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Re: [school-discuss] Open Source Classroom Response Software "clickers"
So this will receive anonymous feedback during Formative
Assessment... for example:
1.Answer with a 1-5 response for how well you understand
this idea.
2. What is the repulsive force between 2 electrons 1 cm
apart. The answer is: 1) 1N 2) 1.602N 3) etc. etc.
Yes that is precisely how it works.
So then we also need a test bank of questions, as
well... (grin). I also have an online testbank system
(very old), that could be dusted off and used to provide
these.
Yes, or simply add a routine to parse the rich text output
file from ExamView, and import them into the presentation
program. Most textbooks these days come with prebuilt
examview question banks. Also it seems like there is a
current open source project with the same functions.
Could you outline how you see this working from the
moment kids enter the room?
Currently this is what happens in my classroom. Students
walk in the door and pick up their remote. They are
numbered and each student has a specific remote assigned
to them.
When class starts I pull up PowerPoint and start with a
short review quiz.
Ex. How many neutron are in a Carbon-14 nucleus?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 12
d. 14
The students respond using their remotes. While they are
responding, a response grid at the bottom of the slide
lights up their number to show them and me that the
computer has received their answer. When all answers are
in, I click on the slide and a bar char appears on the
same slide showing percentages of who answered a,b,c etc.
If all students got it right we move on, if not I may make
a quick comment about the wrong answer that was picked by
a significant percentage of students. Or I might decide to
go into a longer explanation or even work another example.
We finish the quiz in the same way and then move on to new
material. Along the way I can use the same process to
check for understanding as I present new concepts, and
depending on the level of understanding I can increase or
decrease the pace of the lecture and/or increase or
decrease the number of worked examples I provide.
After lecture I collect the remotes and we might do a lab
or work on the homework assignment or do some other
activity.
Bryan