Teaching Strategies : Polling with Quizzes

Accelerated Physics

Polling with Quizzes

The usual grading cycle of weekly homework and exams can delay feedback to the instructor by well over two weeks. Assessing student understanding with low stakes quizzes can both catalyze learning and serve as a classroom poll of understanding.

When work is to be shown, usually student mistakes fall into definite patterns. You can quickly sort the quizzes and grade on those equivalence classes. Since they're low stakes anyway, detailed grading rubrics like you'd impose on a exam aren't relevant here. Pass / Fail or 10/5/2 work just fine.

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