A quiz is the cheapest lesson you can give. Across 222 classroom studies, students who were quizzed remembered more than students who reread the same material (Yang and others, 2021). The quiz does not need a grade to work. It needs to make each student pull the answer out of memory.
Why short and often beats long and once
Memory fades on a curve, and a question asked again just before it fades holds it longer each time. Gaps between reviews help most when they grow with how long you need the knowledge (Cepeda and others, 2006). A miss that comes back until it is answered right on separate days holds for weeks after the test (Rawson and Dunlosky, 2011).
Mixing topics in one quiz feels harder and works better. Students who practiced mixed problems scored 61 percent a month later, against 38 percent for those who practiced one kind at a time (Rohrer and others, 2020).
How it runs on Aefing
- Make the quiz. Write your own questions in ten kinds, from multiple choice to ordering and short answer, or start from the sample above.
- Give your class a join code. Students join with the link, on their own phones. You see their results on what you assign, never their own study.
- Assign it with a due date. Each student answers, sees the key and why, and every miss comes back in their own daily review.
- See what was missed. The responses show the questions your class missed most, so the next lesson starts there.
Try it as your students would
The sample has three questions from three fields. Take it the way a student would, then make it yours, rename it, and change the questions to your subject. Your class joins with a code, and nobody needs an email.