background: the effect of frequent examinations on the students’ learning has had inconsistent results. this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of fre-quent announced quizzes on the learning of a representative sample of iranian medical students. methods: this experimental study was conducted among 37 fifth semester medical students who had taken the course in protozoology and helmintholog...

background:     purpose:     methods:     results:     conclusion:     key words:     pbl, lecture based method, education, frequent quizzes the variables such as changing the way of learning, using different methods in teaching, showing scientific films in class or, as a whole, active learning have significant effects on the results of final examination. the results showed that by changing the...

BACKGROUND The effect of frequent examinations on the students' learning has had inconsistent results. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of frequent announced quizzes on the learning of a representative sample of Iranian medical students. METHODS This experimental study was conducted among 37 fifth semester medical students who had taken the course in Protozoology and Helminthology...

BACKGROUND Exams in anatomy courses are traditionally summative. Formative testing induces retrieval practice, provides feedback and enhances learning results. We investigated the optimal frequency for retrieval practice during an anatomy course. METHOD During a first-year course, students were offered four online daily quizzes a week that assessed thoracic anatomy. Once a week they received ...

Online classrooms present a challenge in offering student to student engagement. The traditional mean for this has been discussion threads, however levels of participation and quality of responses are frequent issues. Another issue, is the amount of time on the part of the instructor to review and grade discussion threads. This paper describes and simple and innovative way to use quizzes as pee...

Objective. To assess the effectiveness of optional online quizzes written by peer tutors in a pharmacology course for doctor of pharmacy students. Methods. Online quizzes were written by peer tutors for second-year pharmacy students. Quizzes reflected the material taught during lecture and were in a format similar to that of the examinations. Data related to performance on each quiz and each ex...

Online formative assessments have become increasingly popular; however, formal evidence supporting their educational benefits is limited. This study investigated the impact of online feedback quizzes on the learning experiences and outcomes of undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory physiology course. Four quiz models were tested, which differed in the amount of credit available, the...

337 Volume 15, Number 2 and references for further reading at the end of the book. The final chapter includes descriptions of instructors who find improvements in student learning from implementing the evidence-based learning strategies in the book, as well as a useful summary of learning tips for students, life-long learners (all of us), teachers, and trainers. For example, the authors recomme...

In addition to this set of problems, you will find on the course web page the actual quizzes that were given in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013. The relevant problems from those quizzes have mostly been incorporated into these review problems, but you still may be interested in looking at the quizzes, just to see how much material has been included in each quiz. T...