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!) I think that this is wrong because punishment is not helpful to learning. I think a good idea would be to use variation in how you present content to students. To capture most students' attention, learning is usually fun and engaging. When students compete for some reason I have noticed that they are way more driven and motivated.