We don't have a great way to deal with this....but a few instructors have just seized both clickers....and not returned them till the students came to office hours and explained The issue here might be how points are awarded.....here if students respond 80% of the time they get full marks....this calms the students down when batteries go dead, clickers are forgotten, or people are sick Here in engineering we award points just for participation (answer does not need to be right) In Science here they award both participation and correctness -- Jim Sibley Director Centre for Instructional Support Faculty of Applied Science University of British Columbia 2208-6250 Applied Science Lane Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4 Phone 604.822.9241 Fax 604.822.7006 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://cis.apsc.ubc.ca e-Portfolio: http://ipeer.apsc.ubc.ca/wiki/index.php/Jim_Sibley_Portfolio ________________________________________________ © Copyright 2010, Jim Sibley, All rights reserved The information contained in this e-mail message and any attachments (collectively "message") is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient (or recipients) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, use, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, and delete the message. > From: Michael Sweet <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Michael Sweet <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:17:48 -0600 > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: More clicker responses than students in the room > > . . . means someone in the room has an absent friend's clicker and is cheating > for them. > > Anyone run into this? > > Got any clever, low-hassle methods for identifying the culprits with classes > of 100-300? > > -M > > > > Michael Sweet, Ph.D. > Faculty Development Specialist > Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA) > University of Texas Austin > MAI 2206 * (512) 232-1775 > > "Teaching is the profession that makes all other professions possible." - Todd > Witaker