Description There is a need in the higher education arena for a book thatresponds to the need for using technology in a classroom oftech-savvy students.
This book is filled with illustrative examplesof questions and teaching activities that use classroom responsesystems from a variety of disciplines (with a discipline index).
The book also incorporates results from research on theeffectiveness of the technology for teaching.
Written forinstructional designers and re-designers as well as faculty acrossdisciplines.
A must-read for anyone interested in interactive teaching andthe use of clickers.
This book draws on the experiences ofcountless instructors across a wide range of disciplines toprovide both novice and experienced teachers with practicaladvice on how to make classes more fun and moreeffective.
--Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University, and author, Peer Instruction: A User's ManualThose who come to this book needing practical advice onusing 'clickers' in the classroom will be richlyrewarded: with case studies, a refreshing historical perspective, and much pedagogical ingenuity.
Those who seek a deep, thoughtfulexamination of strategies for active learning will find that hereas well--in abundance.
Bruff achieves a marveloussynthesis of the pragmatic and the philosophical that will beuseful far beyond the life span of any single technology.
--Gardner Campbell, Director, Academy for Teachingand Learning, and Associate Professor of Literature, Media, and Learning, Honors College, Baylor University About the author The author Derek Bruff is an assistant director at the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching and a senior lecturer in the Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics.
Formerly he was a faculty preceptor in the Harvard University Department of Mathematics, teaching several courses and coordinating multisection calculus courses.
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Jossey-bass Teaching with classroom response systems: creating active learning environments, paperback/derek bruff
