Technology Integration
Student Response Systems
What are they?
Student response systems are electronic voting tools catching on around the world that are designed to alleviate silence in the classroom. In other words, many educators complain that when they ask questions to their students, it is followed by silence or the same students are the only ones to respond. Sometimes children are shy, sometimes they don’t know the answer, and other times they are embarrassed to respond in front of their peers for fear that their response will be wrong.
Student response systems can create questions in a range of formats, including free response, multiple choice, true/false, and numeric response. The students’ answers are sent to the teacher’s screen electronically, and this way the teacher can view their responses and decide if the students have an adequate understanding of the material before moving forward with further questions or lessons. The teacher can also breakdown the results and broadcast them for the entire class to see. This can be done without revealing the names of the students to avoid embarrassment or extra attention to the student.
Source: Grove, Jane Chamberlin. “Click Here to Learn More.” Interactive Educator. Spring 2007: 44.
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