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  • Educational Psychology
  • Biology Education
  • Classroom Interaction Studies

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  • Student-to-student discussions are known to benefit learning.
  • Instructional techniques and classroom norms significantly influence student interactions.
  • The impact of accountability systems on in-class discussions requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how an in-class accountability system affects the nature of student discussions during clicker-question activities.
  • To compare the effects of voluntary reporting versus random selection for reporting on discussion quality.

Main Methods:

  • Introductory biology students participated in clicker-question discussions.
  • Two conditions were compared: volunteer call (voluntary reporting) and random call (random selection for reporting).
  • Discussion content, including reasoning exchanges and questioning, was analyzed.

Main Results:

  • The random call condition resulted in a higher proportion of discussions featuring exchanges of reasoning.
  • Discussions in the random call condition showed more instances of questioning and both on- and off-topic comments.
  • Student performance on clicker questions was not significantly impacted by the random call condition.

Conclusions:

  • Implementing a random call accountability system can enhance the quality of student interactions during class discussions.
  • While not directly improving performance on specific questions, this method may foster deeper engagement and collaborative learning.
  • This approach encourages specific types of student interactions that are believed to support overall learning.