The effect of short formative diagnostic web quizzes with minimal feedback

• Published in: Computers and education Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 234 - 242
• Main Authors: Bälter, Olle, Enström, Emma, Klingenberg, Bernhard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Distance education and telelearning; Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Formative Evaluation; Higher Education; Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environments; Post-secondary education; Questioning Techniques; Student Attitudes; Study Habits; Sweden; Test Format; Tests; United States; United States; Sweden; Interactive learning environments; Distance education and telelearning; Improving classroom teaching; Post-secondary education
• ISSN: 0360-1315; 1873-782X; 1873-782X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.08.014

To help students gauge their understanding of basic concepts and encourage good study habits, we administered short online quizzes that use generic questions in the crucial first few weeks of a course. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether the combination of these web quizzes with gene...