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Bensky, Tom - CSU Quiz: An In-Class Instant Student Feedback System - Page 7
Exchanges: The On-line Journal of Teaching and Learning in the CSU
Discussion
I have found this instant feedback system to be a welcome addition to my teaching. It meets my goal of quickly telling me how the students are doing, without causing any great disruption during the lecture. It also provides a diversion for the students during the lecture. I allow them to work on the questions in groups, and when done with the questions, they have a chance to get up and "stretch out" when coming up to click in their answers. While waiting for everyone to finish, the students and I all get an appreciated pause in the lecture, and we can collect our thoughts before proceeding.
From the students' perspective, the system brings a touch of accountability to the lecture. I am taking a quantitative measure of their understanding, and I can see precise percentages of who selected what answer. A dramatic reading aloud of their results ("Gosh! Only 95% of you chose B when the answer is A") brings about both laughter and reflection during the lecture. Learning that they chose the wrong answers, students see directly that they still need to work on understanding the lecture material.
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