Classroom Response System How to promote student engagement? AMA Day, Saturday 5 th April Rachel Passmore, University of Auckland
Dec 24, 2015
Rachel Passmore, University of Auckland
Classroom Response System
How to promote student engagement?AMA Day, Saturday 5th April
Rachel Passmore, University of Auckland
Starter QuizTeachers often use a few quick
questions at the start of a class to recap the previous class and to provide feedback on student progress
PROBLEMS: Only some of the students do the quiz, the rest are trying to look insignificant and are hoping that you won’t ask them what the answer is.
So starter quizzes can be a good idea but do they give you the feedback you want?
Rachel Passmore, University of Auckland
Classroom Response Systems (CRS)Classroom response systems can
promote co-operative learning with “students becoming active participants in the learning process”. ( Beatty, 2006)
CRS are an integral part of “Question Driven Instruction”
Well-designed questions can promote peer and class discussion.
Rachel Passmore, University of Auckland
Question DesignQuestions should have THREE goals1. a CONTENT goal ( current topic)2. a PROCESS goal ( current skill)3. a METACOGNITIVE goal ( big
picture)
Well designed questions are merely a tool. How a teacher uses them to interact with students in the classroom is more important.
Rachel Passmore, University of Auckland
Do you have a smart phone?Do your students have smart phones?
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Socrative.com – It’s FREE!
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Student Log in ( m.socrative.com)
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Teacher Log in: Students enter your room number 280125
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QuizzesMultiple Choice questionsTrue/False questionsOpen-ended questionsQuizzes can be saved and sharedEasy to set upIndicate the correct answerQuiz is automatically markedSocrative works on a variety of
devices
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ReportsResults can be exported or
emailed to you as an EXCEL fileCan display results LIVE as
students complete the quiz if you wish
Multiple choice questions can be immediately displayed in a chart.