Physics Colloquium, October 14, 2008
Clicker Questions Tailored For the Physics Classroom Neville W. (Bill) Reay

The Ohio State University

Clickers are electronic devices permitting students to answer multiple-choice questions during lectures. They've been tested in selected OSU physics classrooms for almost 6 years in a program that has produced researched-based questions to encourage faculty usage of the devices. While end-of-quarter surveys show that students really enjoy using clickers, we have found the question sequences also provide better understanding of concepts. We've created, validated and evaluated classroom usage of over 150 question sequences containing almost 500 individual questions, sufficient to populate all of introductory physics. These sequences are now available at no cost for use in all OSU introductory Physics classes, and next year they will be published by John Wiley and Sons. After a brief introduction, the colloquium audience will use clickers to answer a couple of the sequences. This experience will demonstrate the ease of incorporating clicker material into a classroom. We also will present associated physics education research including student surveys, validation studies and the measurement of learning gains.

Dr. Reay's Web Site

4:00 p.m., Physics Research Building (PRB), Room 1080

Reception at 3:45 p.m., Atrium, PRB