Technological tools to formative assessment: Votoino clicker contributions in integrated high school chemistry classes

Abstract

Formative and continuous assessment in the classroom has been a significant challenge in the daily lives of teachers due to the large number of classes and students per group. One of the possibilities for the role of technology in educational practice is that technological tools can assist in this continuous assessment process. From this perspective, this paper presents the results of the development, adaptation, and application of a remote voting system called Votoino. Originally developed at our educational institution and applied with our students, this clicker proved to be highly efficient in the real-time assessment of students during a Chemistry class on the topic of Thermochemistry, as part of the Integrated High School and Industrial Automation technical course at the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of São Paulo (IFSP), Sertãozinho campus. The integration of Votoino as a clicker in the Peer Instruction (PI) active learning methodology demonstrated itself as a highly efficient, fast, straightforward, and engaging technological tool for fostering student participation, promoting the involvement of all students, and enabling the teacher to follow more effective pathways during the lesson and in the planning of future classes, thus contributing to better outcomes in the teaching and learning process.