From questions to learning: Impact of quiz design and schedule on student success in veterinary Cytology and Histology.

Cloze and matching quiz formats enhance veterinary student learning and assessment more effectively than multiple-choice questions.

This educational research study evaluated the effectiveness of Moodle-based questionnaires in teaching Cytology and Histology to first-year veterinary students across two academic years (263 total students). The study examined both in-class quizzes for resolving doubts and self-assessment quizzes for exam preparation. Students demonstrated high participation rates (>80%) and perceived quizzes as useful for exam preparation (96.2-97.1%) and learning support (51.4-53.9%). Quiz performance correlated positively with exam outcomes. Among question formats tested—cloze, matching, multiple-choice, and essay—cloze and matching questions proved most effective based on psychometric analysis (facility, discrimination, and discriminative efficiency indices). Multiple-choice questions showed significantly lower discrimination ability. Student perceptions of question difficulty varied between cohorts, suggesting the need for continuous refinement. The findings indicate that well-designed online quizzes effectively promote engagement and academic performance, but success depends on careful planning, appropriate question format selection, and integration of student feedback.

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