Advantages of Daily Quizzes
Found in Teaching & Advising > Grading & Assessment of Students
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Students tend to actually read the material.
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Students show up for class on time since the quiz always comes first.
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Students are placed in the right attitude for learning.
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Students feel more confident to discuss the material.
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Students raise their grades by simply reading the material.
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The start of class is signaled.
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The quiz provides a good lead-in for either a lecture or discussion of the material.
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Students grow curious about the answers. At the end of class (when the suspense is killing them), I usually answer any quiz question that didn't naturally pop up during class.
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The easy chance to do well gives students a feeling of self-esteem.
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40 quizzes can be graded in about five minutes, and I don't feel a need to ask factual questions on tests just to see if they've read the material.
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Students are provided with a real foundation for intellectual growth (How can a student truly learn to interpret a work without knowing the facts? Note the case study method in law school depends on the students first grasping the essential facts of the case).
Charlie Sweet
Eastern Kentucky
SOURCE: Blythe, Hal & Sweet, Charlie, It Works for Me! Shared Tips for Teaching. New Forums Press, Inc., Stillwater, OK, 1998.