The Use of Group Tests to Promote Collaboration and Learning: Do They Work?

Autor/in	Gilbride, Kimberley Ann
Titel	The Use of Group Tests to Promote Collaboration and Learning: Do They Work?
Quelle	In: McGill Journal of Education, 55 (2020) 1, S.237-257 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-0666
Schlagwörter	Group Testing; Cooperative Learning; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Science Instruction; Microbiology; Retention (Psychology); Multiple Choice Tests; Active Learning; Grades (Scholastic); Performance Factors; Instructional Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Canada (Toronto) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppentest; Kooperatives Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Mikrobiologie; Merkfähigkeit; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Aktives Lernen; Notenspiegel; Leistungsindikator; Unterrichtserfolg; Ausland
Abstract	The research was carried out to determine whether the use of group tests for undergraduate science students to augment lecture material in a second-year core course in microbiology would improve the retention of material on a subsequent regular mid-term/final exam. On three separate occasions, the students were asked to complete short multiple-choice tests individually and then were asked to get together in groups of 4 to re-answer the same questions. The discussions they had in the groups improved their individual marks by 10.9% in the first test, 14.5% in the second test and 20.9% in the third test. Overall, the class average was 2.5% better than the previous year. The majority of the students indicated that the group tests improved their understanding and helped them to learn the lecture material. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01