Pearson, RJ (2020) Clickers versus Plickers: Comparing Two Audience Response Systems in a Smartphone-Free Teaching Environment. Journal of Chemical Education, 97 (8). pp. 2342-2346. ISSN 0021-9584

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Abstract

This study compared the performance of two audience response systems (ARSs) without students requiring smartphone technology or Internet access during problem-based learning (PBL) activities. Clicker handsets linked to a radio frequency (RF) receiver and paper voting cards, known as Plickers, which display a QR code (two-dimensional barcode) that can be captured by the instructor using a standard camera on a tablet device, represent two audience response platforms that allow students to vote in classrooms where smartphones are prohibited. Following regular usage of both by 157 first-year undergraduates, the proportion of the cohort voting with each polling platform was compared across 65 polling events as a measure of student compliance and engagement, and by deduction ARS performance. Results from this study showed that both clickers and Plickers achieved satisfactory cohort compliance rates of 87.22% and 78.26%, respectively. Anonymous student survey data overwhelming favored the clicker handsets over the Plicker voting cards, which was, in part, justified by clicker usage being more self-explanatory than that of Plickers; however, from an instructor’s perspective, both voting platforms adequately captured the level of students’ understanding during interactive sessions where problem-solving opportunities were embedded while maintaining a smartphone-free environment.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: The final version of this article along with all relevant information regarding copyrights can be found at; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00464
Uncontrolled Keywords: First-Year Undergraduate/General, Laboratory Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Problem Solving/Decision Making, Acids/Bases, Chirality/Optical Activity, Nomenclature, Reactions, Reactive Intermediates
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering
Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 28 Jul 2020 15:41
Last Modified: 21 Jul 2021 01:30
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/8439

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