New on ProfHacker: Motivating Students with Application Projects and Poster Sessions
I have another guest post on ProfHacker today: “Motivating Students with Application Projects and Poster Sessions.” Several years ago I started having …
If Attendance Policies are Bad, What about Grading Class Participation?
The other day, I argued that attendance policies are problematic, in part because tracking attendance in large classes can be difficult and …
The Problem with Attendance Policies
Okay, my title is a bit provocative, but so is Northern Arizona University’s recent decision to spend $75,000 to install sensors in …
Guest Posts on ProfHacker: Multiple-Choice Exam Questions and Pre-Class Reading Quizzes
A few weeks ago, Jason B. Jones, one of the editors at my favorite group blog, ProfHacker, invited readers who teach in …
Book Review: “The First Year Out” by Tim Clydesdale
[Note: This post has nothing directly to do with teaching with classroom response systems. However, I found the book reviewed below a …
Clickers in Biological Sciences
Clyde Herreid of the University of Buffalo’s National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science has received a $500,00 grant from the …
Article: Hoekstra (2008)
And here’s the fifth and final part of student participation week here on the blog. In some ways, I’ve saved the best …
Article: Lasry (2008)
Reference: Lasry, N. (2008). Clickers or flashcards: Is there really a difference? The Physics Teacher 46(4), 242-244. Summary: Lasry reports the results …
Article: Len (2007)
Patrick M. Len recently commented on an earlier post about clicker question banks to share links to his blog, where he regularly …