Book description
There is a need in the higher education arena for a book that responds
to the need for using technology in a classroom of tech-savvy students.
This book is filled with illustrative examples of questions and teaching
activities that use classroom response systems from a variety of
disciplines (with a discipline index). The book also incorporates
results from research on the effectiveness of the technology for
teaching. Written for instructional designers and re-designers as well
as faculty across disciplines.
A must-read for anyone interested in interactive teaching and the use
of clickers. This book draws on the experiences of countless
instructors across a wide range of disciplines to provide both novice
and experienced teachers with practical advice on how to make classes
more fun and more effective.”--
Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied
Physics, Harvard University, and author, Peer Instruction: A User's Manual
“Those who come to this book needing practical advice on using
'clickers' in the classroom will be richly rewarded: with case
studies, a refreshing historical perspective, and much pedagogical
ingenuity. Those who seek a deep, thoughtful examination of strategies
for active learning will find that here as well-in abundance. Dr.
Bruff achieves a marvelous synthesis of the pragmatic and the
philosophical that will be useful far beyond the life span of any
single technology.” --
Gardner Campbell, Director, Academy for Teaching and
Learning, and Associate Professor of Literature, Media, and Learning,
Honors College, Baylor University
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.
