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Table 3 Summary of independent observations during lectures

From: Electronic voting to encourage interactive lectures: a randomised trial

 

No EVS Breast cancer topic

EVS Breast cancer topic

No EVS Cervical cancer topic*

EVS Cervical cancer topic

Minutes spent per lecture

50

37

45

45

Order of lecture in afternoon

2

1

1

2

% Students participating

40%

100%**

96%

100%**

Mean (standard deviation) no. students writing/5 minute interval

15 (3)

14 (10)

13 (6)

11(8)

%. students writing during lecture

77%

82%

89%

77%

No. level 1 interactions

0

3

6

4

No. level 2 interactions

1

3

4

5

No. level 3 interactions

0

2

3

0

No. student-student interactions

11

12

21

11

  1. *This lecturer instigated discussion questions in the classroom. 33% of the student-student interactions occurred at this point.
  2. **All students participated during the usage of the EVS. Very little participation occurred out of those times.