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Publication Date: 2012
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How Clicker Use Facilitates Existing Pedagogical Practices in Higher Education: Data from Interdisciplinary Research on Student Response Systems
Hoekstra, Angel; Mollborn, Stefanie
Learning, Media and Technology, v37 n3 p303-320 2012
This article identifies how clicker use can support or augment existing principles of good teaching across different disciplines in higher education. While many of these principles will be familiar to instructors, the link between student response system (SRS) use and existing pedagogical methods is still often unclear, even for scholars who are well read in the literature. Functioning as a resource for both novices and instructors who have already incorporated clickers into their courses, this article synthesizes existing literature and offers empirical data from five courses in three disciplines to show how SRSs can be used to support contemporary pedagogical goals. The authors discuss five exemplary practices, providing sample clicker questions along the way, to show how clickers can be used to facilitate active learning in large courses. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Intellectual Disciplines, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Principles, Large Group Instruction, Feedback (Response), Educational Technology, College Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Interviews, Qualitative Research, Audience Response Systems, Computer Uses in Education, Student Surveys, Participant Observation, Mixed Methods Research
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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