Interactive learning environment: Engaging students using clickers

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-124

  Sternberger, Carol S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom engagement; Clickers; Constructivism; Critical thinking; Personal response systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISASTER; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; DISASTERS; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860842822     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/1536-5026-33.2.121     Document Type: Article

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