The Waltham teacher says she has never seen her students so enthused about taking quizzes. It's also not unusual for students to access the quizzes ''over and over again to see if they can improve their scores,'' giving students more time to review educational content as well as the opportunity to improve their knowledge base, Bassett says. For example, after giving a test, Bassett runs the students' results through the computer, question by question, to see how students performed. Joyce Miller instructs fifth-grade science and language arts at Cushing Elementary School in Scituate. It's given me an opportunity to create fun ways for kids to learn science vocabulary and concepts,'' Miller says.
Instructors can also incorporate clip art into their Web site lessons.
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