Class Design with Multi-Mouse Quiz in Elementary Schools

Abstract

To motivate learning is one of the key problems in education in elementary schools. Collaborative learning is one of promising methods in teaching, and therefore its support by ICT is an important subject. Single Display Groupware (SDG) is a promising approach to encourage collaborative learning in ordinary classroom by ICT. In this paper, we describe the Multi-Mouse Quiz (MMQ) system, an application of SGD which allows several users to answer quiz questions sharing one screen. The authors are planning to study class design and its effect with MMQ in elementary schools. As a preliminary study, we carried out four experiments that support collaborative learning in two elementary schools. The teachers were able to design their course by using MMQ considering their teaching plans and available resources in the classroom. We observed how MMQ raises children’s motivation of learning. It is also proved that MMQ can help children remember the knowledge shown in the quiz. The experiments show that the MMQ system is helpful in education in elementary schools.