Multiple Choice Quizzes
This is a very popular activity that I have used with a great variety of my classes - multiple choice quizzes.
Benefits:
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Students don't find them intimidating as they are multiple choice.
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Don't take up a lot of lesson time.
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They are very easy to mark if you do mark them yourself. I often get students to mark their own so they get instant feedback, then collect in their papers to look through.
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The questions are written intelligently so that the 3 incorrect answers are common misconceptions/mistakes students make. So you can deduce what students are doing to get the wrong answer.
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Students can indicate how confident they are with their answer using the smiley faces on each question.
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They have relevant Hegarty video clips in the corner so students can watch these videos and complete the quiz on this topic if they have struggled.
I get all the questions from DiagnosticQuestions.com If you haven't come across this site before I highly recommend it. They have 1000s of multiple choice questions readily available and it is completely free to use.
I hope you enjoy using this resource! If you have any suggestions for improvements please tweet them to me at @JaggersMaths or use the contact form on this site.
Happy teaching!
- Mrs Jagger