- Students can work through the quizzes at their own pace.
- After each question, the software gives immediate feedback so students know if their answers are correct or incorrect.
- At the end of each quiz, a summary of the questions the student has missed is displayed with the student's responses and the correct answers.
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Download and install the evaluation version of
Create A Quiz
from Softword Technologies according to the directions at their website.
The evaluation version is free and may be used for 30 days. The evaluation version is fully functional, but quizzes can have a maximum of only 20 questions. With the full version, a quiz may have up to 1000 questions.
Note that three of The Companion quizzes have more than 20 questions. If students are using an evaluation version of "Create A Quiz" they will see only the first 20 questions of quizzes F, G, and M.
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Download the
quiz file
(42 KB) from our tutoring website.
- Use a program such as PKZip to extract the contents of the file into your "Create A Quiz" directory. The "Create A Quiz" directory will be called C:\Quiz4Win if you accepted the default location when you installed the software.
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To start the "Create A Quiz" program, click the
Start
button and choose Programs|Create A Quiz|Create A Quiz.
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After you have read the welcome message, click
Continue.
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Then click
Begin Quiz Session.
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Select a quiz from the list and click
Open the Quiz File. The citizenship quizzes are lettered, and the letters correspond to the
lettered sections in
The Companion. The other quizzes are samples that were provided with the program.
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Type your name and click
Continue.
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After you have read the learning outcome and instructions, click
Continue.
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Answer the questions by clicking the letter of the correct response. If your
answer is right, a green checkmark will appear. If your answer is wrong, a red
X will appear and the right answer will be highlighted in green.
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To move to the next question, click
Continue. To stop the quiz, click
Exit.
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At the end of each quiz, a list of the questions you have missed is displayed
for review. You may wish to find this material in
The Little Book On Line
to study it in more detail.
- Scores for students who have taken the current quiz are displayed on a scoreboard.
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Interactive Quiz Files
Covenant volunteers have generated a set of interactive quiz files to help students prepare for the Ohio ninth-grade citizenship proficiency test.
The quizzes are identical to the first 18 vocabulary drills in The Companion, but rather than viewing the questions with your web browser, you would use the files with a shareware program entitled "Create A Quiz".
The information below describes some advantages of using these interactive quizzes, the quiz titles, and setup instructions.
Some Advantages of Using Interactive Quizzes
Quiz Titles
The downloadable quizzes correspond to the first 18 vocabulary drills from The Companion to The Little Book for Teachers & Tutors. The questions are identical to the questions shown on The Companion webpages, but the files are formatted for use with the "Create A Quiz" software.
| Quiz | Vocabulary Drill Title | Questions |
| A. | Declaration of Independence | 17 |
| B. | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | 7 |
| C. | United States Constitution | 19 |
| D. | Bill of Rights | 7 |
| E. | Some Key Amendments to the Constitution | 9 |
| F. | Three Branches of the Federal Government | 31 |
| G. | Three Branches of the Ohio Government | 23 |
| H. | Division of Some Important Powers | 10 |
| I. | Voting | 11 |
| J. & K. | Laws: Making and Repealing | 12 |
| L. | How Public Officials Acquire Their Offices | 9 |
| M. | Political Parties and Party Candidates | 22 |
| N. | Political Systems | 8 |
| O. | Civic Involvement | 13 |
| P. | Economic Systems | 10 |
| Q. | Economic Concepts | 19 |
| R. | Cultural Diversity | 18 |
| S. | Evaluating Officials and Issues | 18 |
Setup Instructions
Downloading and Installing the Software and Quizzes
The Basics of Using The Companion Quizzes
Advanced Use
There are many parameters that you can modify to make "Create A Quiz" more useful in your classroom. For more details, click the Help & Information button on the "Create A Quiz" main menu.
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The Church of the Covenant has no affiliation with Softword Technologies.
Quizzes from The Companion to the Little Book for Teachers & Tutors are Copyright ©2000 The Church of the Covenant, Cleveland, OH 44106. Copying or distribution of these quizzes that results in profit upon sale is strictly prohibited. |
