Episode 2 - An Interview with Steve Buckles
December 28th, 2007 by 
derek.bruff
In this episode, we feature excerpts from an interview with Stephen Buckles, Senior Lecturer in Economics here at Vanderbilt. In this interview, Steve describes his use of a classroom response system in his large undergraduate economics courses. This system allows Steve to pose multiple-choice questions to his students during class and his students to submit their answers to these questions using small handheld devices called clickers. The system them displays on an overhead screen a bar chart showing the distribution of student responses. Steve uses this system to engage his students actively during class.
Episode 2 - An Interview with Steve Buckles
[MP3, 16 min 50 sec]
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If you’ve used clickers in your teaching or have ideas for doing so, we encourage you to leave a comment here. Vanderbilt instructors are also welcome to call the Center for Teaching at 322-7290 to arrange a meeting with a CFT teaching consultant to discuss ways to use clickers effectively in their teaching.
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June 28th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
I used the clickers and i have to say they are great. They makes us participate, but also the teacher can find out if we understand or if he has to spend more time on something. Your answers being anonymous, you can actively participate to the class, stay in the game, without being afraid of giving a wrong answer.
I think these are great and should be part of many more classes, even if it’s only used to ask us once in a while if we understand, in an anonymous way!