Tiered Assessments

Because grading with TableQuiz is so quick, it's possible to give the same assessment multiple times without devoting much time to the grading process. The assessments can be tiered so that students need to do a little better each time, thus discouraging cramming and forcing better study habits. For example, consider vocab assessments in my own classroom:

Instead of...

Giving a vocab quiz over 10 new words every Friday

Consider...

Assigning a short Tablequiz for 5 minutes at the start of each day. Use a different quiz file for each day so that students seeking 100% need to score...

Monday: 2 or higher

Tuesday: 4 or higher

Wednesday: 6 or higher

Thursday: 8 or higher

Friday: All 10 vocab words.

Since TableQuiz sends all student scores to the same spreadsheet, it's easy to total or average student scores to create an overall assessment score. I've noticed that whenever I assess something this way in my classroom, students study more frequently, have a much stronger performance, and retain the information more clearly.

Shuffling Question Order

If you are worried about students memorizing the order of answers instead of the content that they're providing, consider using TableQuiz Premium to shuffle the question order on each quiz file. Visit this page for more information on shuffling or TableQuiz Premium.

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