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| Title: | Promoting interactive in-class learning environments: A comparison of an electronic response system with a traditional alternative |
| Authors: | Freeman, Mark
Blayney, Paul |
| Issue Date: | 2005 |
| Publisher: | School of Economics and Political Science, The University of Sydney |
| Citation: | Innovation for Student Engagement in Economics: Proceedings of the Eleventh Australasian Teaching Economics Conference, Ed. Stephen L. Cheung, pp. 23-34 |
| Abstract: | Improved achievement and satisfaction arise when classes are made interactive (Hake 1998). Elliot (2003) reports positive results when an electronic response system is introduced in a microeconomics course, but recognises confounding due to the simultaneous introduction of interactive methods. In a larger study, Draper and Brown (2004) conclude that any novelty effect is short term, and that designing for interaction is crucial. We explore the use of handheld keypads against a show of hands in accounting classes already designed for interaction. Response method alone is changed in each class, alternating between the electronic system and a show of hands. A significant preference for the former continues to exist, suggesting that the technology affords an additional incentive to engage, interact and understand. Anonymity is explored as a plausible explanation. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/199 |
| ISBN: | 1864877278 |
| Appears in Collections: | 11th Australasian Teaching Economics Conference
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