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The Many Faces of The Many Faces of Giving Prompt Giving Prompt
FeedbackFeedbackJeffrey HenriquesJeffrey Henriques
Department of PsychologyDepartment of Psychology
February 10, 2011February 10, 2011
““Knowing what you know Knowing what you know and don’t know focuses and don’t know focuses
learning”learning”Arthur ChickeringArthur Chickering
Quizzing as a Form of Quizzing as a Form of LearningLearning
Roedigger et al.Roedigger et al.
Bjork & BjorkBjork & Bjork
Using Review Quizzes to Using Review Quizzes to Enhance LearningEnhance Learning
Questions and format evolved over timeQuestions and format evolved over time Random presentation of 10 questions from a Random presentation of 10 questions from a
larger question banklarger question bank
Creating a random Creating a random quizquiz
Create a pool of questionsCreate a pool of questions
Specify how many items to sample for Specify how many items to sample for each attempteach attempt
Create a Random Section Folder Create a Random Section Folder in Your Quizin Your Quiz
Specify number of questions Specify number of questions to sampleto sample
Relationship Between Relationship Between Personality Quiz Attempts Personality Quiz Attempts
and Test Gradeand Test Grade
Encourage repeated self-tests Encourage repeated self-tests by using highest score in course by using highest score in course gradesgrades
Use Question Statistics Use Question Statistics to Identify Problem to Identify Problem
Areas Areas
ClickersClickers
OverviewOverview
Began using infrared (IR) clickers in 2004Began using infrared (IR) clickers in 2004 Initially did not use in every class sessionInitially did not use in every class session 1-2 questions per class1-2 questions per class
Fall 2006 questions but no clickersFall 2006 questions but no clickers
Spring 2007 radio frequency (rf) clickersSpring 2007 radio frequency (rf) clickers
Have examined test performance and Have examined test performance and student evaluation datastudent evaluation data
Comparisons in Student Test Performance Comparisons in Student Test Performance Between Semesters Without and Between Semesters Without and Semesters With a Student Response Semesters With a Student Response SystemSystem
n = 967n = 1529 n = 1642n = 1658
What About the What About the Questions?Questions?
Classes with relatively few questionsClasses with relatively few questions 4 sections without clickers4 sections without clickers 2 sections with clickers2 sections with clickers
Classes with relatively large number Classes with relatively large number of questionsof questions 5 sections with clickers5 sections with clickers
Examining the Number of Examining the Number of Questions Asked in ClassQuestions Asked in Class
F(1, 4013) = 17.384, p < .001
The FutureThe Future
Publisher Created Learning SitesPublisher Created Learning Sites