30-50 question test twice a month. This test is similar to the Bi-weekly activity with a hardcopy for the student and a teacher-constructed CPS key. The key benefits of spacing, repetition, retrieval, and delayed feedback are utilized with this activity. Many times activities like these require so much teacher work that the results of the activity are not available for several days or perhaps a week. Research shows that delayed feedback beyond a “reasonable” time of a day or so provides no learning benefit. With CPS the feedback is instant.