Clickers at UMass: a successful program of campus-wide implementation

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #31.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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In the early 1990s, the Physics Department of the University of Massachusetts was a testing ground for one of the forerunners of the modern classroom response systems. Today, UMass is one of largest users of the wireless descendants of this system, with “clickers” being used across all disciplines. In Astronomy (and many other departments) we use clickers primarily in our large lecture classrooms. We have found that they can be used to
(a) engage students in making predictions about classroom experiments.
(b) encourage cooperative work with other students to develop mathematical and reasoning skills.
(c) help students explore their own misconceptions.
(d) All of the above. [correct answer!]
Our early uses of clickers showed that simple testing of student knowledge was often perceived negatively as, in effect, “just taking attendance.” However, when students are challenged with difficult and interesting problems, the classroom response system is a positive addition to classroom teaching. Several successful examples, using demos, experiments, and even horoscopes, are shown, and the process involved in developing a strong campus-wide program at UMass is described.

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