Exit tickets

Also known as: exit slips, key takeaways, 3-2-1, what did we learn today?

Exit tickets are a formative assessment tool that require students to respond to a few key questions or prompts at the end of a lesson. They:

  • enable educators to quickly assess students' understanding of a concept
  • help students reflect on what they have learned and review their performance
  • can be modified to focus on wellbeing.

Exit tickets

ICT templates

How to use with ICT

External resources

Find out more resources
Title Link Description
Exit ticket from the Teacher Toolkit  Exit ticket Explains what, how and when to use Exit tickets. Offers three videos which explain how an early childhood, year four and high-school physics teacher use Exit tickets in their classrooms and includes a downloadable template.
How and when to use Exit Slips by Niels Vanspauwen How and when to use Exit Slips A comprehensive explanation of how and when to use exit slips. Offers an informative video and examples of exit ticket prompts.
Digital exit tickets by Cristina Conciatori Digital exit tickets Summary of four reliable electronic digital exit tickets for teachers includes useful links on how to navigate these digital environments.
Cognitive wrappers by José Antonio Bowen Cognitive wrappers Explains pedagogy and academic research, offers an editable Word template master and cognitive wrapper templates for writing, discussion, science and STEM. All are oriented to senior students.

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When planning to use technology in the classroom it is important to consider the full range of abilities of all learners. High potential and gifted learners may require additional adjustments and deliberate talent development.  These strategies include differentiation, grouping, enrichment and advanced learning pathways so students can be engaged, grow and achieve their personal best.

 

Assessing and identifying high potential and gifted learners will help teachers decide which students may benefit from extension and additional challenge. Effective strategies and contributors to achievement for high potential and gifted learners helps teachers to identify and target areas for growth and improvement. School leaders can access the Evaluation and Planning Tool to support strategic improvement planning.

 

Recognising the diversity of high potential and gifted students represented in classrooms across 4 domains of potential can be explored further by accessing illustrations of practice.

 

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