{"title":"Weekly online quizzes to a mathematics course for engineering students","authors":"Sandra Gaspar Martins","doi":"10.1093/teamat/hrw011","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A set of weekly optional online quizzes was used with 104 students on a Multivariable Calculus course (MC), via the Moodle online system. These quizzes contributed a maximum of two extra points, and this was awarded if the student scored more than 9 points (out of 20) on the exam. All the students got the same questions and could resubmit the answers without penalty. There were usually several sub-questions embedded in each item. The effectiveness of these quizzes, applied with this set of strategies, was studied using students’ adherence and performance. Students’ vision of quizzes was also studied: usefulness, fairness, effect on the amount of study, awareness of the student’s level of understanding, and influence on outcome scores.","PeriodicalId":44578,"journal":{"name":"Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications","volume":"36 1","pages":"56-63"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/teamat/hrw011","citationCount":"11","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8151942/","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A set of weekly optional online quizzes was used with 104 students on a Multivariable Calculus course (MC), via the Moodle online system. These quizzes contributed a maximum of two extra points, and this was awarded if the student scored more than 9 points (out of 20) on the exam. All the students got the same questions and could resubmit the answers without penalty. There were usually several sub-questions embedded in each item. The effectiveness of these quizzes, applied with this set of strategies, was studied using students’ adherence and performance. Students’ vision of quizzes was also studied: usefulness, fairness, effect on the amount of study, awareness of the student’s level of understanding, and influence on outcome scores.
期刊介绍:
The journal provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences which contribute to the improvement of mathematics teaching and learning for students from upper secondary/high school level through to university first degree level. A distinctive feature of the journal is its emphasis on the applications of mathematics and mathematical modelling within the context of mathematics education world-wide. The journal"s readership consists of mathematics teachers, students, researchers and those concerned with curriculum development and assessment, indeed anyone concerned about the education of users of mathematics.