Comments on: why are clicker questions hard to create? http://ianbeatty.com/blog/archives/100 Thinking about thought, perception, communication, learning, culture, and the human condition. Wed, 02 May 2012 22:15:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jeff http://ianbeatty.com/blog/archives/100/comment-page-1#comment-22868 Jeff Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:05:23 +0000 http://ianbeatty.com/blog/?p=100#comment-22868 Very nice commentary. Thanks for having this still here 2.5 years later for me to find via Google and Derek Bruff! Jeff Very nice commentary. Thanks for having this still here 2.5 years later for me to find via Google and Derek Bruff!

Jeff

]]> By: Best Practices for Writing Clicker Questions http://ianbeatty.com/blog/archives/100/comment-page-1#comment-22313 Best Practices for Writing Clicker Questions Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:50:43 +0000 http://ianbeatty.com/blog/?p=100#comment-22313 [...] more resource from Ian Beatty.  Ian recently shared some of his insights on writing clicker questions on his blog.  Here’s a quote to whet your appetite: One flash [...] [...] more resource from Ian Beatty.  Ian recently shared some of his insights on writing clicker questions on his blog.  Here’s a quote to whet your appetite: One flash [...]

]]> By: Derek Bruff http://ianbeatty.com/blog/archives/100/comment-page-1#comment-22266 Derek Bruff Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:45:19 +0000 http://ianbeatty.com/blog/?p=100#comment-22266 I really like this comment: "I just formulate a question asking them to do that (in a particular context), and then much of the class activity is me helping them struggle through the process as they learn how." I find that even when I'm not feeling great about a new clicker question I've written, I'll go ahead and ask it, knowing that I'll *probably* be able to use it to help the students "struggle through the process" even if the question isn't great. I think a lot of instructors who start using clickers do so in order to gather feedback on what their students do or do not understand during lectures. Some have a vague notion of increasing interaction during class, but I think you've hit the nail on the head regarding the use of clickers to *engage* not just assess students. When you do so, the clicker question becomes a vehicle for encouraging the kinds of thinking we'd like our students to do. Also, it would appear your comments are working again! I really like this comment: “I just formulate a question asking them to do that (in a particular context), and then much of the class activity is me helping them struggle through the process as they learn how.” I find that even when I’m not feeling great about a new clicker question I’ve written, I’ll go ahead and ask it, knowing that I’ll *probably* be able to use it to help the students “struggle through the process” even if the question isn’t great.

I think a lot of instructors who start using clickers do so in order to gather feedback on what their students do or do not understand during lectures. Some have a vague notion of increasing interaction during class, but I think you’ve hit the nail on the head regarding the use of clickers to *engage* not just assess students. When you do so, the clicker question becomes a vehicle for encouraging the kinds of thinking we’d like our students to do.

Also, it would appear your comments are working again!

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