Student Response Devices
Student Response Devices January 9th, 2009
Student Response Devices are hand-held electronic polling devices that not only give teachers instant feedback on their students’ levels of understanding, but in a fashion that engages the students and excites them about finding out their own levels of readiness. In a traditional classroom environment a teacher has two options (more or less) for finding out their students’ levels of understanding: 1) Choosing one student to answer a question verbally (which gives instant feedback, but only tests that one student), or 2) Giving the students a test/quiz on paper (which evaluates every student on every question, but the students and teacher do not know how they did until they have been graded. With the Student Response Devices, each student has a unit on which they key in their answers, and receive immediate (anonymous) feedback on each question. Teachers can also print out reports at the end of a session to find out exactly how each student performed. The best part is that our students are genuinely excited about the opportunity to test their knowledge in an interactive and innovative mode. If you don’t believe me, just ask these students from Ms. Templeton’s third grade class!
