Clicker Use At The University of South Alabama Departments of Psychology & Biology (N=535 students) 1. The use of clickers has affected my attendance in this class. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) I come less often Not at all I come more often
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48% attend more often (D & E)
2. The use of clickers caused my attention in class to (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) decrease remain the same increase a lot
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45% pay better attention (D & E) 3. The use of clickers in class has caused my grades to be (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) much lower unaffected much higher
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40% feel that their grades will be higher (D & E)
4. The use of clickers helped me understand the material in class. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Not at all Somewhat better Much better
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70% feel that clickers help them understand better (B – E) 5. The use of clickers made me listen to the lectures (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) much less hasn't affected me much more
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41% feel that clickers help them to listen better (D & E)
6. Overall, I think the use of clickers in class is (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) a big distraction I don't care very helpful
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59% feel that clickers are helpful (D & E) 7. I think the price of clickers is (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) cheap, cheap OK Expensive!
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61% feel that clickers are expensive (E)
8. When I submit my answer on a clicker, my response is (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) lost in the ether usually received received all the time
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95% are confident that the clicker signals are usually received (C, D & E) 9. I think the clickers should be (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) crushed and burned Used sometimes used all the time
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80% feel that clickers should be used [sometimes or more often] (C, D&E)
10. How often is the clicker used for attendance in your class? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) never 1-2 times 3-4 times 4-5 times too many to count
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55% report that attendance is taken frequently (E) 11. How often is the clicker used for quizzes in your class? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) never 1-2 times 3-4 times 4-5 times too many to count
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50% of the students report clickers have been used for quizzes (B, C, D & E)
12. How often is the clicker used for major tests in your class? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) never 1-2 times 3-4 times 4-5 times too many to count
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30% report that clickers have been used for major tests (B, C, D & E) 13. How often is the clicker used for opinions or class participation in your class? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) never 1-2 times 3-4 times 4-5 times too many to count
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72% report that clickers are used for class participation (B, C, D & E)
14. How much money did you spend on clickers? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 0 - $10 $10 - $25 $25 - $40 $40 - $60 more
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30% report that their clicker cost $40-60 15. I think my grades will be ______because of using the clicker. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) much lower unchanged much higher
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40% believe that using clickers will raise their grades (D & E)
16. My clicker has broken down ___ times in the past year (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) never Once Twice 3 times 4 or more times
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90% report zero technology failures (A) 17. I have used the numeric inputs on the clicker. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) never occasionally A lot
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33% report some use of numeric inputs (B – E)