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Taking intermittent quizzes reduces achievement gaps and enhances online learning, even in highly distracting environments

  • Written by Jason C.K. Chan, Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
Taking intermittent quizzes reduces achievement gaps and enhances online learning, even in highly distracting environmentsMore Americans are learning remotely.Drazen/E+ via Getty Images

Inserting brief quiz questions into an online lecture can boost learning and may reduce racial achievement gaps, even when students are tuning in remotely in a distracting environment.

That’s a main finding of our recent research published in Communications Psychology. With...

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