[nabs-l] Animal observation and experiment for biology class

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello Suzanne,

I am not sure if each college or university uses the clicker questions in 
the same manner, but I can describe how I have been able to use them while 
attending a community college.

The professor who uses the clicker questions only uses them for review 
questions and poll questions. Therefore, if a student is not able to 
participate, or does not wish to participate, it does not effect their 
grade.

In the past, the professor handed out the clickers during class. They were 
not all that complicated as they had a layout similar to a telephone keypad. 
However, this semester students can use either a cell phone to text the 
answer, or log into the survey website with their laptop computers.

In either case, the professor reads both the question and the answers aloud 
so I can follow along with what the rest of the class is doing. When the 
professor used the clickers, all I had to do was press the button that 
corresponded with the answer while pointing it in the direction of my 
professor.

I do not know if every school uses the clickers in this same manner, but 
this is how I was able to deal with the situation. Alternative methods may 
be to ask a student sitting next to you to read the question and the 
answers, or perhaps a reader from the disabilities office if they provide 
such a service.

Even though I have had usable vision for most of my life, I have found 
non-visual techniques to be the most effective and efficient for me. Perhaps 
you may wish to give some of them a try.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth

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From: "Suzanne Germano" <sgermano at asu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 4:03 PM
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Subject: [nabs-l] Animal observation and experiment for biology class

> I am taking general biology as a lab science requirement. We have to
> observe an animal then design and experiment and then perform the
> experiment. An example that one person is doing is what percentage of time
> do duck go in the water based on temperature. We cannot do pets.
>
> I don't have people sitting around doing nothing waiting drive me 
> somewhere
> and to be my eyes and observe and animal several times.
>
> Have any of you had to do something like this? What did you find the best
> solution to be?
>
> Also clicker questions. How do you deal with them? I use a cctv to see the
> board and even with that I can't read long questions fast enough. And 
> there
> have been several times my clicker goes into change channel mode when I
> select an answer. I can't read the clicker display or the buttons. I have
> to get out my hand held cctv to read the screen and get it out of change
> channel mode by the time I fix it time is up.
>
> Suzanne
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