Highlights from #NAIRTL11 (Part 1)
A couple of weeks ago I traveled to Ireland for the NAIRTL 5th Annual Conference & Galway Symposium on Higher Education, hosted …
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 …
Article: King & Joshi (2008)
Reference: King, D. B., & Joshi, S. (2008). Gender differences in the use and effectiveness of personal response devices. Journal of Science …
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 …
Presentation: Daniel King, Chemistry
I attended a presentation by Daniel King, a chemistry faculty member at Drexel University, at a recent conference. He’s been using clickers …
Article: Bunce, VandenPlas, & Havanki (2006)
Reference: Bunce, D. M., VandenPlas, J., & Havanki, K. (2006). Comparing the effectiveness on student achievement of a student response system versus …
A Few Question Banks
One of the more challenging aspects of teaching with clickers is coming up with questions that engage students and promote class-wide and …