Pop Quiz Experiments In Schools

After reading chapter 3, 4 and 5 from Carey (2014) I feel like I can do better for the new school year. One recommendation that I would suggest to the administrators in school is to create a schedule of days where the students can take pop quizzes based on the material learned and material that will come after that day, and make those quizzes cumulative. On page 88, Carey (2014) describes the Spitzer’s experiment “the largest pop quiz experiment in history.” The conclusion of Spitzer suggest that when students take a quiz or test immediately, they learn and retain the information and need to be employed frequently (Carey, 2014). I have talked with teachers that suggest state tests (or district tests) too much work, and sometimes, a waste of time, and Carey mentioned something similar in Chapter 5. However, each test can work as an additional study session (Carey, …show more content…
To be successful of doing pop quizzes each week, each department need to sit, talk and create the specific quiz for each class offered at the school. The administration needs to create a schedule for each class on when the pop quiz will be offered to students. And finally, each teacher need to evaluate the quiz, grade them and make a report for the department and for the administration.

Other recommendation that I suggest is to have the same environment for pre-test and post-test. In our district and school, we have to offer pre-test at the beginning of each block and the final (post-test) at the end of each block. This is to see the growth in our students. But the environment and time for during the pre-test is not the same as the environment and time on the post-test. The pre-test needs to be offered during class period sometime during the first two weeks of class. Carey (2014) describe a study of a Steven M. Smith, which found that the students who took a test with the same environment as they study got better