This work demonstrates the use of a tool, namely, Socrative, to evaluate one of the cross-curricular competences indicated by the Universitat Politècnica de València, specifically, comprehension and integration. It has been applied to the courses in different areas: sciences, engineering and languages. | Journal of Technology and Science Education JOTSE, 2016 – 6(2): 75-90 – Online ISSN: 2013-6374 – Print ISSN: 2014-5349 ON-LINE QUIZZES TO EVALUATE COMPREHENSION AND INTEGRATION SKILLS José David Badia Valiente , Françoise Olmo Cazevieille , José Manuel Navarro Jover GIIMA. Group of Research and Innovation in Active Methodologies, Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain) jdbadia@, folmo@, jnavar@ Received October 2015 Accepted January 2016 Abstract This work demonstrates the use of a tool, namely, Socrative, to evaluate one of the cross-curricular competences indicated by the Universitat Politècnica de València, specifically, comprehension and integration. It has been applied to the courses in different areas: sciences, engineering and languages. As part of its implementation, activities were proposed that could be done at the beginning, during or at the end of the class to, on the one hand, help students acquire the knowledge associated with the course(s), and on the other, gather evidence that demonstrates acquisition of said competence. The results show a high level of satisfaction by the students with the use of the Socrative tool as an element to promote active participation and the acquisition of the cross-curricular competence of comprehension and integration; therefore, its extension to other courses has been suggested. Keywords – Comprehension, Integration, Skills, On-line quizzes, Socrative, Active participation. ---------- 1. Introduction Within the new context of higher education, it has become essential to promote communication between students and instructors, among students, and among instructors (Olmo & Navarro, 2014). Increasingly evident is the concern instructors feel and the effort they make to implement teaching methodologies that promote active participation and involvement of students, based on new -75- Journal of Technology and Science Education – .
