Using clickers to facilitate interactive engagement activities in a lecture room for improved performance by students

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 497-509

  Tlhoaele, Malefyane ^a   Hofman, Adriaan ^b   Naidoo, Ari ^a   Winnips, Koos ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

class discussion; group discussion; individual effort; interactive engagement; personal response system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905019402     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2013.796725     Document Type: Article

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