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• Pop quizzes and in-class exercises
• Provided instant feedback to students and faculty
• Automated quiz grading

• Students scored slightly higher on exam
• Fewer students earned very low scores
• Increased completion of reading assignments

• In-class activities:
  • Yes/No questions
  • Multiple choice questions
  • Mean numeric entry questions
  • Correct numeric entry questions
  • Rating scale inquiries
• Group activities
  • Game-like activities
  • Concensus building activities

• More in-depth discussions
• More of the class participated
• More learning points were covered
• Students’ apparent attentiveness increased
• Test scores were higher

• Exploration-to gauge the opinion of student of their understanding
• Verification-to allow the lecturer to asses the state of the students’ comprehension
• Interrogation-to test the ability of students to apply the work to specific situations
• Organization-"Are you ready to continue?"

• Students prefer lectures using the audience response system (ARS).
• Examination results improved.

• Pose questions to audience
• Tabulate collective responses
• Based speaker comments on audience responses

• Teaching with ARS rated as more useful to attendees learning.
• Attendees felt ARS facilitated teaching clinical reasoning and medical facts.
• ARS was appropriate for teaching board preparatory material
• Helped maintain alertness and stimulated interest.
• Helped in identifying their weaknesses.
• Allowed mistakes to be made anonymously.

• Ask questions to generate discussion in a lecture class.

• Responses were submitted anonymously.

• Significantly more students felt that ARS use in lectures was beneficial.

•  Increase in student-lecturer interaction.

•  Students able to respond without the risk of embarrassment.

• Promoted discussion.

• Made learning more enjoyable.

• Increased student attention.

• Gave students more opportunities to apply their knowledge.

• Provided feedback to students about their own performance.

• Lectures were better organized.

• Explodes the myth that everyone knows more than me.

• Increased discussion among students.