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Turning Point Clickers Increase Student Engagement

Published: Tue, 09.16.2008

It is no surprise that the more students are engaged, the more they will learn.  Technology can play a part in fostering an environment of engagement and active learning.

Turning PointThis fall 20 faculty and nearly 40% of the student body are using the Turning Point classroom response technology in a wide variety of classes.  Students purchase the clickers in the ETC for $30.  A clicker can be used in multiple classes and for the duration of a student's time at Taylor. 

The clickers interface with PowerPoint slides that present multiple choice or T/F questions.  Students key in their responses and the results are immediately displayed as a bar graph or pie chart.

Professors can use the clickers for anonymous polling to check for student understanding of class material.  By registering the clickers with the students' Blackboard accounts they can also be used for graded quizzes, the results being automatically recorded in the gradebook.