Rapid communication conserving time in the classroom: The clicker technique

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1457-1462

  Anderson, Lindsay S ^a   Healy, Alice F ^a   Kole, James A ^a   Bourne Jr , Lyle E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom learning; Clicker technique; Fact learning; Instructional time

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TEACHING; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79961050070     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.593264     Document Type: Article

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