Learning activity

Gamified quiz for competition, debate, and learning

Gamify learning with a quiz that builds strategy, teamwork, and reflection

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Natalie Berkman

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Pedagogy

Learning outcome

Prep time

Intermediate (10-30 min)

Activity type

Learning Activity

Why this learning activity?

Learning activities targeting high-order skills like this one can help you activate students more effectively. This learning activity will help you with:

Develop strategic thinking

Students learn to balance risk and accuracy through Scratch-Off Mode, adjusting their approach in later rounds.

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Collaborative problem-solving

Groups analyze their collective performance and refine their learning strategy between rounds.

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Reinforce learning through self-correction:

Students self-identify weaknesses based on which concepts they struggled with the most

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Gamified quiz for competition, debate, and learning

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Activity steps

Read instructions: Students go through the instructions to understand the activity requirements
Quiz: Students complete a quiz with several rounds and multiple-choice questions. Students answer individually but their results count towards their groups overall performance
Group results and strategy discussion: After each round, students see their group’s combined results & have time to discuss before moving on to the next round‍
Instructor debrief & final reflection: Once the quiz is complete, the instructor will debrief the class, discussing common misconceptions from the quiz, highlight teams with the best overall strategy, and encourage students to reflect

Learning Activities Used

Quiz

Low stakes assessment to improve knowledge uptake

In this activity

It is expected that the instructor facilitates this quiz live during a class with the students present
Student’s responses are submitted individually but results are shown as groups
Instructors can create multiple rounds of questions of increasing difficulty. After each round, pause for group discussion and reflection
Example questions are added around the topic of game based learning. These can be modified to fit your own class topic

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