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Technology and Teaching

Efficacy of Personal Response Systems (“Clickers”) in Large, Introductory Psychology Classes

Beth Morling University of Delaware
,
Meghan McAuliffe University of Delaware
,
Lawrence Cohen University of Delaware
&
Thomas M. DiLorenzo University of Delaware
Pages 45-50 | Published online: 07 Feb 2008

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