31. GROUP QUIZ (Feedback, Collaboration, Discussion)
Description: This collaborative strategy allows students to complete an assessment together.
Application: Group quizzes boost student involvement while helping students develop critical thinking and teamwork skills.
Process: Prior to the day of the assessment, create a quiz and copy one per group. Put quiz in an envelope, one envelope per team. Create mixed ability groups of three, four, or five. Instruct students to choose a “team writer” within each group. Place one envelope in front of “team writer.” Tell students at the signal, “team writer” will open envelope and quietly ask the questions and teams of students will quietly (almost a whisper) answer them. Encourage students to huddle around the writer. To avoid a free-for-all, emphasize that the first group to answer all questions will get a bonus and the group with the most correct answers will get a bonus, creating two separate bonus opportunities.
Description: This collaborative strategy allows students to complete an assessment together.
Application: Group quizzes boost student involvement while helping students develop critical thinking and teamwork skills.
Process: Prior to the day of the assessment, create a quiz and copy one per group. Put quiz in an envelope, one envelope per team. Create mixed ability groups of three, four, or five. Instruct students to choose a “team writer” within each group. Place one envelope in front of “team writer.” Tell students at the signal, “team writer” will open envelope and quietly ask the questions and teams of students will quietly (almost a whisper) answer them. Encourage students to huddle around the writer. To avoid a free-for-all, emphasize that the first group to answer all questions will get a bonus and the group with the most correct answers will get a bonus, creating two separate bonus opportunities.
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31. Group Quiz
https://wiki.queensu.ca/download/attachments/35193560/groupquiz.pdf
31. Group Quiz
https://wiki.queensu.ca/download/attachments/35193560/groupquiz.pdf