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Title: An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Electronic Classroom Communication Systems in Large Lecture Classes
Url: https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET/article/view/1330
Publisher: Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
Description: Since 2002 we have been investigating the use of an electronic classroom communication system in large first year lecture classes. Handheld keypads were distributed to teams of students during a lecture class. Students used the keypads to answer two step multiple choice problems after a discussion within their group. The questions were generated using students answers from previous exams. We have evaluated our use of the classroom communication system using a survey about how comfortable students are with this type of interaction. In addition, we have tried to determine if the use of the classroom communication system can be linked to student performance on exams. Our results show that students are comfortable with this technology and feel that, on the whole, interactive lectures are useful. At a first glance, there is an improvement in students' exam performance, but there are too many competing factors to clearly say that this improvement is solely due to the use of the classroom communication system. Even though this paper is based in physics and a physics example is used to illustrate points, the technique can be applied to other discipline areas.
LC Classification: Education -- Theory and practice of education -- Higher education -- Curriculum
Education -- Theory and practice of education -- Teaching (Principles and practice) -- Instructional systems -- Computers in education. Electronic data processing
Education -- Theory and practice of education -- Teaching (Principles and practice) -- Technology. Educational technology
GEM Subject: Educational Technology -- Technology planning
Philosophy -- Educational Philosophy
Date Issued: 2005-04-30
Resource Type: Reference Material
Format: Document -- HTML
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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