1. Can I retake my quiz? No, you may not retake quizzes.
2. Is there a curve? Yes. The highest score sets the curve; if you do not see a curve on the quiz it means that someone (or multiple individuals) scored a 100.
3. This quiz grade dropped my overall grade dramatically, what can I do? Don't panic. It is the beginning of the quarter; you will have multiple quizzes throughout the nine weeks. One quiz grade will not have a significant impact on your overall grade. HOWEVER, multiple low quiz grades WILL impact your grade. Remember that all quizzes often lead to a unit test. If you struggled to understand the material on the first quiz, use this as motivation to dive back into the text, figure out what you misunderstood, and begin preparing for the next assessment.
4. Can I see my quiz to see what questions I missed? Absolutely! However, you must do this during EXCEL.
5. Why do we have so many quizzes? Educational Research has shown that quizzes over small units significantly improve a student's overall academic understanding.
There is decades worth of research suggesting that students who are frequently quizzed or tested have better educational outcomes than students who are not tested. In the middle of the 20th century, Fitch, et al (1951) studied whether frequent quizzes would improve student learning during a college lecture course. Over the course of their study, all participating students were taught the same material during lectures, completed the same reading assignments, and had time at the end of each class period for open discussion. The experimental group also completed a 10-minute quiz each week while the control group did not. At the end of the study period, students in the quiz group achieved significantly higher scores than the students in the control group, leading the researchers to conclude that: “frequent testing of achievement in the college lecture classroom may motivate such outside endeavors as will result in superior achievement” (p. 19). -K.P. Cross Academy