High-Tech Versus Low-Tech Instructional Strategies:A Comparison of Clickers and Handheld Response Cards

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-198

  Fallon, Marianne ^a   Forrest, Stacey L ^a  

^a STONEHILL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; introductory psychology; personal response system; teaching method

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355163319     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628311411896     Document Type: Review

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