Constructing Core-Course In-class Sessions From Students’ Presubmitted Questions

Abstract

Student interactivity and engagement are fundamental to creating effective student-centered learning. In core undergraduate business courses that introduce students to a business discipline, faculty typically determine the content and student engagement entails guided activities like case analyses, personality selfassessments, and role-playing. This meta-essay details a novel pedagogical approach in which instructors use students’ graded, presubmitted questions to customize lectures and discussions, thereby enhancing student interest. This approach provides incentives missing from other question-centric in-class methods and eliminates discomfort among students apprehensive about asking spontaneous questions in an open forum. Moreover, it conforms to the increasingly popular flipped classroom and is suitable for many non-quantitative and non-skills-centric undergraduate courses.