A recent study by researchers at Vanderbilt University finds that formative assessment—that is, ongoing, classroom-based assessment done by the teacher—can help improve students’ writing. Examples of ...

Incorporating peer review and individual reflections makes frequent, intentional formative assessment manageable, with big ...

This study investigates the effectiveness of formative assessment in senior high school English writing teaching, with a focus on its impact on students’ writing competence and their attitudinal ...

I love hyphens. Always have. Always will. If used properly, hyphens make things easier to read. This is because hyphenated words let readers know there’s something still coming in a phrase that’s ...

Formative assessment plays a central role in effective teaching. It is not something done at the end of instruction, but rather a continuous process woven into the learning itself. As Bell and Cowie ...

There are countless ways to assess students. Speaking broadly, two key assessment categories are “summative” and “formative”. Summative assessment, often the most popular one, aims to measure how much ...

You will be redirected to our submission process. Assessment drives learning in higher education settings, where summative tests traditionally evaluate student achievement at the end of instructional ...

1 Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China 2 School of Materials and New Energy Xingzhi College, South China Normal University, ...