Assessment of Microbiology Students’ Progress With an Audience Response System

The development of new approaches to teaching of large lecture courses is needed. Today’s classroom has a wide range of students including high-achieving motivated learners, students struggling to understand basic concepts, and learning-challenged students. Many of these students can be lost in larg...

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Auteur principal:	M. Ahmad Chaudhry
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Publié:	American Society for Microbiology 2011
Sujets:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:577651fd1d2f45ca858f8983d3596d632021-11-15T15:03:24ZAssessment of Microbiology Students’ Progress With an Audience Response System10.1128/jmbe.v12i2.3061935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/577651fd1d2f45ca858f8983d3596d632011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v12i2.306https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885The development of new approaches to teaching of large lecture courses is needed. Today’s classroom has a wide range of students including high-achieving motivated learners, students struggling to understand basic concepts, and learning-challenged students. Many of these students can be lost in large classes under the shadow of the high-achieving extroverted students who dominate classroom question-and-answer sessions. Measuring a student’s understanding and achievement of content standards becomes difficult until an assessment has been done. To close this gap, an audience response system was introduced in an introductory Principles of Microbiology course. This technology specifically addressed the goal of individualizing instruction to the needs of the students. The evaluation of this project indicated an overall positive impact on student learning.M. Ahmad ChaudhryAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 200-201 (2011)
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description	The development of new approaches to teaching of large lecture courses is needed. Today’s classroom has a wide range of students including high-achieving motivated learners, students struggling to understand basic concepts, and learning-challenged students. Many of these students can be lost in large classes under the shadow of the high-achieving extroverted students who dominate classroom question-and-answer sessions. Measuring a student’s understanding and achievement of content standards becomes difficult until an assessment has been done. To close this gap, an audience response system was introduced in an introductory Principles of Microbiology course. This technology specifically addressed the goal of individualizing instruction to the needs of the students. The evaluation of this project indicated an overall positive impact on student learning.
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Assessment of Microbiology Students’ Progress With an Audience Response System

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