Not all faculty like to lecture in a traditional classroom environment and many are incorporating more innovative lecture techniques into the classroom. As a result, personal response systems or “clickers” have started to be used in chemistry classes. Clickers have been shown to have benefits in the classroom by engaging students and encouraging their participation. There are various types of clickers available on the market and they have even emerged as mobile applications so students can download them on their electronic devices. Clickers have been normally been used to allow students to participate in lectures anonymously to give responses to practice problems. Integrated clickers can be used for more than that though; they can be used for online quizzes, partner discussions, think-pair-share, and minute paper as active learning techniques. Clickers are normally used in general chemistry courses at Marshall University but other courses can take the advantage of using clickers. Various systems, such as TurningPoint, Socrative, and Poll Everywhere, have been used in general chemistry, analytical and Modern Instrumental Methods courses. Students’ evaluations regarding clicker usage have been very positive and encouraging. Furthermore, reminder applications have been added into some of the courses to improve timely submission and to let students know when lecture notes are available.<br/>

Using clickers for more than just “clicking” things

2019 Spring National Meeting

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