Mobile-phone-based classroom response systems: Students' perceptions of engagement and learning in a large undergraduate course

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1160-1174

  Dunn, Peter K ^a   Richardson, Alice ^b   Oprescu, Florin ^a   McDonald, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

classroom response systems; clickers; CRS; engagement; statistics; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889656410     PISSN: 0020739X     EISSN: 14645211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020739X.2012.756548     Document Type: Article

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