4 Exit Ticket
Brooklynn Hill
Strategy Overview
- This activity is used at the end of a lesson or class that teachers utilize to gain an understanding of their students’ comprehension of the lesson. It is a short activity that does not need a tremendous amount of time for students to complete.
- This strategy is important to use in the classroom as it is a great tool for teachers to reflect on how well they communicated their content and ideas to each student, as well as for students to reflect on what they have learned. Reflection is very important for students to practice in new learning as repetition will help students gain a better understanding of content.
- According to the article, “Gaining Understanding of What Your Students Know”, it states, “A good exit ticket can tell whether students have a superficial or in-depth understanding of the material. With this information, teachers can adjust instruction and plan how to best meet student needs by modifying and differentiating instruction. Exit tickets allow teachers to see where the gaps in knowledge are, what they need to fix, what students have mastered, and what can be enriched in the classroom” (Edutopia, 2015).
Strategy in Action
To perform this strategy in the classroom, first the teacher/ instructor must create a prompt or a couple of multiple-choice questions based on the lesson that was just taught. Once all of their materials have been put away from that lesson, students will only need a writing utensil or electronic device to answer the question. Once all of the exit tickets have been collected the teacher will review and divide the tickets into piles of students who understood the lesson, students who somewhat understood the lesson and students who did not understand the lesson. This will give the teacher an idea of how to move forward when continuing to build off of the specific content, strategy, or skills that were taught that day.
Related Resources
- Edutopia – Person. (2015, June 23). Gaining understanding of what your students know. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/practice/exit-tickets-checking-understanding
- Reading Rockets – Golembock, P., Woodson, J., & Bunting, E. (n.d.). Exit Slips. Reading Rockets. https://www.readingrockets.org/classroom/classroom-strategies/exit-slips
