1st Edition

Clickers in the Classroom Using Classroom Response Systems to Increase Student Learning

Edited By David S. Goldstein, Peter D. Wallis Copyright 2016
156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

With classroom response systems (or CRSs, also known as Student Response Systems, Individual Response Systems, or, informally, “clickers”) in use in higher education for some 20 years, there is now both ample research and a wealth of examples and ideas to draw on for faculty who are contemplating their use, or exploring new ways to integrate them in their teaching.The research demonstrates that,... Read more

1. What’s Constant? Clickers Across Contexts. Peter D. Wallis 2. Who’s in the Room? Using Clickers to Assess Students’ Needs, Attitudes, and Prior Knowledge. Traci Freeman and Brian Vanden Heuvel 3. Using Clickers in the Arts and Humanities. David S. Goldstein 4. Using Clickers in the Social Sciences. Ron Krabill 5. Using Clickers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Robyn Goacher, Danyelle Moore, Luis Sanchez, Paul R. Schupp and Yonghong Tong 6. Making Biostatistics “Click”. Paul S. Weiss 7. When the Lesson Is in the Question. Illuminating Research Methodology Using Clickers. Christopher H. Wade 8. Using Clickers in Hospitality and Other Professional Programs. Alison Green 9. Using Clickers in Higher Education to Train Tutors in Learning Centers . Ashley Harris Paul 10. The Answer Is at Hand. Cell Phones as Transitional Educational Technology. Alyson Indrunas Appendix. Further Resources. Peter D. Wallis About the Editors and Contributors Index

Biography

David S. Goldstein is Director of the Teaching and Learning Center and Senior Lecturer in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, Bothell. Peter D. Wallis is Instructional Technologist of Information Technologies at the University of Washington, Seattle. James Rhem

“A significant contribution to enhance active learning in the classroom.”

Patrick Blessinger, Executive Director and Chief Research Scientist

Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association