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April 24, 2011 2:40 pm

If Wikipedia included a quiz section at the end of each page, would you be more inclined to read the whole article?

Inspired by this Reddit post.

29 notes Filed under: question, education, learning, tech, technology, social media, Wikipedia, wikis, ed tech, educational technology, potential, edtech,.

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1. gnarlysnarly likes this
2. k-tomotaka answered: maybe…. YES!
3. tamaradale answered: no, I would never get the the quiz part…
4. tsnewman answered: Sure
5. crazymthrfckr likes this
6. crazymthrfckr answered: Yes.
7. rags2ramen answered: Not really. If I’m going to wikipedia to check something out, I generally read the whole thing anyway.
8. goodfootbadshoe answered: Only if they gave me 20 dollars passing each quiz.
9. amazingracie likes this
10. theorydressup answered: No. If the article isn’t what I need, I don’t feel the need to finish reading it. Don’t want to waste precious time.
11. alarmsanddiversions likes this
12. casiceilo answered: yessss!! I would CTRL+F that shit!
13. burnedlogic answered: I would read more random articles
14. rigel likes this
15. -theansweris42 answered: heck yeah!
16. allowtheoceantowakeinyou answered: I think. Maybe something modeled after khanacademy
17. howareyounotconfused answered: No, I would just google the questions. Which in an odd twist of fate might lead me to the wikipedia article.So, on short. Yes!
18. girlargueswithtree answered: yeah! that’s a good idea
19. 2288b6e7 answered: YES
20. wick2107 answered: no, i just wouldn’t take the quiz
21. kntc-pstv-thghts answered: Only if the quiz led to an understanding section after completing 100% correct. Reasoning of importance/what should one have learned…
22. miss-mary-quite-contrary answered: zowie that would be fun especially if it had trick questions about myths about the topic
23. idroolinmysleep answered: Why should you read the whole article? You go in, find the nugget you need, then you leave.
24. monasequeda answered: no
25. heytama likes this
26. sparklingsodacans answered: Nope. I usually go to wikipedia for general sweeps of information. Or a specific piece of information.
27. world-shaker posted this