Over-the-air access to assignments, a campus map put that GPS to use!—answer in-class quizes, and so on.
The school hopes students will use the devices in any number of academic pursuits, such as getting on-the-go homework updates, checking meal plan activity and answer in-class quizzes.
Referring to Sheepshead Bay High School, she said: "They asked you questions, but questions they answered in class.
Having been a reluctant speaker, she began to volunteer answers in class and her confidence soared.
The important thing was not answering in class but being able to present a written summary.
Consider the questions raised and answered in class, including: -Would you have a chip implanted in your body?
They often call out answers in class, roughhouse in the halls and, in the upper grades, have the option to wear slacks.
4. WRAP-UP/HOMEWORK: Each student should select ten individuals to whom to administer the poll questions that they answered in class.
Everything is done in class except the last activity which would consume too much class time if carried out in class, so the teacher usually asks students to finish them before class and check their answers in class.
Participants expected that randomly selecting students to share their thinking would result in "a greater diversity of students reporting answers in class" and would support "a whole community of students, rather than just the one loud student up front".
Researchers from the University of Missouri found in July that boys' classroom behavior can actually work in their favor by the time they enter middle school: Their impulsive approach -- calling out answers in class, for example -- eventually proved to yield more correct answers.
