These flow maps were used as a review activity before the final assessment on techniques of integration. The day before the flow map assignment, the students worked in teams to solve as many integrals correctly as they could. When the final number of correct integrals were counted, however, an incorrect answer reset their total count to zero. Thus, they were encourgaed to be accurate as well as quick. As a follow up, I prompted students to think about how they started the process of evaluating an integral. Many students said they just think and wait for inspiration. The point of the flow map, of course, is that it encourages the students to think specifically about the process they used. Each group shared the flow maps, and it wasn't until all groups had shared that we actually had a complete flow map that did not omit any techniques. In other words, all of the flow maps were somewhat incomplete and it took the whole class to create a complete flow map.
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