Clickers Beyond the First-Year Science Classroom

by: Tetyana Antimirova, Anna Petrov, and Marina Milner-Bolotin

This case study’s primary objective is to describe the implementation of the electronic response system (clickers) in a small (N = 25) second-year physics course at a large public university and to draw attention of the science faculty who teach upper-level science courses to the potential benefits of this pedagogy. This pilot study discusses the impact of the clicker-enhanced pedagogy on students’ cognitive and affective outcomes and their attitudes toward using clickers. The authors also outline challenges faced by the students and the instructors on the way of successful clicker implementation beyond the first year and suggest a few possible ways of addressing them.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 11/1/2010Stock # jcst10_040_02_14Volume 040Issue 02

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