Response Devices
Overview
By receiving immediate, regular feedback, teachers can assess student learning and appropriately adjust instruction to meet their needs.
Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom
Design It into Your Product
Use It in the Classroom
Watch how an elementary school teacher uses a student response system, Plickers, to encourage whole-group participation and collect formative data on student learning. By using this tool, learners are able to focus their Attention on the question and are Motivated to respond.
Design It into Your Product
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.
Additional Resources
Additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
Factors Supported by this Strategy
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