Each chapter had a dozen questions, which drew information straight from the reading. The students' quizzes were immediately graded. In addition, I told my students I wasn't concerned about whether they got all the answers correct. The quizzes were incorporated to show me that the students were reading the information. One reason I chose the text I did was that it had virtual tours.
Students are always interested in how the real world operates.
Students were typically interested in it. Virtual tours gave the student another way of seeing how companies operate. I had my students take more than a dozen tours, which varied from an automobile manufacturer to a hospital. In addition, the tours contained questions, which students e-mailed to me. In another course I teach, Technology Applications, I have the students bring in The New York Times once or twice a week to discuss hardware, software, and various applications and stories that pertain to technology.