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Students today are viewed as more active learners than in years past (Guthrie & Carlin, 2004). It is no wonder that students may be losing interest and get increasingly bored with traditional lectures given the stimulation offered in the world of “Face Book, You Tube” and the myriad other on-line offerings. It is also not surprising that students who are using more technology in their personal lives now expect and demand to see more technology in their academic environment (Kryder, 1999).
The impact of clickers in the classroom may have been studied and have shown that students like using them (Caldwell, 2007; Herreid, 2006), but this researcher found no studies that determined if clicker technology actually increases the quality of student participation. Clicking a button may be viewed as participating by some teachers, but does the participation continue after the button is pushed? Clickers may offer a means by which instructors can not only involve students in the learning process, …show more content…

This study will be conducted in a high school business law course—a course in which students will study several areas of personal and business law. Students will be required to take daily notes, participate in daily discussions, and be subjected to a variety of class assessments including quizzes, tests, written reports, and group presentations. Similarly, the age of the students in this study could be considered limitation. High school students today are generally very comfortable with various technologies and not intimidated by them. The same is probably true for younger students and students of college age. However, as with students of all ages, comfort levels are dependent on access and use to technologies outside the school setting, a factor that is a function of socio-economic status and access at

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