Clicking Your Way toStudent Engagement

Ken Knox, Ph.D.

Eastern Gateway Community College

Steubenville, Ohio

Who Is This?

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2. REO Speedwagon

3. Journey

4. Grand Funk Railroad

5. ?? Dude, You’re Really Old

Which are you?

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2. Unlucky

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Counterfact

Artificial Response – Actual Event

Explanatory Style

Pessimism or Optimism?

Shawn Achor, 2010

80/20 Rule10% Get It

10% Refuse to Get It

80% Impressionable Majority

Do you agree?

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1. Yes

2. No

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Are you…

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2. Part-time Faculty

3. Administration/Staff

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Your Biggest Classroom Problem

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2. Attention

3. Engagement

4. Lack of Participation

5. Lack of Preparation

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Engaged Students Learn More

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2. False

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Student Engagement

Makes me hip!

Gets their attention

Encourages participation

Avoids Death-by-PowerPoint

Assessment

Formative Assessment

Identify Areas of Weakness

Identify Areas of Emphasis

Assessment

Quizzes

Feedback

How to…Easy as PowerPoint

Play With It

Need to Know

What You Can Do…

Attendance

Reports

Customize

Colors…Graphics…Charts…Timers

How I Use Clickers…

“70 on 7” Bonus Quizzes

Pre-Test of Key Terms

Discussion Starters

Feedback for Me

My Research

Improved attendance

Better preparation

Higher test scores

Engaged students

BUS 101

70 on 7 Quiz

Chapters 6-10

The Rules of the Game

10 Questions

Everybody answers

70% of students must answer correctly on 7 questions

10 Bonus Points on test

Must be present to win

When two companies that have no common business areas merge in order to diversify,

they are forming a(n)

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2. merger.

3. conglomerate.

4. acquisition

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Which type of merger occurs when two companies share the same product lines and markets and are

in direct competition with each other?

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2. Horizontal

3. Product

4. Market extension

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In a general partnership, each partner has ________, which means each partner is responsible for the

actions of the company as a whole.

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2. unlimited liability

3. personal liability

4. default liability

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Which of the following is the MOST compelling

argument for incorporating a business?

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2. To protect the owners' personal assets

3. To hire more employees

4. To avoid paying federal taxes

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In the complex process to form a corporation, the first step is to

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2. issue stock.

3. choose a name.

4. obtain licenses and permits.

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Why would you start a business?

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2. Financial independence

3. Flexibility

4. Passionate about product/service

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It is easier for a sole proprietorship to raise funds than a partnership or

corporation

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2. False

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In a corporation, who hires the workers…

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2. Management

3. Shareholders

4. Officers

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Which of the following is not a disadvantage of a partnership?

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2. Must share control—and profits

3. Difference in opinion on company’s direction

4. More owners contribute capital

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Questions/Copies

Ken Knox

kknox@egcc.edu

Special Thanks:

www.turningtechnologies.com

Evaluations

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