use of clickers in education
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Use of Clickers in Education
Overview
The Student Response System otherwise known as Clickers is a technology tool that can be used to assess student learning and promote student engagement. (Martyn, 2007)
Equipment need to assure a workable system includes:
Computer LCD projector Promethium Board or Screen Clickers
Types of clickers
Types of clickers
Equipment Needed to Set-Up Clickers
Handheld remote that students use to respond to multiple choice questions
Laptop of personal computer (PowerPoint Presentation)
Overhead screen
LCD projector
Clicker Use in Middle School
Use of Clickers in Middle School
Clickers as an Assessment Tool in a Middle School Classroom
The Clickers allow teachers to address questions about the lesson and assess student comprehension of the lesson.
This can be done immediately because of the response that students provide with the Clickers
Clickers as an Assessment Tool Cont.
To start the assessment, a PowerPoint is created with a set of math questions that has multiple choice answers.
The Clickers are labeled by giving each student a number.
As the slides are displayed, the students use the Clicker to give their response by choosing the correct letter
Clickers as an Assessment Tool Cont.
The teacher is able to tell if a student is struggling based on the length of time he/she takes to respond.
Clues are given to help the student with the answer.
Visual Display
After each answer is scored a graph is displayed to give a percentage of right and wrong answers.
Based on the graph, the teacher can determine the students’ level of understanding and plan further instruction
Use of Clickers in Senior High School
ActivEpressions for Instruction
1. How do clickers work?a) simulates a remote controlb) work with promethean board
2. The process to create an activity utilizing ActivEpressionsa) create an activityb) register each clicker
3. Type of responses students can submit using the clicker
Sample Question
ActivEpressions for Instruction
ActivEpressions for Instruction
4). Activitiesa) teacher create activities b) Use activities within softwarec) promethium website resourcesWWW.prometheanplanet.com/en/search/resources/
5). Student engagement
a) independent b) collaborativelyc) visuald) different learning styles
Sample Question
6. ActivExpressions benefits
a) immediate response b) opportunity to evaluate student knowledgec) differentiating instructiond) grouping students by abilitye) Promotes students interactionsf) increase curriculum rigorg) teacher gives students immediate feedbackh) saves time and work – correcting worki) adaptable to any lesson and subject
Sample Question
Use of Clicker in Higher Education
Advantages of Clickers in Education
Provides immediate feedback
Facilitates discussion
Alerts faculty of a need for remediation
Affords faculty the ability to quiz student
Track attendance
Grades student participation
Works will in large classroom environment
Increases participation in class
Addresses multiple learning styles of students
Collect demographics
Conduct a survey / poll students
Used with case studies
Used in large or small groups
Grades and stores students responses
Provides student comfort in responding to questions
Additional Uses of Clickers
Disadvantage in the Use of Clickers
Time and effort required to incorporate clicker use into the lesson
Lack of faculty buy-in
Aversion to the use of new technology
Designing good questions to incorporate into the lesson
Cost may be a factor
References
ActivExpressions, http://www.prometheanplanet.com/documents/uk-us/pdf/support/user-guides-docs/lrs/activexpression-quick-start-guide.pdf
Berry, J. (2009). Technology support in nursing education: Clickers in the classroom. Nursing
Education Perspective , 30 (5), 295 - 298. Filer, D. (2010). Everyone's answering: Using technology to increase classroom participation.
Nursing Education Perspectives , 31 (4), 247 - 250. Martyn, M. (2007). Clickers in the classroom: An active learning approach. EDUCAUSE Quarterly.
Retrieved August 31, 2011 from http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSEQuarterly Promethium, www.prometheanplanet.com/en/search/resources/ Sevian, H., & Robinson, W. E. (2011). Clickers promote learning in all kinds of classes-small and
large, graduate and undergraduate, lecture and lab. Journal of College Science Teaching , 40 (3), 14 - 18.
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