Download - Responders: Respond-Report-Review
Student Responders:Respond – Report -
Review
Lorrie CarlsonAmy CaldwellMimi Huffman
How they work Set of Responders
Receiver plugs into USB port of computer
Software installed on computer2Know ToolbarAcceltest
Why We Chose RenaissanceResponders Durability Outstanding Support/Training Multiple Input options
Multiple ChoiceTrue/FalseNumeric AnswerShort AnswerMath Facts in a FlashTeacher led or Student led
Why Use Responders
Leads to discussion with students Better class participation due to
anonymity Provides insight as to why students
answered as they did Teachers can instantly change
instruction to meet the needs of the students
Why Use Responders
Instant feedback on student progress
More organized assessments of student progress
Measurable individual and whole class assessments for any type of lesson with ease
Ways to Use Responders
Informal Assessment – 2Know ToolbarBefore and while you teach a topic to see
what they know Use Powerpoint Pre-Test/quiz in digital or printed format Questions from textbook Oral questions
To Vote or Take surveyPulse – Make sure students
understand and are on track
Ways to Use Responders
Use with Internet sites BrainPop Study Island Many others - any interactive website that lends
itself to multiple choice, True/False, Short Answer, etc.
Ways to Use Responders
Math Facts in a Flash Students pick up responder, do Math Facts
Show teacher results on responder
Print out Results
Responders and Assessment
Formative AssessmentBefore teaching - to determine student
knowledge base. Determines what needs to be taught.
While teaching – to gauge student understanding. Allows teacher to review or reteach if necessary.
Responders and Assessment
Summative Assessments Immediate Feedback allows you to analyze
responses to drive instruction
Responders and Assessment
The real power is in the data you can collect using Acceltest
The power is in the data…
Take a look at the research around formative assessment, though, and you'll start to wonder whether you can afford not to invest in student responders. When paired with developmentally appropriate learning goals, effective feedback ranks as the second most important school-level factor influencing student achievement, after a guaranteed and viable curriculum (Marzano, 2003).
The power is in the data…
To be effective, however, feedback must be timely and connected to the content being learned in class—two criteria that student response systems meet. (Ferriter, 2009)
The power is in the data…Responders enable teachers to collect information about student mastery several times each class period and see results instantly. Teachers can quickly scan this information for patterns showing which students are—or aren't—"getting it" and make in-the-moment adjustments to teaching on the basis of something more than professional hunches. (Ferriter, 2009)
Bibliography
Ferriter, William. (2009). Student responders: feedback at their fingertips. Educational Leadership, 67(3), Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov09/vol67/num03/[email protected]