Intermediate test
Students make a test before or during class to assess how much they have learned so far. This is a type of formative assessment.
- Individual
- Pairs
- Small groups (3-10)
- 5-10 minutes
- 10-30 minutes
- 30-60 minutes
- Activating prior knowledge
- Assessment
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
When to use it?
- When you want to receive insight into how to adjust your course to the needs of your students.
- When you want to encourage students to engage with the learning material.
- When you want to promote student performance.
Activity instructions
Preparation
Activity steps
- Make groups
Divide the students into pairs or small groups (or let them work individually). - Explain
Explain to the students the goal of the intermediate test and how much time they have. - Test
Let the students make the test. - Discuss
Discuss the questions that the students had difficulty with.
Tips for implementation & variation
- Online teaching: The test can be created with an online assessment tool.
- If you choose to let the students make the intermediate test before class, you can discuss the most difficult and important questions during class.
- You can do this activity once, but you can also repeat it every week.
Supporting tools