Benefits of adding quizzes/test to learning
Quizzes and tests help people to learn faster in a more interactive manner because it involves thinking back to information previously learned and bringing it to mind. They also give the instructor an opportunity to know where the student is lacking, but that's not all...
Quizzes motvate
With quizzes, students are more invested in learning because they get feedback in where they failed, this can result in motivation to not bring in such results again.
Quizzes help students learn
With quizzes, information is retrieved directly. This helps students learn by bringing the information to the mind. this is repetition which is one important element of learning. This helps with remembering what was learned.
Quizzes help students transfer knowledge to new context
The use of quizzes can improve students’ ability to apply the information in new situations.
Quizzes give instructors feedback
Frequent quizzes give instructors an idea of how well a student and the class as a whole, grasps knowledge. With this, instructors know if they need to do something different during class, such as the way they explain something or bring in an engaging activity to make sure the content is clear.
Quizzes increase attendance of students
This is not rigid because, for a number of students, failure in quizzes can result in their not attending further classes. For a good number though, with frequent mark-carrying quizzes, they realize the need to always be in class. It also helps them always be prepared for a random quiz
Quizzes encourage thinking outside the box
Quizzes motivate students to think from different angles or simply think 'outside the box' in an attempt to answer the provided questions
fun quizzes releases tension
When quizzes are set up in a fun way, the tension of a test/examination' situation is released therefore motivating students to work even harder.
Quizzes makes students pay more attention
Students may pay closer attention to the teaching and books when they are expecting to be quizzed. When students expect a quiz often, they perform better.
Quizzes cause better reading and assimilation ability
for a student going to study after a quiz, his/her reading is more efficient because they now know where they are weak and have gained a better idea of how well they are grasping the material. Hopefully, this motivates them to study more and helping them allocate their study time effectively by focusing on the information that still needs more practice.
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