One-Minute Paper
Updated 2026-08-10
INTRODUCTION
English translation pending.
CORE DEFINITION
The one-minute paper asks participants, right before a class or meeting ends, to take one minute and write two things: what was the most important takeaway, and what question remains unresolved. It is a lightweight feedback scaffold that lets a teacher or facilitator quickly gauge how well the material landed, and it belongs to the same family as the one-minute assessment and the one-minute test.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Instant feedback: read the collected papers to measure comprehension before moving to the next topic. - Gap spotting: cluster the unresolved questions to find what needs to be retaught. - Retrieval cue: have each writer phrase the core point in their own words, not yours.
Anchor fast decisions
Restating the key points in about one minute at the end of a node uses retrieval practice and immediate recall, which strengthens memory, aligns understanding across the group, and exposes disagreements while they can still be fixed.
MINIMUM ACTION
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Source support: Explicit
- teaching.unl.eduhttps://teaching.unl.edu/resources/interactive-lecture/minute-paper/verified
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