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Plickers in primary

In this video, we see how a questioning tool where only the teacher needs a device can be used to support effective review of learning.

In this video, we see how Neil Jones, Assistant Headteacher at Prescot Primary School (primary) makes use of a questioning tool where only the teacher needs a device to support effective review of learning.

Neil shares how he finds the tool an effective approach for questioning his pupils; helping them to recall their learning, and helping him to collect responses form his whole class. We see Neil use it in class to review previous learning for science.

The tool used by Neil is:

  • Plickers – a questioning tool where only the teacher needs a device
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