1. Copyright © 1995-2013 Questionmark Corporation and/or Questionmark Computing Limited, known collectively as Questionmark. All rights reserved. Questionmark is a registered trademark of Questionmark Computing Limited. All other trademarks are acknowledged. Research on learning benefit of assessments and feedback John Kleeman, Questionmark 16 May 2013

2. Copyright © 1995-2013 Questionmark Corporation and/or Questionmark Computing Limited, known collectively as Questionmark. All rights reserved. Questionmark is a registered trademark of Questionmark Computing Limited. All other trademarks are acknowledged.  Francis Bacon, 1620 If you read anything over twenty times, you will not learn it by heart so easily as if you were to read it only ten, trying to repeat it between whiles, and when memory failed, looking at the book. Retrieval helps you learn Slide 2

3. Copyright © 1995-2013 Questionmark Corporation and/or Questionmark Computing Limited, known collectively as Questionmark. All rights reserved. Questionmark is a registered trademark of Questionmark Computing Limited. All other trademarks are acknowledged. Learning Slide 3 Receive information Working memory Long term memory

4. Copyright © 1995-2013 Questionmark Corporation and/or Questionmark Computing Limited, known collectively as Questionmark. All rights reserved. Questionmark is a registered trademark of Questionmark Computing Limited. All other trademarks are acknowledged. Cue Question Other stimulus Search Retrieve from long term memory Act Act or respond  Research shows retrieval practice modifies memory to help future retrieval Learning useful if can retrieve Slide 4

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6. Copyright © 1995-2013 Questionmark Corporation and/or Questionmark Computing Limited, known collectively as Questionmark. All rights reserved. Questionmark is a registered trademark of Questionmark Computing Limited. All other trademarks are acknowledged.  Retrieval practice helps retention of learning  Recall  Formative quizzes/tests  Self-assessment  Question types  Unprompted (e.g. short answer) best  Multiple choice quizzes also work Retrieval practice Slide 6

7. Copyright © 1995-2013 Questionmark Corporation and/or Questionmark Computing Limited, known collectively as Questionmark. All rights reserved. Questionmark is a registered trademark of Questionmark Computing Limited. All other trademarks are acknowledged.  Learners do not expect to forget  Quizzes encourage/force retrieval practice  Quizzes give corrective feedback  Important with multiple choice questions to avoid reinforcement of errors Computer quizzes are effective retrieval practice because … Slide 7

8. Copyright © 1995-2013 Questionmark Corporation and/or Questionmark Computing Limited, known collectively as Questionmark. All rights reserved. Questionmark is a registered trademark of Questionmark Computing Limited. All other trademarks are acknowledged.  For more information check http://blog.questionmark.com or email me at john@questionmark.com http://blog.questionmark.com john@questionmark.com E-assessment doesn’t just measure, it also helps you learn Slide 8