Mark-On: Encouraging Student Questions in Class
M. Katherine Jung, Juhwan Kim, Hyo‐Jeong So · 2016
Students usually do not keep themselves very active in class by asking questions due to psychological stress and cultural norms that inhibit active participation. In this paper, we propose the notification system called ‘Mark-On’ that informs teachers of students’ curiosities via any Internet connected devices such as a mobile phone or a laptop computer. The objective of our research is to propose a technological solution to encourage students to ask questions in class by relieving the psychological pressure that causes student to hesitate to ask questions. We found that students feel more comfortable to question when they are free from the pressure of finding a right timing to interrupt the class flow and from the fear of appearing ignorant. The proposed system Mark-On was able to deliver both needs successfully, and there were more unexpected positive effects to the students’ question asking behaviors.