Classroom · 12 questions

Check for understanding questions for any lesson

Asking "does everyone understand?" gets a room full of nods. Asking the same thing as an anonymous poll gets the truth, and it takes about thirty seconds.

These are frames rather than finished questions. Swap the bracketed part for your topic in the editor before you publish.

Run the first question free

How to run it

  1. 01Stop after each new idea and run one question.
  2. 02If more than a third of the room is unsure, reteach before moving on.
  3. 03Use the rating questions for confidence and the multiple-choice questions for actual understanding. They often disagree.

The questions

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  1. 01Rating 1–5

    How confident are you with [topic] right now?

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  2. 02Multiple choice

    Which statement best describes [topic]?

    • [Correct statement]
    • [Common misconception]
    • [Partly correct statement]
    • I'm not sure yet
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  3. 03Yes / No

    Is this example an instance of [concept]?

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  4. 04Multiple choice

    What is the next step in this problem?

    • [Step A]
    • [Step B]
    • [Step C]
    • I don't know
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  5. 05Open text

    In your own words, what does [term] mean?

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  6. 06Multiple choice

    Where did you get stuck?

    • Understanding the question
    • Choosing a method
    • Doing the calculation
    • Checking my answer
    • I didn't get stuck
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  7. 07Yes / No

    True or false: [statement about the topic].

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  8. 08Multiple choice

    Which of these is NOT an example of [concept]?

    • [Example 1]
    • [Example 2]
    • [Non-example]
    • [Example 3]
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  9. 09Ranked

    Put these steps in the correct order.

    • [Step 1]
    • [Step 2]
    • [Step 3]
    • [Step 4]
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  10. 10Open text

    What would happen if [condition changed]?

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  11. 11Rating 1–5

    How sure are you about your last answer?

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  12. 12Multiple choice

    Ready to move on?

    • Yes, let's go
    • One more example please
    • I need this explained again
    Use this →

Tips from running these live

  • Build your wrong answers from the mistakes students actually make. A poll with an obvious answer tells you nothing.
  • Show the results before revealing the correct answer, then ask a student who picked each option to explain their thinking.
  • Ranked choice is a quick way to check whether students know the order of a process.

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