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In-class polling provides real-time evidence that students are learning what you, the instructor, want them to learn. At any point in the lesson, you can pose a question to your students and rather than hearing from just one or two students, you get to see everyone’s answer. While students can use the thumbs up or down technique to answer questions with one answer, polls can be used for questions that have one answer, multiple answers, or no right or wrong answer at all.
Online platforms include mentimeter and polleverywhere.
Similar to online polls with with added capacity to build content you may find, clickers, a good option. The software and sets of clickers are available on campus. Contact ITS (helpdesk@centre.edu) to reserve a set.
An easy to use, low tech option is student response cards.
Student Response Cards
Supplies: set of four color-coded cards for each student
How it works:
Each student is given a set of cards. When there’s a question or problem posed, they can signal the correct answer by holding up the appropriate card.
By interspersing answers that are common misconceptions, you will be able to identify areas of student need
This formative assessment idea does require a limited set of answers, and you may need to write down what answer corresponds to what color-coded cars. As a result, this idea is often best suited for teaching subjects in which the answer is right or wrong, versus those where opinion can (and should) form part of the answer.
When to Use
Use Student Response Cards at any time during a lesson to check for understanding:
Periodically throughout the input section of the lesson to keep students engaged
During Independent Practice to gauge understanding
When playing a review game where students answer questions
At the beginning of a lesson to activate prior knowledge
At the end of a lesson to check for overall understanding of important concepts
See this handout for additional ideas.
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