Session: Clickers in the Classroom: Fun and Games, Learning Tool, or Both? (2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October

T40. Clickers in the Classroom: Fun and Games, Learning Tool, or Both?

National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division

David Steer, Jeffrey R. Knott and Karen Kortz, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

CLICKER PEDAGOGY: RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF PRACTICE

MCCONNELL, David A., Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, damcconn@ncsu.edu, damcconn@ncsu.edu

8:20 AM

DO STUDENTS USE MENTAL ANIMATION WHEN ANSWERING CONCEPTEST QUESTIONS ON RELATIVE PLATE MOTIONS?

GRAY, Kyle, Earth Sciences, University of Northern Iowa, Latham Hall, Room 114, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, kyle.gray@uni.edu, kyle.gray@uni.edu

8:35 AM

PEDAGOGICAL PATTERNS TO SUPPORT INTERACTIVE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS USING CLASSROOM NETWORK TECHNOLOGY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL EARTH SCIENCE CLASSROOMS

MABLY, Colin, Educational Visions, 10369 Andrea Lane, La Plata, MD 20646 and BEAUVINEAU, Yves, Farrell B. Howell School, 14250 Albrook Drive, Denver, CO 80239, cmably@aol.com, cmably@aol.com

8:50 AM

MULTIPLE USES OF CLICKERS INTEGRATED INTO A LEARNING ACTIVITY SEQUENCE IN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

PUN, Aurora, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, apun@unm.edu, apun@unm.edu

9:05 AM

DOES PEER DISCUSSION DURING THE USE OF CLICKER QUESTIONS RESULT IN DEEP LEARNING?

KORTZ, Karen M., Physics Department, Community College of Rhode Island, 1762 Louisquisset Pike, Lincoln, RI 02865, kkortz@ccri.edu, kkortz@ccri.edu

9:20 AM

ANALYSIS OF CONCEPTEST QUESTION DATA: SUMMARY FINDINGS FROM LARGE CLASSES FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORS AT AN OPEN-ENROLLMENT UNIVERSITY

STEER, David, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, steer@uakron.edu, steer@uakron.edu

9:35 AM

STUDENT LEARNING GAINS IN TRADITIONAL AND INTERACTIVE ENGAGEMENT CLASSROOMS AT A PUBLIC, FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY MEASURED BY THE GEOSCIENCE CONCEPT INVENTORY (GCI)

KNOTT, Jeffrey R., Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univ, Fullerton, Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834, jknott@fullerton.edu, jknott@fullerton.edu

9:50 AM

Break

10:05 AM

TRANSFORMING EXAMS INTO LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES USING REAL-TIME SCANNING OF BUBBLE TESTS

D'ALESSIO, Matthew A., Geological Sciences, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330-8266, matthew.dalessio@csun.edu, matthew.dalessio@csun.edu

10:20 AM

MAKING LEARNING FUN: USE OF CLICKERS TO FACILITATE REVIEW AND SCAFFOLDING OF CONCEPTS

FOX, Lydia K., Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95211-0110, lkfox@pacific.edu, lkfox@pacific.edu

10:35 AM

HOW CLICKER TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS STUDENTS' VOTING BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES

BAIR, Andrea R., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, bair@colorado.edu, bair@colorado.edu

10:50 AM

FACTORS THAT DISCOURAGE PERSISTENT USE OF STUDENT PERSONAL RESPONSE DEVICES BY EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE FACULTY

SEMKEN, Steven, School of Earth and Space Exploration and Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, semken@asu.edu, semken@asu.edu

11:05 AM

CHOOSING A CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR A UNIVERSITY-WIDE ADOPTION, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

ARMOUR, J., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, jarmour@uncc.edu, jarmour@uncc.edu

11:20 AM

Discussion

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