A Few Clicker Questions from the Sciences
I’m guest-teaching in a graduate-level course on college science teaching this morning. The instructor, Erika Grundstrom, asked me to talk with her …
Using Clickers to Enhance Student Engagement
I’m giving a talk at Elon University this afternoon on teaching with clickers. You can see the Prezi for this talk below. …
Some Inspiration for Using Clickers in Medical Education
I led a workshop at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine earlier today on using clickers. Below you’ll find my Prezi. Although …
Bill the Jazz-Playing Accountant: A Classroom Experiment in #Math216
The other day, I described a couple of prediction questions I used in my stats course to create “times for telling” in …
Prediction Questions, Simulations, and Times for Telling in #Math216
Last Friday was the first day of a unit on probability in my statistics course. In order to motivate this unit, the …
Reading Quizzes, Clicker Questions, and Lurking Variables in #Math216
Here’s another clicker question from the statistics course I’m teaching this spring: Suppose an observational study indicates a positive association between the …
Clickers, Peer Instruction, and Classwide Discussion in #Math216
Recently, I blogged about my spring semester statistics course. Although the social bookmarking and pre-class reading assignments in the course are occupying …
Shakespeak, a BYOD Classroom Response System
Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) class response systems seem to be popping up left and right these days. BYOD systems are ones in which students …
When Statistics Is Like a Wedding
Today was the first day of spring classes here, and I’m back in the classroom after 12 months of doing other things. …
Tech Therapy Podcast – Barriers to Classroom Response System Adoption
Jeff Young and Warren Arbogast interviewed me the other day for the Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Tech Therapy podcast. The episode, available …