The Effect of Online Quizzes on Learning Japanese

Authors

  • Reiko Itoh DePauw University
  • Charles Hannon Washington and Jefferson College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v19i3.551-561

Keywords:

Instructional Technology, Web-Based Instruction, Online Quizzes, Blackboard Course Info

Abstract

An assistant professor of Japanese and an instructional technologist teamed up to create online review quizzes for students of intermediate Japanese at Gettysburg College. Because of the convenience of online delivery, these quizzes were well suited to the needs of today's liberal arts students who often participate in many extracurricular activities. Student use of these quizzes increased over the course of the semester, and the benefits to them were measurable, especially in those students who had performed poorly in the class prior to the adoption of the online quizzes.

Author Biographies

  • Reiko Itoh, DePauw University

    Reiko Itoh is Assistant Professor of Japanese at DePauw University in Greencastle, IN. She taught at Gettysburg College from 1999-2001. Her research focuses on the experience of Japanese wives of Japanese businessmen living in the United States.

  • Charles Hannon, Washington and Jefferson College

    Charles Hannon is Associate Professor and Chair of Information Technology Leadership at Washington and Jefferson College. He was an instructional technologist at Gettysburg College from 1998-2001. He has published articles on modern American writers and, more recently, on the uses of instructional technology in higher education.

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Published

2013-01-14

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How to Cite

Itoh, R., & Hannon, C. (2013). The Effect of Online Quizzes on Learning Japanese. CALICO Journal, 19(3), 551-561. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v19i3.551-561

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