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4 - Using Peer Instruction and i-clickers to Enhance Student Participation

from II - Studies of Classroom Voting in Mathematics

Adam Lucas
Affiliation:
Saint Mary's College of California
Kelly Cline
Affiliation:
Carroll College
Holly Zullo
Affiliation:
Carroll College
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Abstract In my Calculus classes I encourage my students to actively reflect on course material, to work collaboratively, and to generate diverse solutions to questions. To facilitate this I use peer instruction (PI), a structured questioning process, and i-clickers, a radio frequency classroom response system enabling students to vote anonymously. This paper concludes that PI and i-clickers enhance student participation and comprehension. It is important however that students write down their reasoning during PI so as not to be led astray by dominant group members.

Originally published in PRIMUS, Vol. 19, Issue 3, May 2009, pp. 219–231, © Taylor & Francis. PRIMUS is available online at www.informaworld.com/.

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Teaching Mathematics with Classroom Voting
With and Without Clickers
, pp. 21 - 28
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America
Print publication year: 2011

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