Classes that click: Fast rich feedback to enhance student learning and satisfaction

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-168

  Chen, John C ^a   Whittinghill, Dexter C ^b   Kadlowec, Jennifer A ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rowan University   (United States)

Author keywords

Clickers; Peer discussion; Rapid feedback

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK; HAND HELD COMPUTERS; TEACHING;

CLASSROOM INTERACTION; CLICKERS; ENGINEERING MECHANICS; FOUNDATION ENGINEERING; PEER DISCUSSIONS; RAPID FEEDBACK; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; STUDENT PERFORMANCE;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77951189615     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01052.x     Document Type: Article

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