Using Clickers in the Classroom
Why clickers?
An Example:
- Clickers provide true data-driven instruction.
- Clickers engage students and make learning fun.
- Clickers involve everyone, embarrass no one.
- Clickers assess both formatively and summatively.
An Example:
10 tips to get the most out of using clickers for instruction:
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- Set Goals: Set a learning goal for each question. Aim to engage students and spark discussion.
- Improvise: Experiment with asking questions "on the fly."
- Be Judicious: Use clickers less frequently for quizzes and attendance and more frequently to help students learn.
- Vary Questions: Switch out the question types. Try application questions, critical thinking questions, student perspective questions, and monitoring questions.
- Create Engagement: Keep students focused by having them respond every 10 minutes.
- Remain Patient: Ask students for responses before listing possible answers.
- Encourage Debate: Keep vote results secret until after the discussion if the tally is lopsided.
- Ask Why: Push students by asking them to explain the reasons for their answers.
- Assess Your Class: Do a postmortem of clicker sessions after class.
- Share Outcomes: Share your experiences with colleagues.
Articles about Using Clickers in the Classroom
- Clickers in the Classroom: An Active Learning Approach
- Classroom Response Systems (Vanderbilt Center for Teaching)
- Clicker Resource Guide: An Instructors Guide to the Effective Use of Personal Response Systems (Clickers) in Teaching (Colorado University Science Education Initiative)
- Clicker Research and News (from eInstruction)
- Clickers in the News (from eInstruction)
- Ideas for Teaching with Clickers
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