Online Quiz as Exit Ticket: Using Technology to Reinforce Learning in Face to Face Classes

ABSTRACT

Social work students are required to take research methods courses because research-informed practice and practice-informed research are essential to professional practice. However, these students are often reluctant to take a research course and can be difficult to engage in the classroom. We used a mixed methods survey-based design to evaluate the use of an online polling website at the end of each class session in an undergraduate program. This pedagogical approach combines formative assessment, technology, and gamification as an “Exit Ticket.” We document that students found the online Exit Ticket to be a fun activity that supports their confidence, learning, and retention of course material. Further, we found no association between age and appreciation of Kahoot and weak associations between race/ethnicity and appreciation of Kahoot. Higher grades and female gender both correlated positively with perception of Kahoot benefits.

KEYWORDS:

• Social work education
• gamification
• technology
• formative assessment
• exit ticket

Acknowledgement

We gratefully acknowledge Dalia Kirzner, MEd, for her valuable contributions to our conceptualization of gamification and exit ticket strategies.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.