Helping students learn with classroom response systems

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Pelton, T. & Francis Pelton, L. (2005). Helping students learn with classroom response systems. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (pp. 1554-1559). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005
Phoenix, AZ, USA
2005
ISBN 1-880094-55-X
  Caroline Crawford, Roger Carlsen, Ian Gibson, Karen McFerrin, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Authors

Tim Pelton, Leslee Francis Pelton, University of Victoria, Canada

Abstract

Electronic selected response systems have been available for more than a decade. These systems allow a teacher to present multiple-choice questions, accept responses wirelessly and then display a graphic of the response distribution to support discussion. Newer systems allow for short constructed text or numeric responses, graphs produced on graphing calculators, or even free-form constructed responses (i.e. annotated images). As the costs associated with these pedagogically sound, rugged, relatively low-threshold technologies diminish, they are likely to become more common in the classroom. As technology-literate teacher educators we should examine and assess these technologies, model their use in our classrooms, and share our findings with respect to their utility with our students and colleagues. This paper reviews the nature and application of the various types of response systems and highlights some of the issues and benefits associated with using such in classrooms generally, and teacher education programs in specific.

Keywords

• Classrooms
• Teachers

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