Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement Gaps
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Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance while Reducing Achievement Gaps
An in-class computer-based system, that included daily online testing, was introduced to two large university classes. We examined subsequent improvements in academic performance and reductions in the achievement gaps between lower- and upper-middle class students in academic performance. Students (N = 901) brought laptop computers to classes and took daily quizzes that provided immediate and p...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079774