UF study: ‘Don’t call us, we’ll call you’ class tool may aid math students

University of Florida:

It’s a feeling nearly everyone remembers experiencing at least once: sitting in class unprepared, silently praying the teacher won’t call your name.

For those students, the days of quiet safety may be numbered.

A new University of Florida study suggests that when teachers use a hand-held computer that randomly chooses whom to call on, even the quiet student in the back won’t be missed.

And that may not be a bad thing. It turns out students actually do better in class when they know their number could come up at any time.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 21, 2006 7:45 AM
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