Hand-held electronic devices called clickers are helping college students learn physics, according to a series of research studies. Students who used the devices to answer multiple-choice questions ...

Plenty of peer-reviewed research shows that classroom “clickers” improve student learning when it comes to delivering facts. But a new study found that the devices can actually work against deeper ...

For a long time, college professors had no idea whether their lectures were sinking in --until exam time, when it became clear that students either got the lesson… or didn’t. But in the last decade, ...

Clickers have become increasingly popular as a way for professors to interact with students and to measure -- during a lecture -- whether information and ideas are being conveyed. As more professors ...

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BOULDER, Colo. | The students in Michael Dubson's physics class at the University of Colorado fell silent as a multiple choice question flashed on a screen, sending them scrambling for small white ...

Why doesn't the question show on my mobile device? Your instructor may have chosen not to show the question on your mobile device. You'll need to ask him or her. Before you can change frequencies, the ...

Vanessa Bravo is an Instructional Designer at American Sentinel University and teaches online courses at the University of Connecticut, Colorado Christian University, and Colorado Community College.