Presenter: John Kleeman, Chairman, Questionmark

Title:Timing is Everything : Using psychology research to make your assessments more effective

Synopsis:

This interactive session shares some results from cognitive psychology research and suggests how they can be used to make your Questionmark assessments more effective.

One of the strongest findings from research is that learning is far more effective if it is spaced out over time instead of being delivered all at once. There is evidence that giving regular quizzes to people gives benefit from spacing, both by encouraging spaced out study for the quizzes and via the learning from actually taking the quizzes and seeing the feedback. How real is this benefit and how can we use it in practice?

Psychology research also shows us that taking a quiz or test directly helps you retain information – the more you practice retrieving something, the more like you are to retain it for the long term. Where does this apply and how can we design tests and quizzes to maximize its effect?

This fun, interactive session uses questions and exercises to help you learn about psychology research and how you can apply it with your Questionmark assessments.

Learning objectives:

• Appreciate the benefit of spacing out learning and understand how to apply this to assessments
• Understand how quizzes and tests aid retention of learning long term
• Know where to go to find out more
  
  

Recommended Experience Level: All

Presenter Bio:

John Kleeman is the Founder and Chairman of Questionmark. He has a first class degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, and is a Chartered Engineer. John wrote the first version of the Questionmark assessment software system and then founded Questionmark in 1988 to market, develop and support it. John has been heavily involved in assessment software development for over 20 years and has also participated in several standards initiatives: he was on the original team that created IMS QTI and was the instigator and chairman of the panel that produced the Standard BS 7988, which has now become ISO 23988.