Make quizzes more worthwhile

By Douglas Wise2021-04-14T05:59:00

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Follow this winning strategy to create effective questions

Good quizzes take time to construct, and students often race to complete them. And how students perform on quizzes is correlated with levels of motivation. This article looks at how to construct and conduct quizzes effectively. It also offers a quiz on energetics for the 11–14 age group, as a download and on Socrative.

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