ERIC Number: EJ1017822
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1449-5554
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Implementing the Interactive Response System in a High School Physics Context: Intervention and Reflections
Shieh, Ruey S.; Chang, Wheijen
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, v29 n5 p748-761 2013
The interactive response system (IRS) has been widely used to promote student learning since 2003. It is an electronic system connected to handset devices allowing students to transmit their responses by pressing the desired buttons and meanwhile allowing the teacher to monitor and track individual students' answers anonymously and statistically. However, there is limited research examining the challenges teachers may encounter when designing IRS-based questions and providing mediations which may lead them to develop quality questions. The purpose of this study is to address this research gap by investigating one high school teacher's IRS implementation based on both the teacher's and students' teaching/learning experiences as well as presenting an intervention to help the teacher develop higher quality IRS questions. High quality questions denote questions that are able to help students engage in deeper thinking and eventually lead to comprehensive understanding of the concepts learned. The data sources consist of tests, classroom observations, interviews, face-to-face meetings, and email correspondence. The findings disclose that enhancing the teacher's content knowledge and capability of recognizing the students' learning pitfalls is the foundation to developing quality IRS questions. Collaboration established between the teacher and a university physics education expert appears to have effectively helped both participants gain insights and knowledge into designing quality questions aimed at identifying the students' learning bottlenecks.
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Responses, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Intervention, Questioning Techniques, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Feedback (Response), Teacher Collaboration, College School Cooperation, Test Construction, Test Items, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Observation, Interviews, Student Evaluation, Technology Integration, Student Participation
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Grade 10; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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