Write hinge questions and exit tickets to check understanding mid-lesson
Hinge questions, quick polls, and exit tickets that reveal mid-lesson whether students actually got the key idea.
The prompt
Write checks for understanding I can use during a lesson.
Lesson objective: [WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW OR DO BY THE END]
Grade or course level: [LEVEL]
Key concept or skill most likely to go wrong: [e.g. "confusing mass and weight"]
Response tools I have: [mini whiteboards, hand signals, clickers/polls, LMS quiz, cold call]
Lesson length: [MINUTES]
Create:
1. 2 hinge questions (multiple choice) for the midpoint. Every wrong option must map to a specific misconception; for each, state what choosing it reveals and what I should do next.
2. 3 quick oral or whiteboard prompts that ask students to explain, not just answer.
3. 1 exit ticket (2-3 items): one recall, one application, one that asks students to rate their own confidence with a reason.
4. A decision rule: what percentage correct means move on, reteach to a group, or reteach to everyone.
Rules:
- Each question should be answerable in under a minute.
- Avoid trick wording; test the concept, not reading stamina.
- Questions should be hard to get right by guessing or by pattern-matching the lesson's examples.
Return the questions with an answer key and the misconception map for each wrong option.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW OR DO BY THE END
- LEVEL
- e.g. "confusing mass and weight"
- MINUTES
How this prompt is built
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