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Clickers for Pre-Service Students

Clickers for Pre-Service Students. What is the average “wait time” that teachers give after asking a question. 0 – 2 seconds 2.1 - 4 seconds 4.1 - 6 seconds 6.1 – 8 seconds 8 + seconds. Peer Instruction.

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Clickers for Pre-Service Students

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  1. Clickers for Pre-Service Students

  2. What is the average “wait time” that teachers give after asking a question • 0 – 2 seconds • 2.1 - 4 seconds • 4.1 - 6 seconds • 6.1 – 8 seconds • 8 + seconds Peer Instruction

  3. According to a national survey of over 1000 students, the top rated quality in a teacher is: • Having knowledge of subject • Explaining things clearly • Having a sense of humour • Making the class interesting • Relating well to students Class Discussion

  4. Why Use Clickers? • Student Attention Span • Engagement • Participation (Anonymous) • Check for Understanding • Review (previous concepts & tests) • Peer Discussion • Class Discussion • Revealing Misconceptions • Teacher & Student Awareness • Student Learning Performance

  5. Using Clickers (Hands On) • Get your Handout – Clicker Instructions • Create clicker question(s) in PowerPoint • Set up CPS hardware • Start CPS software • Load PowerPoint questions • Engage (run) PowerPoint questions • Ask Clicker Question • Practice in your team (30-35 minutes)

  6. How comfortable are you presenting clicker questions? • Not at all comfortable • Somewhat Comfortable • Comfortable • Very Comfortable

  7. Creating Clicker Questions

  8. Type of Questions • Get to know teacher/students • Recall of facts • Understanding concepts • Applying concepts to specific problems • Evaluate specific situations • Opinion questions (no right or wrong answer) • Monitoring progress • Predicting – Experiment • Student Generated Questions

  9. Format of Questions • 4 or 5 choices maximum • Include “I don’t know response”

  10. Strategies for Using Clickers

  11. Handing Out Clickers • You may want to assign specific clickers to specific students • Establishes a routine if you use them often • Helps you stop the multiple clicking • Missing clickers can be identified • Pick up clicker when they come into class • Have routine for picking up clickers at the end of class

  12. Introduction to Clickers • Explain why you are using clickers • Participation • Anonymous • Give feedback to the students • Review for tests • Not a toy – they will lose clicker if they misbehave • No shouting out answers • No putting pressure on other students to answer more quickly

  13. General Strategies • Give students a 10 second warning when you are going to present answers • Discuss question when less than 70% answer correctly • If only 10-20% get answer, it may be time to re-teach concept • Important for student to articulate reasons for their responses

  14. Teaching Strategies #1 • Simple Presentation • Students vote, responses displayed, correct answer identified, teacher explains) • Peer Instruction • Students vote, responses displayed, students discuss,vote again, correct answer identified , teacher explains) • Class Discussion • Students vote, responses displayed, general class discussion, teacher explains)

  15. Teaching Strategies #2 • Agile Teaching • Students votes, responses, teacher changes instruction) • Experimental Prediction • Set up experiment, student predict, discuss predictions, teacher finishes experiment) • Student Generated Questions • Great for review

  16. Challenges to Using Clickers

  17. Challenges to Using Clickers • Technology • Set up time (5-10 min) – Test hardware ahead of time • You need direct line of site to receiver • Student must point at the receiver • Batteries (all 768 of them are new) • Plug in receiver before you start the software • Fluorescent lights may need to be turned off • Infrared Science labs

  18. Challenges to Using Clickers • Classroom Management • Clicking in multiple times • Shouting out answers • Pressuring other students to answer more quickly • Cheering when correct answer is displayed • General higher level of excitement

  19. Research on Clickers • 659 High School Students • Prefer to use clickers in class (69%) • Class was better with clickers (52%) • More engaged (75%) • More motivated (70%) • Participated more (55%) • Good way to test knowledge (77%) • Learned more with clickers (44%)

  20. Research with TCS • You get clicker sets from Sept to Dec 2009 • Each time you use clickers • Give student survey (2-3 min)faculty.uoit.ca/kay/tcs/student • Give teacher survey (2-3 min)faculty.uoit.ca/kay/tcs/teacher • Sign permission form if you think you commit to regular surveys

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