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Formative assessment is valuable in giving instructors the opportunity to "check-in" on students as well as suggest feedback in an efficient manner while providing a sense of repetition. Sainsbury and Bentol explain that feedback is the ultimate difference between formative and summative assessment (2011). By using Virtual Pop-Quizzes at the beginning of each week, online students acquire the opportunity to see immediate feedback, be more involved with participation in the discussion forum, gain repetition of important concepts and receive instructor feedback before the weekly assignment is due. Much of the literature involving formative assessment supports implementation in the classroom to help students succeed. In a study done by Topcu (2008), results indicated that students who were exposed to intentional repetition techniques throughout class had higher success rates than the control group, regardless of learning style. The purpose of this study is to expand upon the use of formative assessment techniques in the online classroom by examining the effectiveness of the multiple choice virtual pop quiz in improving student success rates on weekly assignments (summative assessments).

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Beverly completed her Bachelor of Elementary Education from University of Phoenix with a K-8 teacher certification in 2008 and her Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Technology from Grand Canyon University in 2010. She completed her second Master of Science from GCU in Psychology with an emphasis in Industrial/Organizational Psychology in March 2014.

Beverly has been teaching for Grand Canyon University for over two years and focuses on Critical Thinking and Communication and Information Literacy classes. She enjoys spending time with her husband and three children. She also loves being outdoors and completing distance and trail runs with friends.