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Overview

Response devices boost engagement by encouraging all students to answer every question. By receiving immediate, regular feedback, teachers can assess student learning and appropriately adjust instruction to meet their needs.

Use It in the Classroom

Watch how this sixth grade math teacher uses Kahoot to review recent material and collect formative data on student learning. By first working through the problem individually, students can focus their Attention on solving the problem before sharing their answers anonymously with the class.

  • Response devices are used to ask questions, track attendance, engage students in formative assessment, and, in some models, stimulate discussions between students. Teachers can carefully craft questions that students respond to before and after engaging in small group discussions; this collaborative process can support students' varying Speed of Processing and meaningful student communication and reflection.

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    Videos are chosen as examples of strategies in action. These choices are not endorsements of the products or evidence of use of research to develop the feature.

    Learn how a cloud-based student response system, Socrative, allows for a variety of student interactions and for teachers to assess student learning. The flexibility of creating quiz questions beforehand or spontaneously and the gamified element of answering questions through space races are particularly effective features for usability and Motivation.

  • A diverse range of personal response devices currently exists. For both teachers and developers, usability is a key consideration. When response devices seamlessly integrate into a lesson and with existing technologies, students can engage in a rich learning experience.
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    Resources

    Below are additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
    Examples

    Classroom Response Systems List

    Edsurge reviewed list of response devices, some of which are free

    Examples

    Classroom Response Systems Overview

    Teaching guide for using clickers in the classroom

    Examples

    Formative Assessment Tool: Plickers

    The Learning Accelerator's guide to using this free clicker tool

    Examples

    Poll Everywhere

    A free question-response tool that can be used on personal devices

    Research

    Feedback & Peer Assessment

    Subtopic that explores research on the effects of quality, type, and source of feedback on student learning on Digital Promise's Research Map

    Factors Supported by this Strategy

    Student Background
    Sleep
    Social and Emotional Learning
    Emotion
    Math Mindset
    Motivation
    Self-regulation
    Cognition
    Attention
    Inhibition
    Long-term Memory
    Short-term Memory
    Speed of Processing
    Mathematics

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    Worked Examples

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