Classroom response system (CRS) technology as the hook and tool of the TEFA intervention¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The classroom response system is the technology component of the project's intervention, used to capture teachers' initial interest. "In essence, a CRS is nothing more than a set of simple transmitters that students use to send in their answers to some question; a receiver and software that runs on the teacher's computer, collecting and instantly aggregating answers from the whole class" and displaying the answer distribution, typically as a histogram. The article stresses that a CRS is just a tool usable for many purposes, and that the TEFA pedagogy specifies what to use it for. CRSs were described as increasingly common in universities but still rare in K-12 schools.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Reliable hardware and software operation, classroom logistics management, and graceful handling of glitches; the article notes beta software bugs and a missing CRS software installation disrupted use.

Constraints¶

• Technical infrastructure problems prevented one negotiated urban district partnership, and technical failures interrupted teachers' classroom use.

Target Learners¶

• secondary school science and mathematics students

Target Learning Goals¶

• formative assessment of student thinking
• classroom engagement

Affordances¶

• Tefa Four Principles Question Cycle

Claims¶

• Teachers reported that CRS-and-TEFA use gave them more information about student thinking and that they changed lessons in response to that formative information [+W]

Related Elements¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Ian D. Beatty, Allan Feldman, William J. Leonard, William J. Gerace, Karen St. Cyr, Hyunju Lee, Robby Harris. (2008). Teacher Learning of Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment. NARST 2008 conference paper. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Teacher+Learning+of+Technology-Enhanced+Formative+Assessment