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Area of Science:

  • Genetics Education
  • Higher Education Pedagogy
  • Educational Technology

Background:

  • Classroom response systems, commonly known as clickers, are widely adopted in undergraduate science education.
  • The efficacy of clickers in enhancing specific student skills, such as problem-solving, requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of clickers in improving problem-solving skills within an undergraduate genetics course.
  • To determine the relationship between clicker question engagement and student performance on exams.

Main Methods:

  • Students in a genetics class were presented with concept-application problems and polled using clickers.
  • Response histograms were displayed, followed by group discussions to clarify understanding.
  • Similar problems were re-posed to assess learning gains.

Main Results:

  • Students who initially struggled with problems improved their ability to solve similar problems after discussion.
  • A statistically significant positive correlation was found between overall exam grades and the percentage of clicker questions attempted.
  • No clear correlation existed between exam grades and the percentage of clicker questions answered correctly.

Conclusions:

  • Active engagement with clicker-based problems, including attempts and discussions, enhances students' problem-solving capacity.
  • The act of attempting to solve problems using clickers is more indicative of future exam success than merely answering correctly.