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The problem with voluntary question and answer is that the loud kids ask questions. The shy kids sit there and be quiet. "Prompt" questions, like multiple cho
by urthor 4y ago
The problem with voluntary question and answer is that the loud kids ask questions.
The shy kids sit there and be quiet.
"Prompt" questions, like multiple choice, are a good way of encouraging reluctant students to come out of their shell."
- blagie 4y agoIt's not voluntary. 100% of students are asked a question. In the eighties, this was entered into a classroom response system (a clicker where kids press a button on multiple choice) and an eighties-era computer would process their responses for an eighties-era dashboard, presumably using one of those $20,000 CRT projectors. Today, it's cell phones and laptops, and they do a lot more than multiple choice. Students might be asked to highlight text in a passage (and the system shows a heatmap), to draw vectors, etc.
- urthor 4y agoI didn't have that growing up at all, but I think that's an excellent way to get 11 year olds to learn something. Minus the $20k projector.