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ERIC Number: EJ608955
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6283
Unannounced Quizzes Raise Test Scores Selectively for Mid-Range Students.
Graham, Robert B.
Teaching of Psychology, v26 n4 p271-73 Aut 1999
Explores the impact of unannounced quizzes on students' performance on examinations by comparing course segments with quizzes to segments without quizzes. Finds that test scores following quizzes averaged half a letter grade higher than scores from segments without quizzes; C students demonstrated a grade gain of 84% of a letter grade. (CMK)
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Psychology, Scores, Student Improvement, Student Motivation, Student Reaction, Study Habits, Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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