University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

A Personal Response System (PRS, also known as "Clickers") is a widely used classroom technology that allows instructors to present multiple-choice questions in any classroom equipped with digital projection. Students purchase a remote response devise that allows them to "click in" responses, which are recorded by a receiver that is connected to a computer. PRS is widely used in colleges and universities but surprisingly few studies have been conducted on PRS-assisted learning outcomes. Pre...

On the 2005 National Assessment of Education Progress mathematics assessment, 22 percent of students in grade 12 scored at or above "proficient." The importance of algebra is stressed on this assessment with the majority of the items (35 percent) being devoted to algebra. In addition, analysis of data from the National Assessment of Education Progress mathematics assessment showed that taking higher level mathematics courses beyond algebra (e.g., pre-calculus, calculus) was associated with s...