In lectures getting formative feedback is challenging. When asking students if they understand or if they are following, the difficulty lies in knowing whether the feedback you are getting is accurate.
People are reluctant to appear foolish by admitting they don’t understand or their culture or personality makes it difficult to challenge an authority figure. Rod, a colleague from a different department, shared a method he used in a maths class he was teaching. To assess how well his students were understanding he asked them a question and they had to write their answer on a sheet of paper and hold it up.
This allowed him to see their answers and modify his teaching accordingly. The students couldn't see each others answers so they weren't afraid of being wrong and being judged by their peers. Also it forced students to give an answer so they couldn't say 'yes I understand' when they didn't or remain silent when asked "Are there any questions?".
Rod said this went really well but he went through a ream of paper. I think this was a great idea and I wound like to use this in my lectures without needing an excessive amount of paper. If I laminated 3 or 4 sheets of paper with different colours, letters or numbers then I could ask multi choice questions and reuse the sheets.
Someone else suggested Quizdom which is an electronic version of the above. I am going to have to have a play with this.
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