The Minute Paper in EDC

This paper discuses the development of a classroom activity, The Minute Paper (Angelo & Cross, 1993), in an English discussion class.The activity involves collecting reflection papers which include comments on the lesson and/or questions hindering them from understanding the new knowledge introduced in class.The activity is considered to be effective particularly with a group of reticent and unresponsive students when an instructor requires an additional assessment tool besides classroom observation and discussion tests.The Minute Paper activity was implemented following an instructional principle, Meaningful Learning, to improve learners' long term discussion knowledge retention.