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Personal Response Systems (PRS)Pedagogy & Practice
Dr. A Oliver (LTDU) & Indra Jones (CELT)
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Aim
• To promote the creative use of PRS in a
variety of learning & teaching contexts.
• Intended Outcomes : for participants to
– Have a practical PRS experience today
– Identify the potential use of PRS’ to their
everyday teaching/learning approaches
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The Background
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Growing use in UK Higher Education.
Increases student interaction.
Provides student & teacher feedback.
Useful for some types of Assessments.
Can stimulate debate.
Anonymity of responses beneficial.
Increased Motivation
Fun
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PRS & Some related Theories of
Learning
• Bloom’s Taxonomy- Tests levels 6 of
Abstraction.
• Operant Conditioning- (Re-enforcement of
learning – Part of SR theory- B.F.Skinner.
• Motivational Theories- Achievement e.g.
Maslow’s.
• Thurstone’s 7 Primary Mental Abilities
VC,M, WF,NO,PS,S and R.
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Example 1
• How many Primary Mental Abilities
(PMA’s) described in the previous slide?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
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Example 2
• Which of the following described the
PMA’s ?
a. Skinner
b. Blooms
c. Thurstone
d. Maslow
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Example 3
• The current QAA Code on assessment
is number :
a. 1
b. 4
c. 6
d. 7
e. 9
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Example 4
• How many principles does the UH
assessment have ?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
e. 9
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And finally…
• Evaluation : how useful did you find this
session on PRS?
a. Useful
b. Very useful
c. Somewhat useful
d. Not Sure
e. A waste of time
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