Using Kahoot! as a formative assessment tool in medical education: A phenomenological study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Ismail, Muhd Al Aarifin ^a   Ahmad, Anisa ^a   Mohammad, Jamilah Al Muhammady ^a   Fakri, Nik Mohd Rizal Mohd ^a   Nor, Mohd Zarawi Mat ^a   Pa, Mohamad Najib Mat ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Formative assessment; Fun learning; Game based learning; Gamification; Kahoot!; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GAME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAYSIA; MALE; PROCEDURES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 85068189327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1658-z     Document Type: Article

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