Quizes……

Ø help students to learn more from the next study episode. Essentially it reduces forgetting which makes the next related study area more productive.

Ø Promote better organization of knowledge by helping the brain organize material in clusters to allow better retrieval.

Ø Testing improves transfer of knowledge to new contexts. There are several experiments referenced in the paper where tests and quizzes help transfer and application of knowledge.

Ø Quizzes improve or expanding one’s knowledge of things, either general or in specific area.

Ø Quizzes are designed to promote, a fun way to study and in the process help improve one’s general knowledge.

Ø Quiz competitions enables students to think from different angles or simply ‘to think out of the box’.

Ø Promote a healthy debate amongst participants in order to learn from each other.

Ø Aid in language development and in particular subject areas of study.

Ø Aid in language development with the questions based in the language alone.

Ø Aid in the team building process.

Ø Being fun to participate in but with a competitive element.

Ø Provok discussion and healthy debate amongst participating players / teams.

Ø Aid to relieve the tension of the daily work routine.

Ø Promots group harmony.

Ø Quiz competitions even help build the student’s soft skills.

Ø Testing identifies gaps in knowledge.

Microcosm-Microbiology quiz contest 2016-17.

NOTICE

Important Dates:

• Screening test : 6th February 2017
• Screening test paper answer keys : F.Y.B.Sc. , S.Y.B.Sc. , T.Y.B.Sc , .M.Sc. Part I, M.Sc. Part II
• Screening test results :

F.Y.B.Sc. ,

S.Y.B.Sc.

T.Y.B.Sc.

M.Sc. Part I

M.Sc. Part II

• Quiz contest : 11th February 2017.