SPOT
The Student Participation Observation Tool
The Student Participation Observation Tool (SPOT) is an objective, research-based application that provides quantitative, illustrative data about how instructors spend class time, including student and teacher activity frequency, duration and diversity information, and patterns of student participation. SPOT was designed primarily as a tool for motivating reflection on teaching (as part of peer observation, in a learning community, or with a teaching consultant) but can also be used for research and evaluation. Navigate the site below and view FAQs here.
View example data visualizations, including classroom maps, timelines, and pie charts.
SPOT was funded by an NSF Division of Research on Learning grant.