Personal Response System
A Personal Response System (PRS) is a tool for active
learning in the classroom through 100% student
participation in question-and-answer sessions. The
technology is similar to audience response systems used on "Who
Wants to be a Millionaire?" and "America's Funniest Home
Videos."
Important Announcement:
Starting fall semester 2007, NDSU will use only radio
frequency equipment for PRS. In the past, we used infrared
technology, which required cabling and multiple receivers to handle
larger classrooms. With the radio frequency model, one receiver can
process over 2000 responses in seconds. The new student
transmitters tell students when their response has been received by
the system. For more information about this change, take this link
to view the handout from the related
training seminar and/or contact Nancy Lilleberg. (701 231-7140
/ nancy.lilleberg@ndsu.edu)
The NDSU pilot PRS project produced good survey results:
- To "I do more thinking during PRS classes than in lecture classes," 82.1% respondents agreed or strongly agreed.
- To "some PRS questions make me try hard to make sense of the subject matter," 89.7% agreed or strongly agreed.
- To "I prefer the more traditional lecture approach over the newer PRS approach," 91.4% disagreed or strongly disagreed.
(Survey results from Dr. Jeffery Gerst.)
To learn more, please visit the pages below, or contact us!