Clickers in the large classroom: Current research and best-practice tips

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-20

  Caldwell, Jane E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MARKETING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 33847623610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.06-12-0205     Document Type: Review

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