Is It the Clicker, or Is It the Question? Untangling the Effects of Student Response System Use

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-193

  Anthis, Kristine ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clickers; metacognition; SRS

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355136141     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628311411895     Document Type: Review

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