The Many Faces of Giving Prompt Feedback Jeffrey Henriques Department of Psychology February 10, 2011

“Knowing what you know and don’t know focuses learning” Arthur Chickering

Quizzing as a Form of Learning Roedigger et al. Roedigger et al. Bjork & Bjork Bjork & Bjork

Using Review Quizzes to Enhance Learning Questions and format evolved over time Questions and format evolved over time Random presentation of 10 questions from a larger question bank Random presentation of 10 questions from a larger question bank

Creating a random quiz Create a pool of questions Create a pool of questions Specify how many items to sample for each attempt Specify how many items to sample for each attempt

Create a Random Section Folder in Your Quiz

Specify number of questions to sample

Relationship Between Personality Quiz Attempts and Test Grade

Encourage repeated self-tests by using highest score in course grades

Use Question Statistics to Identify Problem Areas

Clickers

Overview Began using infrared (IR) clickers in 2004 Began using infrared (IR) clickers in 2004 Initially did not use in every class session Initially did not use in every class session 1-2 questions per class 1-2 questions per class Fall 2006 questions but no clickers Fall 2006 questions but no clickers Spring 2007 radio frequency (rf) clickers Spring 2007 radio frequency (rf) clickers Have examined test performance and student evaluation data Have examined test performance and student evaluation data

Comparisons in Student Test Performance Between Semesters Without and Semesters With a Student Response System n = 967n = 1529n = 1642 n = 1658

What About the Questions? Classes with relatively few questions Classes with relatively few questions 4 sections without clickers 4 sections without clickers 2 sections with clickers 2 sections with clickers Classes with relatively large number of questions Classes with relatively large number of questions 5 sections with clickers 5 sections with clickers

Examining the Number of Questions Asked in Class F(1, 4013) = , p <.001

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