Interactive inquiry based learning tools can be an effective learning tool. Students may attend to an interactive learning tool more than an old fashioned worksheet. A piece of paper can not tell the student that he is wrong, try again. The complexity of the learning tool can be as simple as a memory regurgitation quiz where there is only one answer and one chance to input that answer or more complex with various responsive hints to guide the student to the desired answer. In our teaching with technology class we were required to make an interactive quiz with set formatting guidelines. I have captured and presented a .jpeg image of my Excel generated .pdf for easy viewing. As you can see you can produce a clean and clear quiz format using excel that can be sent to students for home completion or used to aide special learning students that need computational instructional support.
This is not a tool that can be used for easy viewing of a students problem solution work. It is however a good tool for simple query based assignments. In chemistry I think it is most applicable for vocabulary and naming queries. If you wish to use this for more complex questions that require mathematical work you can give partial credit, if students turn in their work. This is a tool I will definitely be using in my classes.
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