(941)IMPLEMENTATION OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STRATEGY FOR CONTINUOUS FORMATIVE EVALUATION USING ON-LINE TOOLS

摘要

The main aim of the present study was to implement a method to design and improve a tool for thecontinuous evaluation of the students based on the use of multiple-choice tests with an educationalplatform to perform quizzes on-line in the classroom using their own mobile devices. The studyinvolved different matters corresponding to different studies in the field of Health Sciences: Degree onPharmacy, Degree on Food Science and Technology and Degree on Human Nutrition and Dietetics.On-line Kahoot! platform was used to design and perform multiple-choice tests that the students couldmark in a few minutes using their own mobile devices. The resulting marks were commented duringthe test to establish a discussion about each item. The global results of each test was downloaded bythe teacher and evaluated in terms of reliability using a software developed by the Dep. of Methods ofResearch and Diagnosis in Education from the Complutense University: CORRECTOR, that is asoftware that acts as a MS-Excel Complement. It was found that the use of Kahoot! on-line platformprovided a promising tool used efficiently in different subjects within three different Degrees forcontinuous evaluation of the students. CORRECTOR software provided a successful integration withthe reports produced by Kahoot! using the format of a spreadsheet for each quiz.The use of Kahoot! tests requires a stable and excellent WiFi network, and/or cellular reception to runproperly. In this way, a problem was detected with the 3G or 4G coverage of the devices of somestudents, what made difficult the launch of the test in some classrooms. Nevertheless, we are able toconclude that the methodology here proposed, not only constitute a promising tool to establish anagile continuous evaluation system for big groups of students, but also motivates them to look for acorrect answer and to discuss about the proposed subject.