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Using socrative as an online homework platform to increase students’ exam scores

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Socrative is an online assessment and student response tool that provides opportunities to increase student engagement in the classroom. We used Socrative as an online homework completing platform to increase students’ exam scores in physics. To explore the relationships among factors and the educational effectiveness of Socrative, data from 85 undergraduate students’ final and midterm grades, and their responses to an attitude survey were used. The ANCOVA results demonstrated that the use of Socrative positively influenced students’ exam scores and a fairly significant correlation was found between students’ attitudes toward Socrative and final exam scores. Moreover, the results of the survey showed that students have moderately positive attitudes toward the use of Socrative as an online homework assignment platform. This empirical study indicates that the use of Socrative can go beyond engaging and motivating students and can be used as an online homework completing tool.

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  1. Department of Information Technologies and General Education, Almaty Management University, 27 Rozybakiyev str. Almaty, 050060, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    Nuri Balta

  2. Department of Teaching and School Organization, Educational Sciences Faculty, University of Seville, Pirotecnia Street, 41013, Seville, Spain

    Víctor-Hugo Perera-Rodríguez & Carlos Hervás-Gómez

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    Víctor-Hugo Perera-Rodríguez

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Balta, N., Perera-Rodríguez, VH. & Hervás-Gómez, C. Using socrative as an online homework platform to increase students’ exam scores. Educ Inf Technol 23, 837–850 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-017-9638-6

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