Formative assessment as a part of the learning process is mainly purpose to improve students' learning. "Kahoot" Game-Based Platform learning has become more common in the education. This study investigated the perception of students towards Kahoot as a formative assessment tool. A cross-sectional study was carried out on third year medical technology students in School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University. Kahoot survey platform consists of 8 items performed. A total of 60 subjects participated; majority was female (88.33%). The students highly perceived Kahoot as fun, effective and good platform for feedback as its median score was 4. The rest of items were satisfactorily perceived by the students as indicated by the score of 3 except for simplifying complex subjects that obtained unsatisfactory level. Males were significant median score than female for motivation (p < 0.05). Kahoot is a promising formative assessment tool that is feasible, practical and makes learning fun and enjoyable. It can be used to motivate students to learn. However, Kahoot could not simplify complex subjects.
Kahoot, Formative assessment, Medical Technolgy education
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