+ Click-IIT: Using Clickers to Identify Interventions through Technology Lucas County Educational Service Center Lucas County Educational Service Center

Formative Assessments + Clickers Significantly improves student performance (Petersohn, 2008) Help identify struggling learners (Griff & Matter, 2008) Bridge high school to college (Hedges & Mania- Farnell, 2002) Increase confidence (Ribbens, 2008)

Types of Assessments Time? Quick—beginning/end of class, with clickers for speedy results (high tech), can be used for grades Extensive—to promote discussion, with or without clickers (high or low tech), to determine what students already know Technology? High Tech—with clickers (expensive), quick or extensive Low Tech—without clickers (less expensive) and with other materials, can be quick (sometimes), can be extensive

Assessments with Clickers questions Quick and extensive Teacher created and OAT/OGT imported questions Before, during, and after lessons Graded and not graded

Click-IIT Student Survey To determine students’ preferences for instructional delivery and feedback Feedback timeframe? 2% 3+ days 45% 1-2 days 38% Same class period 15% Immediately (or within a few minutes) Feedback preference? 0% 3+ days 20% 1-2 days 42% Same class period 38% Immediately (or within a few minutes) Instant feedback improve learning? 0% Not at all 11% Very little 35% Some 54% Very much

Click-IIT Student Survey Participation frequency? 8% Never 52% Sometimes 27% Often 14% Frequently Anonymous participation = increase in participation? 3% Strongly disagree 15% Disagree 39% Agree 42% Strongly Agree

Math & Science Assessment Books

Delivery Strategies: FACTs Sticky Bars Human Scatterplots Card Sorts Agreement Circles Commit and Toss

Click-IIT: Using Clickers to Identify Interventions through Technology 13 participating teachers representing four local districts Two teachers received BP grants One dept. team (3 Teachers) received funding to purchase a system Checkout system in districts Additional professional development sessions offered

Future Dissemination Presented a session at the 2009 Making Ohio Schools Work Conference in Columbus in June. Applied to present at the NWO Symposium on Science, Math, and Technology Teaching. Applied to present at the 2010 eTech Ohio Conference focusing on P-20 conversations.