The Application of Just-In-Time (JIT) Formative Assessment in Organic Chemistry Lecture
Location
Walsh A
Proposal Track
Practice Report
Session Format
Symposium
Abstract
Spelman College, an all-women institution ranked frequently as the #1 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the country. In this study, we adopted just-in-time (JIT) approaches using Socrative, an online student-response system used as an assessment tool to facilitate immediate feedback response (instructor ↔ student) in Organic Chemistry II Lecture. Students retrieved the JIT questions using smartphones and the real-time results is accessed instantly. The goal of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of receiving immediate feedback through technology-assisted learning. We hypothesize that JIT assessment enhances mutual understanding of course objectives. The instructor used the results from the immediate feedback to address concept-check assessments as well as addressing obstacles student reported during the quiz administration. The JIT assessment was important in determining students needs of charts/tables to improve analytical skills in solving organic chemistry problems. In some cases concept-check assessment was administered with the provision of supplemental chart requested by students. Student scores on these Socrative JIT quizzes were used to demonstrate the effect of instructor-student mutual communication. Paired-t test showed a significant difference between the pre- and post-quizzes that were administered with addition of supplemental chart. In summary, JIT assessments helped instructor to decipher where students struggle immediately, which is effective in improving learning outcome.
Keywords
Just-in-time teaching, formative assessment, technology-assisted assessment, organic chemistry
Recommended Citation
Jones, Raven-Iman; Sung, Shannon H.; and Jeilani, Yassin, "The Application of Just-In-Time (JIT) Formative Assessment in Organic Chemistry Lecture" (2017). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 7.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2017/2017/7
The Application of Just-In-Time (JIT) Formative Assessment in Organic Chemistry Lecture
Walsh A
Spelman College, an all-women institution ranked frequently as the #1 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the country. In this study, we adopted just-in-time (JIT) approaches using Socrative, an online student-response system used as an assessment tool to facilitate immediate feedback response (instructor ↔ student) in Organic Chemistry II Lecture. Students retrieved the JIT questions using smartphones and the real-time results is accessed instantly. The goal of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of receiving immediate feedback through technology-assisted learning. We hypothesize that JIT assessment enhances mutual understanding of course objectives. The instructor used the results from the immediate feedback to address concept-check assessments as well as addressing obstacles student reported during the quiz administration. The JIT assessment was important in determining students needs of charts/tables to improve analytical skills in solving organic chemistry problems. In some cases concept-check assessment was administered with the provision of supplemental chart requested by students. Student scores on these Socrative JIT quizzes were used to demonstrate the effect of instructor-student mutual communication. Paired-t test showed a significant difference between the pre- and post-quizzes that were administered with addition of supplemental chart. In summary, JIT assessments helped instructor to decipher where students struggle immediately, which is effective in improving learning outcome.