Classroom Response Systems, like the PRS, have a huge potential for engaging students in higher order thinking. But what is higher order thinking? How can technology be used in this way? What impact does PRS/CRS have on classroom pedagogy?

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5. What was DeBono’s solution to the Middle East Crisis? Answer: D

8. Bloom’s Taxonomy - Consider Remember Understand Apply Analyse Evaluate Create Show what they can retrieve from long term memory Make connections to new learning, give examples, predicting, finding patterns Following a procedure to complete a task. Breaking a task into parts and show how the parts relate to each other Identifying problems, judging, comparison with reasoning Produce original ideas or detailed plans.

16. Why PRS? Anonymity Autonomy Speed of response Visualisation of the understanding of the class or group. Classroom management Demands a response Tactile and Visual

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