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THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL ONLINE TESTS IN ADDITION TO GROUP ASSIGNMENTS ON STUDENT LEARNING Ronald Huisman and Helen E. Reedijk, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands In this paper we examine
whether a specific setup of online tests improves students’
learning. To do so, we study the results of students that followed
the Mathematics course within the Bachelor 1 program of the Erasmus
School of Economics between September and October 2011. During this
course, students worked in groups completing exercises assisted by
teachers. On top of that, the students had the opportunity to
participate in weekly tests provided on their digital learning
platform. These tests consisted of exercises with which they could
test their individual knowledge. After doing the test, the students
received automated individual feedback and could redo the test in
order to apply the feedback directly. We found, while controlling
for the students’ entry level of knowledge measured through a
diagnostic test made at the beginning of the course, that students
who actively took the tests obtained a significantly higher
probability of passing the exam and obtained a significantly higher
grade for the course. |
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