Remove Multiple Choice Questions Remove Peer Review Remove Study
article thumbnail

Study Finds Classroom-Response 'Clickers' Can ‘Impede Conceptual Understanding’

Edsurge

Plenty of peer-reviewed research shows that classroom “clickers” improve student learning when it comes to delivering facts. But a new study found that the devices can actually work against deeper learning of big-picture concepts.

Study 156
article thumbnail

Improving Critical Thinking May Take Practice

Edsurge

Ask that question to a group of adults, and many are likely to tell you that the finding checks out. After all, it’s based on an experiment that used a “precise” scale, studied a decent number of subjects and measured change over time. Is that claim accurate, or faulty? lack of control. correlation is not causation. overgeneralization.