An electronic student selector and timing device has a plastic casing 20, a liquid crystal student selector display 22 for displaying a selected student from a classroom or team pool, and a liquid crystal timer display 24 for displaying the time remaining for the selected student to respond or present. The device sounds an alarm via a sound emitter 34 when the time is up. The selection and timing operations are controlled by a processing chip 56 operatively connected to the user controls and displays. The student selector button 26, timer button 28, and adjustment buttons 32 are used for setting the pool from which the student is selected and setting the selected student's time allotment. The selection algorithm for selecting the outcome from the selection pool may be chosen by the instructor based on the intended use. The device is hand-held and portable, but with a large enough or bright enough display to be visible to the entire classroom.