Research has shown the benefits of using interactive keypads in education increases retention and adds excitement and enthusiasm to traditional education and training methods.

	Encourages critical thinking, leading to a higher level of attention and retention.
	Content can be reinforced by quickly ascertaining group/individual understanding
	Individual student results can be easily tracked and recorded.
	The teacher can instantly view reports so struggling students can be identified (multiple reporting formats available)

	The teacher can easily see when all students have responded
	Involve everyone without fear of being singled out or embarrassed
	Writing questions is quick and easy – lessons can be prepared on any school computer or at home.
	Reduce your paperwork – all data obtained directly from students is collated automatically.
	Reduces teacher’s grading and administrative workload!
	TurningPoint® Specific: Store data for further analysis or comparison - data is stored in spreadsheet format (TurningPoint® stores data in a Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet)

Add a new level of interaction in virtually any setting where you use PowerPoint® to present to an audience.

Benefits in the classroom:

	Students will enjoy a non-threatening interactive experience
	Teachers can focus lessons on problem content
	Every student can participate without threat or embarrassment
	Teachers will notice an increase in the level of class participation
	Students will be engaged in learning, paying more attention in class and enjoying using the keypads
	Teachers can accurately assess the entire class level of understanding during a lesson
	Reports on individual student results are available at the click of a button

Keypads in the Classroom Help Students to Learn More

Instead of one student raising their hand and answering a question, every student must go through the critical thinking process of processing the information personally

Several studies including a prominent study by Harvard University have demonstrated the value of “Recall” to the learning process. The Harvard Study demonstrated significant increases in retention when “Recall” of information is achieved very soon after the information is presented. In fact, the study concluded that The Increase in Retention is Directly Proportional to how soon “Recall” is Initiated.

Keypads: A teaching and learning tool
Keypads help to promote good teaching, as set out by Chickering and Erhmann, e.g., via:

	Activity-based learning (i.e.. part of constructivist approach to learning)
	Reflection & critical thinking (i.e.. higher order thinking (Blooms taxonomy - analysis, synthesis & evaluation)
	Feedback - instant feedback (helps to stimulate further discussion and learning + is anonymous)
	Collaborative group learning

Now includes content…

	The Keepad system includes middle-school content in the areas of literacy, numeracy and science.
	Written and developed by Australian teachers for use in Australian classrooms.
	Each module is a complete lesson on a particular topic which includes animations, 3D models, topical text and relevant Keepad interactive question slides.

Interactive content topics

Numeracy
 Algebra
 Length & Perimeter
 Area
Science
 Brain
 Nervous System
 Reproduction
Literacy
 Sentence Structure
 Nouns, Verbs
 Adverbs, Adjectives
 Prepositions
 Adverbial and adjectival phrases