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Think of a course in which you do or might use clickers. How many students are in that course?

A. Less than 15

B. 15-30

C. 31-60

D. 61-100

E. More than 100

How experienced are you in the scholarship of teaching and learning?

A. I've engaged in SoTL at all.

B. I'm just getting started with SoTL.

C. I've finished a SoTL project or two.

D. I'm a veteran SoTLer.

Research Genres

Are Chalkboards Effective?

+4

I started using chalkboards and my exam scores went up by 10 points!

A.

Clickers vs. Other Response Methods

Students hated it last semester when I started using chalkboards!

Difference in exam scores for clickers vs. pencil-and-paper end-of-class quiz takers

Your Turn!

Yourstone, Kraye, & Albaum (2008)

Stowell & Nelson (2007)

Clicker Material

I taught two sections last semester--one with chalkboards and one without--and there was no difference in test grades!

B.

Clickers vs. No Clickers

I won't use chalkboards in my class until I see proof that they work better than traditional methods!

Non-Clicker Material

Four Months Later

Final Exam

What questions about student learning would you like to try to answer about or with clickers?

Crossgrove & Curran (2008)

"Finite Cyclic Groups," Derek Bruff, Flickr (CC)

Students in sections whose instructors used chalkboards scored half a letter grade higher than students in other sections!

C.

Observations and Interviews

"open mic," Ed Schipul, Flickr (CC)

"bins," James Butler, Flickr (CC)

James, Barbieri, & Garcia (2008)

Hoekstra (2008)

Peer Instruction

Research On and With Clickers

What variables might you test in the "classic" peer instruction method?

Instructor poses question.

Surveys

D.

Students answer independently.

Derek Bruff - derekbruff.org - @derekbruff

"Dudes!", Jason Garber, Flickr (CC)

Instructor views results.

Graham, Tripp, Seawright, & Joeckel (2007)

"angry face," teapics, Flickr (CC)

If most answer incorrectly, backtrack.

If students are split, have them discuss in pairs and revote.

If most answer correctly, briefly discuss question.

About You

Instructor leads classwide discussion.

How experienced are you in teaching with clickers?

A. I've not used clickers at all.

B. I'm just getting started with clickers.

C. I'm comfortable with the basics.

D. I'm a power user.

E.

Research Using Clickers

"Tug of War," Joe Philipson, Flickr (CC)

Spradley (2008)

Jacobs (2007)

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