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ERIC Number: EJ1084820
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jan
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0098-6283
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A Comparison of Active Student Responding Modalities in a General Psychology Course
Zayac, Ryan M.; Ratkos, Thom; Frieder, Jessica E.; Paulk, Amber
Teaching of Psychology, v43 n1 p43-47 Jan 2016
Research on teaching has shown that incorporating active student responding (ASR) into classroom instruction facilitates learning and should be considered best practice. Nevertheless, few published studies have examined ASR using a within-participant design across a semester. Using a counterbalanced alternating treatment design, a direct comparison of three ASR methods (clickers, response cards, and hand-raising) and a control condition was conducted across four sections of a general psychology course. Students scored almost 5% higher on exams after utilizing an ASR approach than during control conditions. However, no statistically significant differences were found between experimental conditions. These data suggest that meaningful gains in exam performance are most likely due to the presentation of review questions rather than the use of specific ASR modalities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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