{"id":541637,"date":"2017-09-27T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?guid=20873be29a3e9f4180596163e974f78f"},"modified":"2017-09-27T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T23:00:00","slug":"in-class-use-of-clickers-and-clicker-tests-improve-learning-and-enable-instant-feedback-and-retestsvia-automated-grading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?p=541637","title":{"rendered":"In-class use of clickers and clicker tests improve learning and enable instant feedback and retests\r\nvia automated grading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An audience response system (\u2018clickers\u2019) was gradually incorporated into introductory physics<br \/>\ncourses at Worcester Polytechnic Institute during the years 2011\u201314. Clickers were used in lectures,<br \/>\nas a means of preparing for labs, and for collection of exam data and grading. Average student<br \/>\ngrades were 13.5% greater, as measured by comparing exam results with a previous year. Student<br \/>\nacceptance of clickers was high, ranging from 66% to 95%, and grading time for exams was markedly<br \/>\nreduced, from a full day to a few hours for approximately 150 students. The streamlined grading<br \/>\nallowed for a second test on the same material for the students who failed the first one. These<br \/>\nimprovements have the immediate effects of engagement, learning, and efficiency, and ideally, they<br \/>\nwill also provide an environment in which more students will succeed in college and their careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An audience response system (\u2018clickers\u2019) was gradually incorporated into introductory physics<br \/>\ncourses at Worcester Polytechnic Institute during the years 2011\u201314. Clickers were used in lectures,<br \/>\nas a means of preparing for labs, and for collect&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-541637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rss-fuusikaharidus","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=541637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=541637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=541637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=541637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}