JoinElectronic Student Response Found Feasible in Large Science Lecture Hall: Inexpensive, Homemade System Sparks Student Attention and Participation
Science educators have been directing attention to the surprising ineffectiveness of the traditional lecture and with the increasing enrollment are searching for ways to make large lecture classes more efficent. One of the principal ways is to make the student's experience less passive by requesting active participation through responses. This article highlights the use of an electronic student response system as a feasible way to interact with a large number of students.