The best alternative to testing is demonstration of knowledge. Whenever possible, have students do a project, write a paper, do an analysis, and/or apply knowledge learned. Here’s a fun and effective teaching strategy for quizzing students.

Three Card Match: Peer Tutor or Peer Quiz

Materials:

• Matching cards from a Three Card Match game
• A Quarter (coin)

Instructions:

1. Pair up students. (Matching ability is not necessary and may be less successful.)
2. Allow students to peer practice by matching the cards before the “quiz.”
3. Students MUST ensure each one of their pair knows how to match all the cards.
4. Instruct students that once a pair of students is confident that they can match the cards each on their own, they should notify you that they are ready for the quiz.
5. Have the pair call heads or tails.
6. Flip a coin.
7. The person who calls tails takes the quiz.
8. That student has to match the cards by himself/herself on-the-spot for you to see.
9. Both students get the same quiz grade

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