title: Collaborative quiz-based teaching strategy in histology.
abstract: In the present article we introduce a teaching strategy used in a histology course with first-year students in the first term of their studies at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Huanghuai University, China. Forty students were randomly divided into two sections (n=20/section). Students in the first section were taught using a collaborative quiz-based strategy (the experimental section), and students in the second section were taught using a traditional teaching strategy (the control section). To assess achievement of learning, a final examination was carried out at the end of the course. To determine students' attitudes toward the teaching strategy used, a questionnaire was conducted at the end of the term. Results showed that students preferred the collaborative quiz-based teaching strategy. The final-examination scores of students in the experimental section were significantly higher than those of students in the control section (p<.05), which indicates that the collaborative quiz-based strategy results in better performance on examinations compared to the traditional histology course.
authors.forename: Enzhong
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yuping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D055815:Young Adult; D000124:Achievement; D001290:Attitude; D002681:China; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000379:methods; D006653:Histology / Q000193:education; D011897:Random Allocation; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching
keywords: collaborative quiz-based teaching strategy; histology