Effect of online practice exams on student performance

Muxin Zhang, Andrew Engel, Tim Stelzer, Jason W. Morphew

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Abstract

Online practice exams have been important tools for students to prepare for their actual exams in our large introductory-level physics courses at the University of Illinois. Using data collected in the past few years, we found that, although students valued these online tools, their participation in the practice exams did not correlate with their actual exam performance. We also found that, with our old practice exam delivery format, students’ performance in the practice exams might not reflect their actual abilities and could give them an “illusion of understanding”.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPhysics Education Research Conference, PERC 2019
EditorsYing Cao, Steven Wolf, Michael Bennett
PublisherAmerican Association of Physics Teachers
Pages682-686
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781931024365
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
EventPhysics Education Research Conference, PERC 2019 - Provo, United States
Duration: Jul 24 2019Jul 25 2019

Publication series

NamePhysics Education Research Conference Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1539-9028
ISSN (Electronic)2377-2379

Conference

ConferencePhysics Education Research Conference, PERC 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityProvo
Period7/24/197/25/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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