Request for Proposals to Receive Clickers 2014-15
Mission: Developmental Education at De Anza College equitably allows students of every background to take ownership of their education and to succeed in their educational goals by providing the necessary integrated resources, services, and learning environment.
Clickers are audience response systems that allow every student in a class to instantaneously answer a question or provide the instructor with feedback. Studies have found that, when properly applied, clickers can help increase student engagement, boost attendance and retention, identify “at-risk” students, enhance learning, and reduce the achievement gap (see e.g. Haak 2011 Science v.332 n.6034 p.1213-1216). DARE is requesting proposals from instructors interested in experimenting with clicker use at De Anza. Successful applicants will receive a class set of iClicker2’s (http://www.iclicker.com/Products/iclicker2/) and a receiver. The instructor will be responsible for maintaining the clickers and returning them to DARE when no longer in use. After two quarters (not including summer), the instructor will provide a brief report to DARE on how the clickers have been used, and will be eligible to reapply to keep the clickers for additional time if desired. Please provide complete responses to the questions below. Additional information maybe required prior or after approval. Submit completed form to Rowena Tomaneng () and Jennifer Myhre (), with copies to your chair/program coordinator and Dean.
Name of Program or Department or Division:Submission Date:
Instructor Requesting Clickers:
(Name, email address)
1. Why are you interested in clickers and how do you plan to use them? (see http://w.lifescied.org/content/6/1/9.full#sec-15 for a selection of literature-based best practices)
2. In what ways do you hope clickers will impact teaching and learning in your classes?
3. How will you judge whether clickers have the intended impacts on teaching and learning described above?
4. Briefly describe the class(es) in which the clickers will be used. (content area(s)? lectures vs. labs? number of students? etc.)
SIGNATURES:
Approval from the Department Chair / Program Coordinator and the Dean is requested prior to submission.
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Instructor Date
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Department Chair or Program Coordinator Date
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Dean Date
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