The clicker technique: Cultivating efficient teaching and successful learning

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-234

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLICKER TECHNIQUE; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; TEACHING;

EID: 84875617704     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2899     Document Type: Article

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