Quizizz Lessons

*A great tool for collaboration, the "share" portion of T-W-S & QSSSA, eliciting the use of complete sentences, and demonstrating deeper thinking*

• Use inconsequential competition

• Target essential academic content

• Debrief the game

(i.e. reduce the stakes)

"In general, students like to compete as long as the stakes are not high."

Research shows that "tests serve students best when they're integrated into the regular business of learning and the stakes are not make-or-break, as in standardized testing."

Research shows that tests are the most beneficial to student retrieval when they have high stakes and serve as stand-alone judgements.

Add the question to the slide before the interactive question to allow students time to think before being pressured to answer.

"When a quiz is used as a learning strategy, there are fewer consequences and less stress. The quizzes help students figure out what they got right, what they got wrong, and what they need to continue studying. And the teachers themselves can figure out what concepts they might need to go over again." (Rebecca King, 2014)

"If games do not focus on important academic content, they will have little or no effect on student achievement..."

The following question was taken from one of the lessons I used with my students.

Today I will show that I can write using subordinating conjunctions and correct punctuation by combining sentences in a Quizizz Lesson.

CAREFUL: There are TWO skills included in this objective

*remember that answer choices can also be pictures*

​What activity will you do to show what you've learned?

"The most common error teachers make when using games is to add up team points and move on."