Last Man Standing Review Game

Yesterday, I had planned on doing my review Kahoot with my Period 3 Honors class, but I realized they were the one class I had forgotten to give permission slips to. So instead, I played a review game I had learned earlier this year from an instructional coach called "Last Man Standing". In this game, I ask questions and students answer on a white board with a marker. If a student gets the wrong answer, they sit down. The "last man standing" is the winner. The goal is to play several rounds so students get multiple chances to play. It is also important to start with easy questions and get increasingly harder as the round continues. As we played, I noticed some students were frustrated that they couldn't make it past the first round, and it seemed to disengage them from the review in a way that I don't notice when I play KaHoot. On the other hand, some students who normally goof off during KaHoot were focused and engaged because it was such a visibly competitive game. Since my students have played both as review, I asked them for feedback after the game. Below are some of the comments I thought were most useful in determining whether to use this game again or not.

Last man standing was pretty good and fun but I think that Kahoot would have been much faster.

I feel as if this game was including and better than kahoot because it created a tangible way to be competitive. You can also understand the question and information better.

I liked it, but Kahoot could be better because it helps by giving multiple choice. 

I feel that Last Man Standing is better than Kahoot, I feel more involved and of a refresher of knowledge through it. It is really fun. I wish the people sitting down could have more interaction with the game, and maybe get back in the game one round, to get the chance to win a prize also.

I think the review game was kind of a little fun activity because it was competitive.The part I didn't like was to stand up.We also should have gotten a little more time to write down our answers.I would have rather played Kahoot.

It was a good way to get everyone participating and this way you could see what everyone is doing unlike on the chromebooks when students can open other tabs. I think that i prefer this game because we dont have multiple choice so it is more challenging

I think that the last man standing game gets the students more involved and lets them learn from their mistakes. It is easier to play as well

Based on student feedback, if I were to play this review game again, I would make it so that students could have a "buy-in round". However, I think I would be more apt to continue to use KaHoot because it is quicker and students can remain competitive while still being inclusive of all students.