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 …
Upcoming Conference Talks: Great Lakes, Louisville
I thought I should mention here a couple of conference keynote talks I have on the horizon. I’ll be giving the Sunday …
People to Know (Ada Lovelace Day Edition): Angel Hoekstra
Today, as you may have heard, is Ada Lovelace Day, a day in which bloggers are encouraged to write about women in …
Making Sense of Responses to Open-Ended Questions on the Fly
I was looking over my notes from the 2010 Health Professions Educational Research Symposium (HPERS) hosted back in January by Nova Southeastern …
Can Clickers Help Teach Critical Thinking? In the Humanities?
Earlier this month, David Clemens, who teaches literature at Monterey Peninsula College, authored a post titled “The Data-Driven Classroom” on the National …
Taking Attendance with Clickers? Tread Carefully.
I received an inquiry from a colleague recently asking my thoughts on the use of a “Are you here?” clicker question asked …
Ho’od Win? Vikings vs. Samurai – Clickers and Counterfactual Thinking
On his “Old is the New New” blog, Rob MacDougall recently argued that the question “If a viking and a samurai fought, …
Are Simple Classroom Response Systems Best?
I was quoted this morning in “At Universities, Is Better Learning a Click Away?“, an Associated Press story on the future of …
Discipline Index
Since many instructors interested in learning about teaching with clickers benefit from hearing how colleagues in their own disciplines use clickers, I’ve …
TechnoCATs: Classroom Assessment Techniques with Clickers
Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) are simple, non-graded, usually anonymous, in-class activities designed to give you and your students useful feedback on the …