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TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN PHYSIOLOGY TEACHING USING A WIRELESS CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, and Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37235

Abstract

Systems physiology, studied by biomedical engineers, is an analytical way to approach the homeostatic foundations of basic physiology. In many systems physiology courses, students attend lectures and are given homework and reading assignments to complete outside of class. The effectiveness of this traditional approach was compared with an approach in which a wireless classroom communication system was used to provide instant feedback on in-class learning activities and reading assignment quizzes. Homework was eliminated in this approach. The feedback system used stimulated 100% participation in class and facilitated rapid formative assessment. The results of this study indicate that learning of systems physiology concepts including physiology is at least, as if not more, effective when in-class quizzes and activities with instant feedback are used in place of traditional learning activities including homework. When results of this study are interpreted in light of possible effects of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on student learning in the test group, it appears that the modified instruction may be more effective than the traditional instruction.

Key words: classroom communication systems; feedback; participation; active learning; homework; physiology; delay

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