Category Archives: classroom response systems

why are clicker questions hard to create?

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Ian

I and my colleagues have, since 2005, been running a large research project that involves giving classroom response systems (CRSs, a.k.a. “clickers”) to middle and high school science and math teachers, spending copious time and energy (and consequently money) helping … Continue reading →

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coming soon: theory meets reality

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Ian

This blog has been dormant for way too long. Last January, I moved from Massachusetts to North Carolina, and started a new job as a Physics professor. Spring was largely transition, teaching one light course here and making several long … Continue reading →

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Derek Bruff’s book on CRS teaching is out

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Ian

Derek Bruff, an assistant director at the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching and a senior lecturer in the Vanderbilt University Department of Mathematics, is rapidly becoming the most broadly-informed person I know on the subject of teaching with classroom response … Continue reading →

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