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小テストで覚えると成績が上がる?4万8000人分の研究でわかった「テスト効果」
Quizzes Help Students Learn
1Short quizzes in class help students learn, a large review of studies has found. Researchers in China, Britain, Spain, and Singapore did the review.
2They looked at 222 studies from real classrooms. Together, the studies included more than 48,000 students. The students were in elementary school, junior high, high school, and university.
3The studies compared students who took quizzes with students who did not. On average, the quizzes raised students' test scores. Quizzes also worked better than just reading the material again.
4Some people worry that quizzes make students nervous. In 2023, some of the same researchers looked at 24 studies about this. On average, practice tests made students less worried about tests. But the researchers said more studies are needed.
5In the first review, quizzes helped more when students learned the right answers afterward.
Words 単語
| quizzes外 | 名 | 小テスト(quiz の複数形)short tests with a few questions |
| reviewA1 | 名 | (研究の)まとめ、分析a careful look at many earlier studies |
| includedA2 | 動 | 含んでいたhad something as one of its parts |
| averageA2 | 名 | 平均the usual amount when you add and divide |
| scoresB1 | 名 | 点数(score の複数形)the points you get on a test |
| materialA2 | 名 | 教材、資料the things you read or use to study |
| nervousA2 | 形 | 緊張した、不安なa little afraid about something that will happen |
| afterwardB1 | 副 | あとで、そのあとat a later time, after something else |
単語のレベル:CEFR-J(『CEFR-J Wordlist Version 1.6』 東京外国語大学投野由紀夫研究室. (URL: https://www.cefr-j.org/download.html より 2026年8月ダウンロード))
1. Reading Quiz 本文の内容に合うものを選ぼう
How many studies did the first review look at?
A. 24B. 48C. 222D. 2,023
Who were the students in the studies?
A. Students from elementary school to universityB. Only high school studentsC. Only university studentsD. Only students in China
What did practice tests do to students' worry about tests, on average?
A. They made it much bigger.B. They did not change it at all.C. They made it smaller.D. They made students stop studying.
When did quizzes help more?
A. When students took them at homeB. When students did not see the answersC. When the quizzes were very longD. When students learned the right answers afterward
2. True or False 正しければ T、違っていれば F
( ) The studies took place in real classrooms.
( ) Reading the material again worked better than quizzes.
( ) The researchers said no more studies are needed.
( ) More than 48,000 students were in the studies.
3. Fill in the Blanks 下の語から選んで空らんをうめよう(形を変えずに)
quizzesincludedmaterialaveragenervousreview
Some people worry that quizzes make students _____.
Quizzes also worked better than just reading the _____ again.
On _____, the quizzes raised students' test scores.
Researchers in China, Britain, Spain, and Singapore did the _____.
Together, the studies _____ more than 48,000 students.
Short _____ in class help students learn, a large review of studies has found.
4. Word Order 語を並べかえて正しい文にしよう
( They / 222 / from / real / studies / classrooms / looked / at ) .
( people / students / that / make / quizzes / nervous / worry / Some ) .
( But / studies / said / needed / are / more / researchers / the ) .
5. Think and Write 英語で答えてみよう
How do you study for a vocabulary test?(あなたは単語テストのために、どうやって勉強していますか?)
Do quizzes make you nervous? Why or why not?(小テストで緊張しますか?それはなぜですか?)

Answers 解答
1. (1) C (2) A (3) C (4) D
2. (1) T (2) F (3) F (4) T
3. (1) nervous (2) material (3) average (4) review (5) included (6) quizzes
4.
- They looked at 222 studies from real classrooms.
- Some people worry that quizzes make students nervous.
- But the researchers said more studies are needed.
全文訳
1授業での短い小テストは生徒の学びを助ける、ということが、たくさんの研究をまとめた大きな分析でわかりました。この分析をしたのは、中国、イギリス、スペイン、シンガポールの研究者たちです。
2研究者たちは、本物の教室で行われた222の研究を調べました。研究に参加した生徒は、全部で4万8000人以上でした。生徒は、小学生、中学生、高校生、大学生でした。
3研究では、小テストを受けた生徒と受けなかった生徒を比べました。平均すると、小テストで生徒のテストの点数が上がっていました。小テストは、ただ教材を読み直すよりも効果がありました。
4小テストのせいで生徒が緊張してしまう、と心配する人もいます。2023年、同じ研究者の何人かが、このことについて24の研究を調べました。平均すると、練習のテストで、テストへの心配は小さくなっていました。ただ、研究者たちは、もっと研究が必要だと話しています。
5最初の分析では、小テストのあとに生徒が正しい答えを知った場合のほうが、効果が大きくなっていました。
文法ポイント:make + 人 + 形容詞(人を~にする)
「(物ごとが)人を~な気持ち・状態にする」を表す。本文の quizzes make students nervous は「小テストが生徒を緊張させる」。practice tests made students less worried は「練習のテストが生徒の心配を小さくした」。
出典:Psychological Bulletin(APA)/PubMed、Hong Kong Baptist University、Educational Psychology Review(北京師範大学の研究室が公開)、The Hechinger Report ほか(記事は原田英語の時事英語ジュニアのオリジナル)|https://www.haradaeigo.com/jijieigo-junior/news/2026-10-13-practice-quizzes-boost-learning/