Use of quiz in teaching and learning

Introduction

 A quiz is a form of test of knowledge, especially as competition between individuals or team as a form of entertainment in which players attempt to answer questions correctly about a certain or variety of subjects. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, or skills. They can also be televised for entertainment purposes, often in a game show format. With the evolving technology, the traditional way of teaching student is really gone, and teachers find new methods of teaching, and helping student ace examinations having strong academic foundation. Today, quizzes are an interactive platform for students where they participate to gain knowledge, seek opportunities to excel beyond academics, and not to rewarded with prizes. With practicing quizzes, students can do critical thinking, and get into a habit of innovative learning.

In an educational context, a quiz is usually a form of a student assessment, but often has fewer questions of less difficulty and requires less time for completion than a test. Not only are quizzes fun for students, they are also a sneaky form of learning as they don't feel like a traditional activity. Quizzes can help your students practice existing knowledge while stimulating interest in learning about new subject matter. This use is typically found in the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Dominican Republic and some colleges in India. Some instructors schedule a daily or weekly quiz ranging from five to thirty relatively easy questions for the purpose of having the students review their previous lessons before attending the next class. A "pop quiz" is a quiz that students are given no time to prepare for; they are simply surprised with it in class.

Advantages

Collaboration in small groups

Quizzes can be set up individually or in small groups. In groups, students can brainstorm to help each other. Some of the discussions they could have would never happen in an individual test.

 

 

 Quizzes can help identify gaps in knowledge

Once students have completed a topic, it is better to conduct a quiz on what they have covered. It is a fun way to end a lesson, while showing the teacher if there any gaps or areas they need to cover again in more depth. Leaving the answers open-ended can produce some great results.

Quizzes can help revision

To help students prepare for an upcoming exam or test, why not prepare a quiz to highlight any gaps in learning? It will also create a template of keywords and phrases for students to memorize. Ten keywords or sentences is a lot easier to remember as a guide, and seems far less daunting than having to revise the whole topic

 

Innovative teaching techniques using quizzes are listed below

1.      Use quizzes frequently as part of your teaching techniques.

2.      Encourage collaboration with fun classroom activities.

3.      Give helpful feedback on every question in the quiz.

4.      Make every quiz interesting using different types of questions.

5.      Put a stop to cheating with online quizzes.

 

Quiz has been developed, click the link below for fun learning and to test yourself 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11U1tsFx3Mpz9dDq15Wfr6e9aehBkm9A82pg2ibNop0E/edit 

 

Reference

1.       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz

1.      https://www.ricpublications.com.au/blog/post/the-benefits-of-quizzes-in-the-classroom/

2.      https://www.educationquizzes.com/knowledge-bank/why-are-quizzes-valuable-in-education/

3.      https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/5-teaching-techniques-for-using-online-quizzes/

4.     https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-do-quizzes-help-students-learning-deepika-lakhina