Online quizzes appeal to me for several reasons:
- They don't waste paper
- You don't have to circle things, colour in dots: the computer remembers your answers!
- Computer marks the data
- They can be accessed online from anywhere
- They can be secured or public access
- There are many online quizzes with different functions and characteristics
- Time restrictions can be easily reinforced
- You have access to Internet while doing quizzes
However there are downside:
- They can be time consuming
- Long quizzes can be frustrating and/or boring
- Not all can be saved to come back to later
- Power outings can ruin assessment quizzes
- Assessment quizzes have to be structured in a way that anticipates the participant to Google answers
- It can be easy to accidentally click the wrong thing or scroll down and change your answer unintentionally.
Online quizzes could have many useful applications to an educator. Profiling learners through such online quizzes (where there's no opportunity to cheat) would be a useful. The learners may be excited about interacting with digital technology whilst at the same time the teacher would collect valuable information about the learner and the ways they best learn. As a future mathematics teacher I would also like to note that online multiple choice mathematics quizzes would be a great tool for advanced students as an extension of their learning.
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