At the end of each chapter, a quiz brings together multiple concepts into one real-world example. These quizzes align with student learning outcomes and give students opportunities to practice transferring knowledge from the examples in the text to new contexts.
Chapter quizzes are currently available in Psychology in the Real World, Biology: Life at Every Level, Sociology: You Are Here, and Texas Politics.
Completing chapter quizzes
Each chapter quiz starts with a real-world scenario presented in a carousel. These carousels are intentionally designed to feel similar to a format students may already be accustomed to from social media and popular outlets.
After reading the scenario, students answer questions to demonstrate their understanding of chapter concepts.
Knowledge transfer and scaffolding
The formative assessment questions distributed throughout the chapter provide scaffolding for the quiz questions at the end of the chapter so students are prepared to apply what they’ve learned.
For example, in the entropy chapter in our biology webtext, students answer questions on every page to check their understanding of concepts like thermal energy and metabolism. Then, in the end-of-chapter quiz, they apply these concepts to a scenario illustrating how the fennec fox manages thermal energy within an environment.
Quiz scores and data for instructors
Like all multiple-choice questions in the webtext, chapter quizzes are graded automatically as students complete them. If your webtext is integrated with your school’s LMS, these points will flow to your gradebook automatically.
Instructors can use Analytics in the Tools Menu of their webtext to dive deeper into student performance on these quizzes:
Monitor individual progress: Use the Scores view in Analytics to see a student’s percentage of correct answers. You can also click Activity History beneath a specific quiz question to see a timeline of a student’s attempts and which answers they selected.
Review overall class performance: Toggle to the Page view and click the section average percentage to see the average number of attempts and scores on each question for your whole class on a specific quiz.
Identify learning gaps: Generate an MC Question Response Summary report to download a CSV of aggregated response data. This helps pinpoint common misconceptions and areas of student confusion that you can address in class.
For more detailed guides on how to use these tools, explore our full collection of articles on Analytics.
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