Application
The advent of remote control "clickers" has made it possible to integrate dynamic assessment with various types of instruction. Typically, handheld clickers are used to respond to multiple choice or yes/no assessment or survey questions. Applications might range from professors testing college students with clickers that have been assigned to individual student accounts, to organizations polling staff during strategic planning retreats, to simultaneous multimedia instruction and assessment of entry-level workers to ensure that all participants demonstrate understanding of the training content.
More advanced learner response systems enable learners to "contribute" responses as well as respond to closed response questions. These individual inputs can take the form of words, phrases, polls or estimates can then serve as both collaborative content creation components and assessment measures.
Some educational technology providers have combined advanced learner response systems with an Interactive Whiteboard which allows for a full teach, test, remediate cycle with one set of integrated tools.
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