Making good instructional drill questions is definitely not an easy task. With our10 drill design principles, we will help you get started designing perfect drills. We wrote down the most important principles and why they are relevant for making good questions. Also, we provide some examples from real drills that show you how it is done. Click on the principles to check out the entire story.
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Making good instructional drill questions is definitely not an easy task. With our 10 drill design principles, we will help you get started designing perfect drills. We wrote down the most important principles and why they are relevant for making good questions. Also, we provide some examples from real drills that show you how it is done. Click on the principles to check out the entire story.
Cut your learning material up into small chunks. Microlearning is effective and motivates learners.
Focus on information that people really need to remember. Use drills to anchor crucial knowledge.
Engage the learner by using a story
Process one learning element per question
Limit each question to one piece of information that people need to remember. Especially for adaptive learning, short and relevant questions are the most effective.
Drills are assessment-based: learning by answering questions and remembering feedback. Incorporate the message people need to remember in the answers.
Use the feedback option to explain answers. This will help people grasp and remember the material quickly.
Use different types of questions and answers, such as open-ended, multiple-choice, hotspot and sequence questions. Also use images, videos and audio clips.
When you ask about one and the same learning element in different ways, you will make sure the information is processed actively and, therefore, remembered better.
Set learning goals for drills and courses to make sure people brush up on time. Also, add the latest information to keep your drills up to date.
Optimize learners' commitment by keeping them motivated. Communicate why drills are so important.
These tips and tricks will have you making the best possible questions, based on educational design principles. This way you can achieve an effective learning process and solidly anchored knowledge.
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