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What’s up with clickers?

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Classroom clickers are changing this fall, and it’s a little confusing. Here are answers to questions frequently asked by Illinois State University students.

What “quiet students” have to say

What is going on in the minds of the “silent majority” of students who rarely (if ever) ask questions or contribute to class discussions? If you’ve wondered as I have, you would be interested in this article summarizing some of the author’s findings in her study of “quiet students.” Her intellectual journey begins with a