Abstract:

Student response systems (SRS) [1], also known as classroom response systems [2], lecture response systems [3], interactive response systems [4] or simply quiz tools [5], provide an effective means for applying gamification to education [6]. Such tools have been used to support teachers of as diverse subjects as foreign languages [7], chemistry [8], accounting [9] and computer programming [2].

While there is a good deal of publications confirming the positive effect of SRS-based gamification on students’ engagement and motivation at the higher education level [1, 5, 10], and even some attempts to compare the available tools in terms of their effectiveness [11] or students’ attitude [12], there has been no research so far on supporting the lecturer or instructor in the choice of the most adequate tool considering multiple requirements of their specific course. In this paper, we propose a simple method dedicated for this purpose based on the weighted regularized Hasse method [13] and validate it on our own course in Business IT.

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Keywords:

Educational tool selection, game-based student response systems, interactive response systems.