That can be true, but it's not true in this case. Eric Mazur's classroom is sort of a visitor sport -- people come from around the world to observe. I'd encoura

That can be true, but it's not true in this case. Eric Mazur's classroom is sort of a visitor sport -- people come from around the world to observe. I'd encourage you to do the same. It's very human. As originally implemented, the technique was pretty simple: - You give a traditional lecture - Every five minutes or so, students are asked a question to see if they understand concepts - The system peers students who answered differently to discuss. Students can change their answers at the end. - The instructor and class see aggregated statistics (e.g. 90% of people answered 27, 5% answered 54, and 5% gave other answers) - Based on the feedback, the instructor can do a deeper dive into places where there are common misconceptions Today's class is very different. Mazur juggles all sorts of peer learning models, 360 reviews, etc. in ways which are superhuman. But that's the original model. Most of the uses of formative assessment lead to classrooms feeling more personal, more personalized, and more human. There are control-oriented systems which scare the heck out of me, like GoGuardian and Securely, but this isn't it. There is a complex ethics question of how to build systems which don't dehumanize students.