Student polling software: where cognitive psychology meets educational practice?

Frontiers in Psychology

Paul McGivern¹ 

关键词: clicker;    response system;    lecture;    attention;    memory;    vigilance;    testing effect;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00055

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The traditional lecture format still remains one of the most commonly used within higher education, yet it does not provide an optimal environment for learning (Draper and Brown, 2004). Here we will focus upon the use of questioning in large lecture halls and in particular the use of mass audience response systems (also known as clickers or polling systems). In writing this short opinion piece we will bring together some of the key findings from the educational literature, attention literature, memory literature, and wider debates within the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) literature, to present an integrated case for the use of online polling software as a partial solution to the challenges of student engagement in lecture halls. To cut a long story short: it is relatively easy to do, students generally like it, and it may well be good for them.

【 授权许可】

CC BY