Students liked weekly quiz games more than the same quizzes on paper

The study

1. 01

   Who took part

   131 physiotherapy students aged 18 to 25 at one university in Istanbul, Turkey. 65 were in the game group and 66 in the paper group, and nobody dropped out.

2. 02

   What they did

   For four weeks, both groups took one quiz a week of 5 to 10 questions, then went over the answers together. The game group answered on their own phones or computers, with points, a leaderboard and instant feedback. The paper group answered the same questions on printed sheets.

3. 03

   What happened

   At the end, students in the game group rated the quizzes as more motivating than students in the paper group did. Motivation was only measured at the end, not at the start, and the researchers treated it as a side question.

What the study found

1. Helped

   Students found weekly quiz games with points and a leaderboard more motivating than the same quizzes on paper.

   • Rule: Compete or compare with otherstested
   • Rule: Make it enjoyabletested
   • Action: Take practice quizzesused
   • Rule: Get feedback on your progressused

   Randomised trial of 131 physiotherapy students in Istanbul, Turkey · vs the same quizzes on paper · they rated themselves

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