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 …
Using Clickers to Engage Students in the Classroom (10-Minute Video)
Back in May 2010, I led a webinar on teaching with clickers as part of the CIRTLcast series for the Center for …
Teaching Math with Clickers: Addressing Misconceptions with Prediction Questions
Continuing my reports from the contributed paper session on teaching with clickers I helped coordinate at the Joint Mathematics Meetings back in …
Clickers in the Social Sciences
I’ve often said that those teaching in the social sciences have the most options for using clickers. Both content and opinion questions …
Prediction Questions for Lecture Demonstrations
A couple of weeks ago, Stephanie Chasteen posted a series of blog entries on her ScienceGeekGirl blog from an American Association of …
More on Slideware
Here’s another example of a slideshow that combines great visuals with a few short sentences and phrases to explain something. The “something” …
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 …
Uncovering Student Misconceptions about Wellness Issues
I just ran across an interesting interview with Linda Hancock, director of the Wellness Resource Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. In the …