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Kahoot is a free student-response tool for administering quizzes, facilitating discussions, and collecting survey data. It is a game-based classroom response system played in real time. Questions are projected on a shared screen, while players answer the questions with their smartphone, tablet, or computer; creating a social, fun and game-like environment.
Kahoot allows for the design of multiple-choice quizzes as well as polls and surveys that populate on-the-spot data; the quiz questions and polls stimulate quick instructional decisions as well as whole-class discussion.
Tool Snapshot
| Price | Free (Enterprise option for schools/districts) |
| Learning | Behaviorism |
| Ease of Use | ★★★★☆ |
| Privacy | ★★★★☆ |
| Accessibility | ★★★★☆ |
| Class Size | 1,000 for K-12 teachers; 50 for higher education |
| ISTE*S | Empowered Learner |
| COPPA/ FERPA | No |
According to Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (1999) “assessments and feedback must focus on understanding, (and) assessments that emphasize understanding do not necessarily require elaborate or complicated assessment procedures.
Even multiple-choice tests can be organized in ways that assess understanding” (140). As an assessment based tool, Kahoot supports pre-assessments, productive formative assessments and student reflection, through fun quizzing, quick polls and surveys
Kahoot Overview Video
Kahoot & the SAMR Model
- Substitution: Students participate in a Kahoot quiz to answer questions at the end of a unit instead of using a traditional paper quiz.
- Augmentation: Kahoot acts as a direct tool substitute of a formative assessment, with functional improvements such as the feature of adding video and images during a quiz to tap into the student’s knowledge, and reach different learning styles.
- Modification: Students access pre-designed Kahoot quizzes created by others to build their knowledge.
- Redefinition: Kahoot allows the participation of an unlimited amount of students or players in a survey in real time.
Learning Activities
Math Kindergarten: Ten Frame Flash Cards Kindergarten students play this kahoot quiz at the beginning and at the end of their learning of how to “read” a ten frame rectangular array. K.CC.B.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.
Science 2nd Grade: Habitat Review 2nd grade students play this kahoot as a pre-assessment before learning about habitats and animals’ adaptations. 2-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity.
ESL Level 1-3 Speaking: What is the Best Holiday Celebration in your Family ESL students respond to this discussion question and engage in a conversation after seeing their class’ results.
Reading – English/Language Arts 2nd grade: Peter’s Chair Story Elements After reading the story “Peter’s Chair,” students participate in this engaging quiz to show their reading comprehension and knowledge about the elements of a story. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Geography 4th grade: Midwest Region Students use this kahoot to test their knowledge about the Midwest Region of the United States. After looking at the results, and reading a text about this region, they retake the test to engage in post-assessment questions that will help measure not only comprehension, but changes in knowledge about this subject.