More Testing More Learning Summary

Patrick O’Malley in his article “More Testing, More Learning” states that frequent testing helps students better remember every topic they have covered since they can learn from their mistakes. Also, frequent testing helps students better organize the learning process and they will have less stress at the end of the school year or semester. I think O’Malley is right because if after every, there was would be a small test or quiz, it could help them to find their mistakes and misunderstandings in the subjects before the final exam. Most students want to finish with honors every semester in college. Students need to learn a lot of chapters of textbooks and they have to do various thing during the semester. Even if students spend a lot of time studying materials, they still worry about the grades before midterm and final exams. Before the last exam, they have to go through all the topics, which they covered during the studying. This situation leads them to stress and they begin to panic. If there are small tests and quizzes after each chapter, it will be help them to go through the topics before the final exam. …show more content…
This method is not appropriate in every subject. In some subjects it takes too much time to remember some unnecessary details and sometimes it confuses students. Also, it is not easy for teachers to create and check about one hundred tests every week. In my opinion, for example, this method is suitable for the subjects such as mathematics and grammar. Because in this subject, if you go through all the topics, at the end, it would be hard to pass the exam. For that reason, for such subjects need a test after each chapter to determine the errors and fix them while there is still time before the final exam. In subjects of history or communication, I think, the verbal debriefing will be more suitable during the class in order to remember certain details or small