Analysis of classroom response system questions via four lenses in a general Chemistry course

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-295

  Bruck, Aaron D ^a   Towns, Marcy H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom response systems; Clickers; Pedagogy; Reflective practice; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950257243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b920834h     Document Type: Article

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