Online Game-Based Formative Assessment: Distant Learners Post Graduate Students’ Challenges Towards Quizizz

Gamification in education provides a new pathway for learners to be more engaged in their learning journey. „Quizizz‟ is an online game that is used by educators for academic purposes. It allows educators to conduct self-paced online formative assessments in a fun and engaging manner. This study is a quantitative study undertaken to explore the perception of 91 distant post graduate students towards „Quizizz‟. Most of these post graduate students are English teachers serving at elementary schools, secondary schools and tertiary institutions. In this article, despite the students‟ perceptions towards „Quizizz‟ which generally are positive, however, the challenges to the learning process are also prominent. The quest ionnaire consists of 20 items. The data were analyzed descriptively (frequency and percentage) using SPSS version 25. Most of the respondents agreed that „Quizizz‟ is able to provide a platform which promotes positive reinforcement, motivation and immediate feedback when their marks are being displayed on the leaderboard. It is hoped that the findings could provide some insights to educators in employing „Quizizz‟ as their formative assessments.

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