{"id":573,"date":"2008-07-18T03:57:33","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T08:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=573"},"modified":"2008-07-18T03:57:33","modified_gmt":"2008-07-18T08:57:33","slug":"its-even-better-than-the-clapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/573","title":{"rendered":"It's Even Better Than the 'Clapper'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students Who Use ‘Clickers’ Score Better On Physics Tests<\/a><\/p>\n

If, like me, you don’t already know what a clicker is and how it’s used, read this (buried nine paragraphs in) first:<\/p>\n

In clicker classes, multiple choice questions appear on a large computer screen at the front of the lecture hall. Students hold the wireless devices, which resemble small calculators. They cast their votes for the correct answer based on their understanding of the part of the lecture that was just given. A bar graph shows the percentage of students voting for each answer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first third of the story will make more sense once you have this information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students Who Use ‘Clickers’ Score Better On Physics Tests If, like me, you don’t already know what a clicker is and how it’s used, read this (buried nine paragraphs in) first: In clicker classes, multiple choice questions appear on a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}