Review of Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments (Paperback)

Teaching with Classroom Response Systems provides anintriguing look into how technology can be used in the classroom.

Dr. Derek Bruff's fascinating research into this state-of-the artform of technology will enlighten educators from every discipline to take a deep look into how this assessment system can be used to increase retention of course material and improve recall of concepts during examinations.
As a higher education professional, I strongly encourage educators from every discipline to adopt some of the ideas from this book to increase retention of curriculum materials and improve examination scores.


Product Description
There is a need in the higher education arena for a book that responds to the need for using technology in a classroom of tech-savvy students. This book is filled with illustrative examples of questions and teaching activities that use classroom response systems from a variety of disciplines (with a discipline index). The book also incorporates results from research on the effectiveness of the technology for teaching. Written for instructional designers and re-designers as well as faculty across disciplines.

A must-read for anyone interested in interactive teaching and the use of clickers. This book draws on the experiences of countless instructorsacross a wide range of disciplines to provideboth novice and experienced teachers with practical advice on how to make classes more fun and more effective."--Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University, and author, Peer Instruction: A User's Manual

"Those who come to this book needing practical advice on using ‘clickers' in the classroom will be richly rewarded: with case studies, a refreshing historical perspective, and much pedagogical ingenuity. Those who seek a deep, thoughtful examination of strategies for active learning will find that here as well-in abundance. Dr. Bruff achieves a marvelous synthesis of the pragmatic and the philosophical that will be useful far beyond the life span of any single technology." --Gardner Campbell, Director, Academy for Teaching and Learning, and Associate Professor of Literature, Media, and Learning, Honors College, Baylor University

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