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