What is a Classroom Response System?
A Classroom Response System is not a magic bullet that will automatically transform the classroom into an active learning environment and increase student learning. It is one of many pedagogical tools that an instructor may choose to integrate with other learning strategies. After careful implementation, a Classroom Response System can have a dramatic impact on the classroom and students. After reviewing the literature, Caldwell (2007) reports “Most reviews agree that ‘ample converging evidence’ suggests that clickers generally cause improved student outcomes such as improved exam score or passing rates, student comprehension, and learning and that students like clickers.” A Classroom Response System is also known by other names such as a Personal Response System, Audience Response System, Student Response System, Electronic Response System, Electronic Voting System, and Classroom Performance System. Most people simply refer to such a system as “clickers” because the transmitter used t
