| Description | "This simple technique challenges students to answer the questions “Who does what to whom, when, where, how, and why?” (represented by the letters WDWWWWHW) about a given topic, and then to synthesize those answers into a single informative, grammatical, and long summary sentence."
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| Purpose | "The One-Sentence Summary enables teachers to find out how concisely, completely, and creatively students can summarize a large amount of information on a given topic. As the name indicates, this technique requires students to summarize the information within the grammatical constraints of a single sentence. This response format has advantages for the teacher and the students. It allows faculty to scan and compare responses quickly and easily. The One-Sentence Summary also gives students practice in using a technique for “chunking” information – condensing it into smaller, inter-related bits that are more easily processed and recalled." — Classroom Assessment Techniques, Angelo, TA and Cross, KP, 1993 |