The students always grumble and moan when they enter the room and there is a daily quiz on the board. The grumbling often dissipates and they usually start working on it quietly soon after they enter the room. Some tips for everyone out there that thinks they might want to do a daily quiz.
First, it is not really daily, maybe two three times a week depending on the content covered. More quizzes on the harder material to effectively see where everyone's understanding is. Material included can be one or two lessons prior to quiz, again depending on the content.
Second, make the quiz relatively short so that they may take 5 minutes to take and then a couple minutes to correct and answer any questions. To long of a quiz might run into your lesson.
Lastly, you can make it formal or informal, keep the students effort up by grading some or just see what material needs more review. This keeps the students honest and on their toes, also have them correct with highlighters, so the teacher can do a quick check and see how many problems are being missed.
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I really like this idea!...I can see how it works well in math..I have a similar technique using vocab that usually gets the same grumbles...I try to make it interesting and after awhile they just endure it....
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of a daily quiz as kind of an opener..I have been asking questions as kind of a rehash of the day before but of course the same students answer over and over again...I like making everyone answer the question so it could be a great assessment tool as well...
ReplyDeleteWould you recommend having the daily warm-up something they work on prior to the bell ringing in the beginning of the class? I'm still searching for an opener that is more than just writing down the daily assignment. I'm beginning to think that having a different one for each day of the week might be an option.
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