Teaching and Learning Chemistry with a Motivating Tool: one CLICK!
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https://doi.org/10.24203/ajeel.v9i3.6660Keywords:
clickers, electronic voting systems, motivation, active learningAbstract
The use of electronic response systems or “clickers” is a popular way to engage students and create an active-learning environment, especially within large courses of general subjects for first-year undergraduates. The present work examines with detail the methodology, the tasks and the results obtained respect to the students’ learning, participation, and engagement in the classroom. In general, students perceived that, clickers provided a significant enhancement to their learning, and teachers obtained real-time feed-back of how the concepts are assimilated or not by the students in order to quickly introduce improvements in their teaching.
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