Abstract
Socrative is an online platform that allows a teacher to put questions to students through an app on their smart phone or tablet. In existence since 2011, its use is now quite common in university teaching. But is Socrative any good? This article reviews the literature on the device and discusses my research on the use of the app, the first carried out with social science students. The secondary research findings are that students find Socrative easy to use, fun, of genuine benefit to their learning and a medium that aids active participation. Further, there is evidence that it benefits attainment as testing helps memory retention. My research findings broadly concur. Also considered is how Socrative use can be extended beyond revision style testing, to introduce students to new information that challenges existing beliefs and to elicit controversial opinions and sensitive information.Citation
Pryke, S. (2020) The use of Socrative in university social science teaching, Learning and Teaching, 13(1), pp. 67–86.Publisher
Berghahn PressJournal
Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social SciencesType
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
1755-2273ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3167/latiss.2020.130105
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