ERIC Number: EJ1300372
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 19
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Contingent Teaching through Low-Tech Audience Response Systems: Using Plickers to Support Student Learning and Assessment
Lowe, M. Sara; Macy, Katharine V.; Stone, Sean M.
Journal of Information Literacy, v13 n2 p235-252 Dec 2019
For one-shot instruction sessions, formative assessment is the most feasible method for gathering data to aid contingent teaching, the practice of adapting to learners' needs. Various technologies aid in the quick and efficient gathering of data on student learning in the classroom that can be used for formative assessment. Outside of a library teaching space or computer classroom, it is difficult to know what technology is available, what technology students can access, and how best to aid data collection that engages students, provides meaningful data to allow for contingent teaching, and is not dependent on student technology ownership. A low-tech audience response system has provided an opportunity to collect data on student learning and enable contingent teaching. This project report contributes to the field of information literacy research describing how a low-tech audience response system supports contingent teaching and innovates practice in different classroom situations.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Audience Response Systems, Learning Analytics, Formative Evaluation, Information Literacy, Instructional Innovation, Computer Software, Library Instruction, Librarians, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Information Sources, Workshops, Publications
CILIP Information Literacy Group. 7 Ridgmount Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7AE, United Kingdom. e-mail: jinfolit@gmail.com; Web site: https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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