Varying the format of comprehension checks guides students to demonstrate learning and provides teachers feedback on progress ...

Formative assessment began long before blended learning. Teachers have used formative assessment for decades as a method to get feedback about how students are progressing in their learning (see ...

In this final blog, I respond to Meiko Lin’s three queries with some closing thoughts and takeaways from “Assessing the Assessments": What emerged from this exercise and what gaps were left in the ...

Rachel C. Syrja, a teacher on special assignment for the office of instruction in the El Monte City, Calif., school district, has designed districtwide staff development in assessment for learning, ...

Professors discuss the shift towards formative assessments in engineering education for improved learning outcomes and continuous evaluation methods.

When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...

Evidence is gathered about student achievement or understanding. The information allows the instructor or learner to alter future instructional steps. It is done to improve learning outcomes (Black & ...

European Journal of Psychology of Education, Vol. 33, No. 1, Special Issue: Promoting learning by leveraging the collaborative nature of formative per assessment with instructional scaffolds (January ...

Summative assessments are implemented at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period to evaluate how well students have achieved the learning objectives, such as knowledge, skills, and ...

The learning event organised by the Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) office on teacher-led learning circles for ...