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Revisiting Clickers: In-Class Questions Followed by At-Home Reflections Are Associated with Higher Student Performance on Related Exam Questions

Published:2022-08-31 Issue:2 Volume:23 Page:
ISSN:1935-7877
Container-title:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
language:en
Short-container-title:J Microbiol Biol Educ.

Author:

Kirkwood-Watts Dana L.¹,Bremers Emily K.²,Robinson Emily A.³,Brazeal Kathleen R.¹,Couch Brian A.¹

Affiliation:

1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

3. Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Abstract

Clicker questions are a commonly used active learning technique that stimulates student interactions to help advance understanding of key concepts. Clicker questions are often administered with an initial vote, peer discussion, and a second vote, followed by broader classroom explanation.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Education

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/jmbe.00038-22

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