Table 5 Theme 3 – Learning guidance
From: Using Kahoot! as a formative assessment tool in medical education: a phenomenological study
Subthemes | Categories | Quotations |
|---|---|---|
Provides feedback | Insights into areas for improvement | ‘It tells us, as an indicator, we are still not prepared [on certain topics]. So, we need to study more.’ [P20] FGD [3] 04/01/18 |
Immediate feedback | ‘When we answer Kahoot!, we will know which questions we have answered wrong on the spot.’ [P35] FGD [5] 08/02/18 | |
Encourages self-reflection and self-assessment | Focused learning | ‘By using Kahoot!, I feel it can give me some guidance regarding what is important to study.’ [P2] FGD [1] 24/01/18 |
Stimulation of self-reflection | ‘It is like telling us … you are still not ready. You need to study more.’ [P27] FGD [4] 03/02/18 | |
Top scorers as benchmarks | ‘We will know who the outstanding students are, and we can learn from them.’ [P21] FGD [3] 04/01/18 | |
Support for weak students | ‘Some of our colleagues may look depressed and frustrated, so we can help them.’ [P20] FGD [3] 04/01/18 | |
Knowledge testing | ‘Kahoot! really tests our understanding of subjects.’ [P34] FGD [5] 08/02/18 | |
Assessment of understanding | ‘… you would know your level of understanding [on the subject].’ [P34] FGD [5] 08/02/18 | |
Improve understanding | Increased understanding | ‘… lecture note we read. Okay, we know these are the symptoms of it. Then suddenly we see in Kahoot! two or three, a few more symptoms … “Ooh, these are also the symptoms of the disease.” Then we get the knowledge.’ [P21] FGD [3] 04/01/18 |
Examination preparation | Test of ability to respond quickly | ‘Kahoot! also tests a speedy response because we have only a few seconds to answer each question.’ [P34] FGD [5] 08/02/18 |
Development of rapid information processing | ‘It trains us to think fast. It gives us limited time to think. It will train our minds to answer questions fast….’ [P21] FGD [3] 04/01/18 | |
Early exposure to MCQs | ‘I think that would be particularly helpful, especially in [answering] MCQs….’ [P21] FGD [3] 04/01/18 | |
Promotion of examination preparation | ‘We will make better preparations….’ [P25] FGD [4] 03/02/18 | |
Focused learning | Guidance in setting learning priorities | ‘… we can see which topics are important … which topics are less important, which topics we have studied, which ones we have not.…’ [P21] FGD [3] 04/01/18 |
Promotion of goal setting | ‘With Kahoot!, we can have our own target … like, this time I study this much, so my target should be this much.’ [P17] FGD [3] 4/01/18 |