Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Are Pop Quizzes Punishment? Every time you ask your students a question during class, they just look at you as if you are talking about something they've never heard of before, even though you discussed that very topic in class last week. This is so frustrating for you that you are tempted to start giving pop quizzes just to punish the students for not paying attention. Is this the right method to use? Are pop quizzes considered punishment? What other method might you suggest for teachers who struggle with this issue? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) pop quizzes are not the answer to punish students. They are an effective tool to use in order to determine if the student is retaining any of the information that you are conveying to them, however if you want to punish a student for not paying attention you should simply call upon them every time they are becoming a distraction in the class. Ask them questions about the material that you are teaching and put them on display in front of their peers and this is sure to make them think twice about being a distraction.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Good solution! Rated On: March 4, 2016 2:07 am Rated By: ymyQeg                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree, thank you for sharing. Rated On: March 7, 2016 2:48 am Rated By: ReTepy