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A. AWOFALA, Modiu K. OLAGURO, Samuel A. OLAOLUWA  \nAbstract: In university education, lecturers often adopt didactic lectures in undergraduate calculus classes. This method has been judged for making students passive recipients of calculus knowledge who cannot construct their own knowledge of the discipline. One way to make didactic lecture more interactive and engaging in calculus class is to encourage lecturers to integrate elements such as visual aids, real-life examples, stories or anecdotes, questions and discussion, and interactive technologies like polls or quizzes into calculus teaching. One interactive technology currently gaining ground in higher education is Plickers. Plickers is a relatively new audience response system (ARS) tool that allows a lecturer to collect real-time feedback from students using a mobile app and paper-based cards to inform instruction. This study investigated students’attitudes towards Plickers as a low-cost pedagogical tool to foster active learning in an undergraduate calculus course. A quantitative approach within the scheme of a cross-sectional survey design was adopted and primary data relating to attitudes towards Plickers were collected with a valid and reliable instrument tagged Attitudes towards Plickers in Calculus Scale (ATPCS, Cronbach’s alpha Coefficient =0.96) from 336 undergraduate calculus students. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation, percentage, and frequency and inferential statistics of an independent samples t-test. Results revealed that all the students had positive attitudes towards Plickers in calculus instruction. Additionally, there was a significant influence of gender on calculus students’ attitudes towards Plickers in favour of the females (t(2, 334) = -2.89, p=0.004) . The findings showed that when implemented effectively, Plickers helped to sustain and improve students’ attitudes in calculus instruction. This study recommended the adoption of Plickers as a low-cost alternative to the deficiencies inherent in didactic lecture.  \nKey words: Attitudes, undergraduate, students, plickers, calculus  \n1. Introduction  \nThe word calculus evokes anxiety among undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) . In Ugandan universities, calculus is a compulsory course for all undergraduate students in STEM fields. It is an advanced course in which undergraduate students often perform poorly (Awofala & Odogwu, 2017) . Calculus is a prerequisite for taking more advanced courses such as mathematical methods and differential equations in Ugandan universities. Thus, calculus could be regarded as a gate-keeping course (Wilkins, Bowen, & Mullins, 2021) . In most universities in Uganda, calculus is taught through didactic lectures. In didactic lectures, the lecturer is a sage on the stage, who dishes out knowledge to passive students. With didactic lecture, the lecturer follows a one-way communication in which structured calculus contents are delivered by the authority figure whose sole aim is to transmit calculus knowledge with limited student interaction. The advantages of didactic lectures in a traditional calculus class are principally a clear organization and structure, efficiency in presenting complex calculus information, and efficient ways to cover large amounts of calculus contents (Arigbabu & Awofala, 2023) . Disadvantages of didactic lectures include limited opportunities for student interaction and engagement, the inability to adapt to the needs of students with different learning styles, and the fact that they are passive and boring for most students.(Arigbabu et al., 2023) .  \nHowever, calculus students need competencies in communication skills, self-directed learning, problem-solving, teamwork, and critical thinking (Awofala, & Lawal, 2022; Awofala, Ojo, Okunuga, Babajide, Olabiyi, & Adenle, 2019; Okunuga, Awofal","cbCaiih8tpp7tI6d","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiih8tpp7tI6d","pdf",323651,11,"English","# Introduction\n## Didactic lectures in undergraduate calculus\n## Need for interactive approaches and active learning\n## Audience response systems (ARS) and Plickers","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study investigates undergraduate students’ attitudes toward using Plickers in an undergraduate calculus course to support active learning.\"},{\"question\":\"How was students’ attitude toward Plickers measured?\",\"answer\":\"Attitudes were measured using a valid and reliable instrument called the Attitudes towards Plickers in Calculus Scale (ATPCS), with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.96.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the results show about students’ attitudes?\",\"answer\":\"All surveyed students showed positive attitudes toward Plickers in calculus instruction.\"},{\"question\":\"Did gender affect students’ attitudes toward Plickers?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. The results indicated a significant influence of gender on attitudes toward Plickers, favoring female students.\"}]","STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS PLICKERS IN UNDERGRADUATE CALCULUS COURSE | PDF",1792065023,28]