formative assessment

collocation in English

meaningsofformativeandassessment

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formative
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.mə.tɪv/us
/ˈfɔːr.mə.t̬ɪv/
relating to the time when someone or something is starting to develop ...
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assessment
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈses.mənt/us
/əˈses.mənt/
the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that ...
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The three analyses of achievement and proficiency growth pointed to gains in listening (but not reading) for theformativeassessmentcohort.
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Theformativeassessmentnature of the flow paradigm is also explored.
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The importance of usingformativeassessmentto facilitate students' increasing understanding of how to critically appraise their work is highlighted.
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The findings show a substantive positive effect forformativeassessment, in the academic listening domain, with smaller effects for academic reading.
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The group pointed out that no system in the world had yet managed to hold together criterion-referencing,formativeassessment, moderation and progression.
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Following an overview of the importance of oracy for learning, the article describes the importance of assessment, especiallyformativeassessment, in impelling progress.
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So, doesformativeassessmentmake a positive impact on (say) eventual learning outcomes?
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These new ways of looking at validity, reliability, and impact demonstrate that new ways of thinking are emerging with regard toformativeassessment.
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He further suggests the teacher should use the results offormativeassessmentto review the progress of a composing project.
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Hickey (2003) reveals the significance of promoting creativity in the learning environment, teacher talk informativeassessmentand ways to analyse student compositions.
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Ross's findings represent a welcome endorsement of the value offormativeassessment, particularly as this is being encouraged nowadays in many educational systems, and with learners of all age-groups.
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The report favoursformativeassessment, leading on where necessary to diagnostic testing.
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This involves making an initialformativeassessmentby sifting out the incorrect answers.
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This process incorporatesformativeassessment, while the summative assessments contain tests or evaluations created for the content being implemented.
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Assessment for learning not only includes diagnostic or pre-assessment measures, but alsoformativeassessment.
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This integration of performance and feedback is called ongoing assessment orformativeassessment.
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The staff give aformativeassessmentfrom the reviews and a summative assessment at the end of the academic year, with continuous feedback from tutorials.
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Formativeassessment, also referred to as educative assessment, is used to aid learning.
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This is the subject of study in the field of formative feedback orformativeassessment.
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But despite its advantages,formativeassessmentcan be time-consuming, and incentives in the school system tend to favor more objective assessments. 1.
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