PrepZilla—Study with Your Friends Test-Prep Game

PrepZilla prepares users for a range of standardized tests that include AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, European History, and Psychiatry, among many others. The test materials are adopted from publishers such as McGraw-Hill, Barron’s, and Florida Virtual School. To access PrepZilla’s content, users must first tap the “Select Topic” button from the main screen to choose the subject that they wish to study. Next, users tap the “Self-Study” button or “Who Knows” button. If the “Self-Study” button is tapped, users can prepare for an upcoming test by completing quizzes or playing the Zombie Game aligned to the topic, which requires users to answer questions. After completing either a quiz or game, PrepZilla provides users with an accuracy report of their performance, and users are allowed to review incorrect answers. Users can also track their results with the “Analytics” button to see their statistics for answering questions and areas of strength aligned to question categories. If users tap the “Who Knows” button, PrepZilla allows them to challenge friends to answer questions in an interactive environment.

Instructional Ideas

1. After a lesson, teachers can have students complete a quiz aligned to the lesson from this app. After completing the quiz, students can take a screen shot of their results and send it to their teacher for accountability.
2. Teachers can have students complete a quiz in this app before teaching a lesson and email them a screen shot of their result. In this way, the quiz can serve as a pre-assessment.
3. Students can track their performance over time using the “Analytics” feature in this app. After taking multiple quizzes, students can identify their areas of strength and areas for improvement. Next, teachers and students can work together to create a study plan.
4. For a review, teachers can set aside class time for students to challenge each other using the “Who Knows” option. Or, teachers can arrange a class tournament using a bracket format along with the “Who Knows” option to arrange head-to-head matches.

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