Belliveau, Daniel

Hanna, Courtney

Van Nuland, Sonya

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Exploring	  the	  use	  of	  Compe33on-­‐Based	  Technologies	  in	  the	  Classroom	  The	  Technology	  	  •  Top	  Hat	  Monocle	  	  •  Tournament	  module	  	  •  Students	  are	  paired	  against	  other	  students	  •  Face-­‐oﬀ	  against	  each	  other	  in	  an	  eﬀort	  to	  answer	  ques;ons	  with	  speed	  and	  accuracy	  	  •  Students	  are	  ranked	  amongst	  their	  peers	  	  The	  Big	  Ques3ons	  Let’s	  give	  it	  a	  try!	  hBps://www.tophatmonocle.com/e/946916	  Preliminary	  Results:	  Pilot	  •  Fall	  2012:	  Implemented	  a	  tournament	  in	  	  	  	  	  	  	  HS	  3300/KIN	  3222	  for	  Midterms	  1	  and	  2	  	  •  ATer	  the	  second	  midterm	  tournament,	  asked	  students	  to	  complete	  a	  ques;onnaire	  assessing	  their	  experiences	  with	  the	  tournament(s)	  •  12	  responses	  	  Here	  are	  the	  results:	  Here	  are	  the	  results:	  Here	  are	  the	  results:	  “Did	  the	  Top	  Hat	  tournament	  experience	  (e.g.	  ranking,	  3ming	  of	  ques3ons)	  excitement	  and/or	  stress	  for	  you?”	  “	  I	  enjoyed	  the	  excitement	  of	  tes;ng	  my	  knowledge	  against	  those	  of	  my	  classmates”	  “Excitement	  because	  I	  knew	  that	  it	  did	  not	  count	  for	  grades”	  “It	  was	  very	  exci;ng”	  “The	  ;mings	  of	  the	  tournaments	  did	  not	  work	  out	  […]”	  	  “The	  ;ming	  was	  stressful,	  especially	  on	  the	  ques;ons	  where	  we	  had	  to	  match	  mul;ple	  terms”	  “Some	  ques;ons	  I	  would	  not	  have	  the	  ;me	  to	  answer”	  	  “Did	  your	  par3cipa3on	  in	  the	  Top	  Hat	  tournament	  mo3vate	  you	  to	  study?”	  	  “Yes,	  I	  felt	  it	  showed	  me	  what	  I	  needed	  to	  study	  and	  made	  me	  want	  to	  study	  what	  I	  didn’t	  know”	  “Yes.	  It	  allowed	  me	  to	  see	  my	  weaknesses	  in	  a	  test	  format”	  “Yes.	  It	  made	  me	  realize	  which	  areas	  I	  need	  to	  study	  more	  in”	  

Exploring the Use of Competion-Based Technologies in the Classroom

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