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Do Quizzes Matter?

General Psychology is the largest of UNM’s 20 “killer” courses for lower division undergraduate students. Before the Pew Grant for Redesign (2001), 41% of students failed to attain a grade of C or better. Goals: (1) Improve success while (2) lowering cost (49% after redesign)

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Do Quizzes Matter?

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  1. General Psychology is the largest of UNM’s 20 “killer” courses for lower division undergraduate students. Before the Pew Grant for Redesign (2001), 41% of students failed to attain a grade of C or better. Goals: (1) Improve success while (2) lowering cost (49% after redesign) Solutions: (1) Programmed Self-Instruction (PSI)? (2) Consolidation of sections

  2. WebCT Quizzes Instead of PSI? • 3 Quizzes per week • 20 Questions per quiz • Timed (20 min) • Unlimited repeats • Highest score counts • 1 Point per question Do Quizzes Matter?

  3. Do (Required)Quizzes Matter? Spring 2002: Same Instructor Quizzes Required Quizzes Optional High Score Percentage of Students Number Attempts Students performed better when quizzes were required (top). With required quizzes (far left), Students who received course grades of A received higher quiz scores and attempted more quizzes than students who received other grades; A students took less time to complete quizzes than B or C students. When quizzes were optional (near left), few students performed as well on quizzes (or exams) than students in the section where quizzes were required. Ave. Duration (min) Weekly Mastery Quizzes Weekly Mastery Quizzes

  4. Do (Required)Quizzes Matter? Spring 2005: Different Instructors Class Percentage

  5. Do (Required)Quizzes Matter? Class Percentage

  6. Do Quizzes Matter? r = .93

  7. Do Quizzes Matter? Average Score (80 Questions) Average Pretest and Posttest scores; quizzes required. During the first two weeks, students who took the Pretest received extra credit for taking a computer version of the Final Exam (they did not know it was the Final); the Posttest was the Final Exam (week 17).

  8. Do Quizzes Matter? Class Percentage Percentage of students receiving grades of C or better in General Psychology 105.001, fall 2000 through spring 2006. Fall 2000 was taught in a traditional manner; i.e., students attended lectures, read the textbook, and took exams. Beginning with the pilot study in fall, 2001, students were required to complete three sets of mastery quizzes per week (approximately 45 quizzes, total).

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