The learning environment in clicker classrooms: student processes of learning and involvement in large university‐level courses using student response systems
- 15 February 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Learning, Media and Technology
- Vol. 32 (1), 21-40
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17439880601141179
Abstract
To explore what social and educational infrastructure is needed to support classroom use of student response systems (Roschelle et al., 2004 Roschelle, J. , Penuel, W. R. and Abrahamson, L. 2004. “The networked classroom”. In Educational Leadership 61 50–54. [Google Scholar] ), this study investigated the ways in which student characteristics and course design choices were related to students’ assessments of the contribution of clicker use to their learning and involvement in the classroom. Survey responses of over 1500 undergraduates enrolled in seven large enrollment ‘clicker courses’ offered by three university departments are analyzed. A number of factors contribute to students’ positive perception of clickers: a desire to be involved and engaged, a view that traditional lecture styles are not best, valuing of feedback, class standing, previous experience with lecture courses, anticipated course performance, and amount of clicker use in the classroom. These results underscore the importance of considering social and communication elements of the classroom when adopting student response technology.Keywords
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