Student response time and confidence level in clicker-assisted peer instruction
Abstract
We investigate the effect of peer instruction on students’ learning gain, response time and confidence level using clickers. Eight lectures are conducted to a total 120 high school students taking introductory physics course. Four lectures are implemented using a modified Peer Instruction Method (PIM). The remaining lectures are Non-Peer Instruction (NPI). A total of 3,840 response time and confidence level data are gathered and analyzed. The learning gain is calculated from pre- and post-assessment scores. Our result shows that longer student response times are recorded in PIM classes, which are indicative of students’ tendency to spend more time deliberating on their answers after interacting with peers. Higher learning gain and confidence level are also observed for PIM classes.