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Student Response Systems: How to Utilize “Clickers” in the Classroom

Student Response Systems: How to Utilize “Clickers” in the Classroom. Presented by Kim Kirby Spring 2009. Potential Benefits of Using Clickers. Improve Student Learning Class attendance and preparation Clearer comprehension More active participation Increased peer or collaborative learning

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Student Response Systems: How to Utilize “Clickers” in the Classroom

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  1. Student Response Systems:How to Utilize “Clickers” in the Classroom Presented by Kim Kirby Spring 2009

  2. Potential Benefits of Using Clickers • Improve Student Learning • Class attendance and preparation • Clearer comprehension • More active participation • Increased peer or collaborative learning • Better learning and enrollment retention • Greater student satisfaction

  3. More Benefits • Improve teaching effectiveness • Immediate feedback from ALL students • Instructor can easily collect data on a variety of dimensions • Reduce paperwork and faculty labor • Can take attendance • Test administration • Grade analysis

  4. Assessment • A limited review of the literature evaluating the effectiveness of the typical SRS showed that there are improvements in: • Attendance and preparation • Comprehension • Active participation during class • Peer or collaborative learning • Learning and enrollment retention • Student satisfaction • Lowery, Roger (2005). “Teaching and Learning with Interactive Student Response Systems: A Comparison of Commercial Products in the Higher-Education Market.” Presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association annual meeting, March 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2009 from http://people.uncw.edu/lowery/SWSSA%20ms.pdf.

  5. Tips to Successful use of Clickers • Set clear educational goals for usage and communicate those to the students .Common goals include: • Expose and clarify students’ misconceptions • Differentiate between easier & more difficult concepts • To promote interactivity and discussion • To administer effective review sessions that give immediate feedback • To assess mastery of content • To provide immediate feedback on the value of the learning session

  6. More Tips • Design Effective Questions • Questions should reflect goals (ex. expose misconceptions is the goal, then questions should require application of knowledge) • Keep questions and answer options short and simple • Avoid confusing questions with multiple correct answers • Have no more than five answer options • Include a variety of types of questions (simple and complex) • Don’t ask too many questions in one session

  7. Best Practices (General) • Introduce the system and explain its purpose • Prepare students with a warm up question • Start slowly when introducing SRS (1 or 2 questions per session) • Go beyond factual recall • Use the student response information to “close the loop”

  8. Best Practices (Discussion) • If your goal is to increase student learning, have students discuss/debate challenging questions before answering • The best questions for discussions are those that 30-70% of the students can get correct before discussing • Anticipate possible answers and plan for them helps to ensure successful student interaction • Use the discussion time to circulate around the room • After students vote, be sure to explain why the right answer is right and the wrong answers are wrong • “No brain, no gain”

  9. SAMPLES • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  10. Let’s try it out!

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