Summary of Ron Kaitchuck's presentation:
A Student Response System
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has been installed in one classroom where physics and astronomy classes are taught. |
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The room has 103 hard wired keypads. |
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Each keypad has a number pad, letters A-E, yes-no, and clear keys as well as a small LCD screen. |
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The instructor's computer can view visual summaries of student's keypresses and the summaries can be displayed on the VIS system. |
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There are three modes: |
Open forum - students' responses are anonymous. Good mode for checking student understanding.
Group-Paced testing - Questions displayed in the front and all students respond to a question before going on to the next. Works well for short quizzes.
Self-Paced testing - Students first complete tests on paper, then enter answers. If only a small number of test forms, feedback can be provided, but if the number of forms is large then feedback can not be given.
Pros -
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easy to use, |
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students generally like it, and |
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provides some valuable interaction in the classroom |
Cons -
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high maintenance, |
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not 100% reliable which reduces its effectiveness for self-paced testing |
author and copyright : Darrell L. Butler, last update 02/25/00
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