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February 20, 2006, 06:50 PM ET
Clicking Along, Despite Glitches
Clickers, the handheld devices similar to remote controls that are showing up in college classrooms across the country, have been embraced by some professors as a way of getting students more involved in class discussions. But some students are not convinced that the educational value outweighs the cost. At the University of Connecticut, where the devices cost about $20, a clicker required for one course may not work in another. And sometimes a clicker is bundled with textbooks, meaning students cannot purchase the device or the books independently. Administrators are looking for solutions to those problems. Professors who have adopted their use also have experienced a few problems with clickers but remain enthusiastic about their benefits. "In one lecture section," says Adam Fry, a professor of biology, "it was great to see that 90 percent of the students understood what I had taught them and could correctly answer questions based on it." (The Daily Campus)
To read more about clickers in classrooms, see an article from The Chronicle by Dan Carnevale.
Categories: Teaching, Student-Life
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