Category Archives: ThatQuiz Videos

How to Get the Best out of “ThatQuiz”: Quiz Settings, Ideal Number of Problems, Time Pressure, etc.

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Ideal Settings for ThatQuiz Tests. (vs defaults, see below jump*)

ThatQuiz Correct Test Settings-Annotated

How do you decide how to set TIME LIMITS? Play the Quiz through and figure out how your average time/problem, then add more time to take into account students age.

More more on time limits and time per problem conversions, see Post:

In order for kids to take computer learning TargetScores seriously, we have to give computer Project Tree a slice of the grading pie.

Math Q2 Grading Pie-Robotics

ThatQuiz TargetScores- Math Grading Scale SAMPLE

… and an (achievement based) Grading Ladder so they can grade themselves as they progress up the Project Tree.

… and we need to EXPLAIN to them WHY we’re asking them to do ThatQuiz (the Talent Code author calls this “Ignition“–motivate learners first, get them to believe in your method, before you ask them to start the hard WORK.

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ThatQuiz How-To Video: Reusing Last Year’s Tests With a New Class of Students

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(“Set up for streaming” may not have been selected on this video when it was exported (created by screen capture in QuickTime–check on that)

  • How to Set up a New Class* and Import incoming students into your Roster (after which you’ll always create new Classes from that Class and see an option to import the kids on that Class’s Roster)
    • * Note: each ThatQuiz “Class” is = a Project, with 10 ThatQuiz Quizzes of 10 Problems, max, each.
  • then Create New “Blank” ThatQuiz Project (“Class“) for the new group of students (e.g., using the title: 5th 2013 Q1 Times Tables Review” you create a new Class),
  • Then Share last years quizzes (only 10 at a time can be shared, which is why we never go over 10 quizzes in a Project) with the new Project-Class.