Students' Strategic Usage of Formative Quizzes in an Undergraduate Course in Abstract Algebra

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Frank Feudel; Alexander Unger

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Besides homework assignments, optional quizzes are a commonly used means for formative assessment in tertiary mathematics education. Instructors, for example, implement these to help students detect gaps in their understanding, or to foster a continuous and active engagement with the content. The extent to which these goals are reached, however, strongly depends on how students actually use such quizzes, which is currently an underexplored topic. We investigated this issue in an undergraduate abstract algebra course with a study using a mixed-methods design. Unlike previous research suggesting that students use optional quizzes in tertiary mathematics courses mainly for rehearsal or for a final self-check of their own performance, our study indicates that students also use such quizzes in many other ways, for example for planning their further learning, or for deepening their understanding of the content of the course. Furthermore, our study shows differences regarding students' quiz usage during the semester and when preparing for the final exam. Finally, the data propose factors that influence the way students use optional quizzes, for example time constraints due to other obligations during the semester, the perceived difficulty of the questions, or the opportunity to discuss these with peers. This leads to several suggestions regarding the implementation of optional quizzes into tertiary mathematics courses.

Dados da obra

Tipo
Artigo
Periódico
International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
Ano
2024
Idioma
en
Palavras-chave
Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Study; Mathematics Education; College Mathematics; Mathematics Tests; Algebra; Teaching Methods; Instructional Materials; Study Habits; Student Attitudes
Temas
Álgebra, Avaliação
ISSN
2198-9745
Acesso
Metadados apenas
Fontes
ERIC — Education Resources Information Center
Na Biblioteca desde
01/10/2026 · verificada em 03/10/2026

Como citar

ABNT
FEUDEL, Frank; UNGER, Alexander. Students' Strategic Usage of Formative Quizzes in an Undergraduate Course in Abstract Algebra. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2024. Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40753-022-00194-9. Acesso em: 5 nov. 2026.

APA

Feudel, F., & Unger, A. (2024). Students' Strategic Usage of Formative Quizzes in an Undergraduate Course in Abstract Algebra. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40753-022-00194-9

BibTeX
@article{feudel2024,
  author = {Feudel, Frank and Unger, Alexander},
  title = {Students' Strategic Usage of Formative Quizzes in an Undergraduate Course in Abstract Algebra},
  year = {2024},
  journal = {International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40753-022-00194-9},
  language = {en}
}
RIS
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PY  - 2024
JO  - International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
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