Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, Illinois, March 11-14, 2010

Paper S103

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The Art and Science of Designing Higher Level Clicker Questions

Kathryn Ernie


University of Wisconsin–River Falls

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Erick Hofacker


University of Wisconsin–River Falls

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ABSTRACT

Personal response systems (PRS) may be used to facilitate classroom discussion around questions that focus students attention on concepts, analysis, and applications. We will present methods for constructing multiple-choice clicker items to foster such discussion and higher-level thinking.

Keyword(s): clickers