Group Random Call Can Positively Affect Student In-Class Clicker Discussions

Autor/inn/en	Knight, Jennifer K.; Wise, Sarah B.; Sieke, Scott
Titel	Group Random Call Can Positively Affect Student In-Class Clicker Discussions
Quelle	In: CBE - Life Sciences Education, 15 (2016) 4, Artikel 56 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-7913
DOI	10.1187/cbe.16-02-0109
Schlagwörter	Audience Response Systems; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Introductory Courses; Biology; Group Activities; Comparative Analysis; Accountability; College Freshmen; Time; Performance; Student Attitudes; Instructional Effectiveness; Science Instruction; Logical Thinking; Regression (Statistics); Questioning Techniques; Likert Scales; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einführungskurs; Biologie; Gruppenaktivität; Verantwortung; Studienanfänger; Zeit; Achievement; Leistung; Schülerverhalten; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Understanding how instructional techniques and classroom norms influence in-class student interactions has the potential to positively impact student learning. Many previous studies have shown that students benefit from discussing their ideas with one another in class. In this study of introductory biology students, we explored how using an in-class accountability system might affect the nature of clicker-question discussions. Clicker-question discussions in which student groups were asked to report their ideas voluntarily (volunteer call) were compared with discussions in which student groups were randomly selected to report their ideas (random call). We hypothesized that the higher-accountability condition (random call) would impress upon students the importance of their discussions and thus positively influence how they interacted. Our results suggest that a higher proportion of discussions in the random call condition contained exchanges of reasoning, some forms of questioning, and both on- and off-topic comments compared with discussion in the volunteer call condition. Although group random call does not impact student performance on clicker questions, the positive impact of this instructional approach on exchanges of reasoning and other features suggests it may encourage some types of student interactions that support learning. (As Provided).
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