Formative and Summative Assessment
Formative and summative assessments are formal terms to describe how we help to ensure our students are learning. This can either be at the end of a course through a test (summative) or throughout the learning experience (formative). Many individuals "freeze" when they take tests and end up not performing in a class as successfully as they could. Integrating a variety of assessments throughout a course is a way to help the learner be successful and demonstrate their acquiring of knowledge.
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YouTube, Rick Wormeli: Formative and Summative Assessment. (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Published on November 30, 2010. Retrieved on 08/21/2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJxFXjfB_B4
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Articles
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Article One
Edudemic, Katie Lepi. The Key Differences Between Summative and Formative Assessments.
(CC BY-SA 3.0). Published on February 13, 2014. Retrieved on 08/21/2014.
http://www.edudemic.com/summative-and-formative-assessments/
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Wikipedia, Formative Assessment. (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved on 08/21/2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formative_assessment
Article Three
Wikipedia, Summative Assessment. (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved on 08/21/2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summative_assessment
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Best Practices for Formative and Summative Assessment
Unfortunately, many faculty are not aligned or consistent with how they are assessing student learning. This does not mean that we must all follow the same pattern of assessment. What it does mean is that we should be incorporating a variety of assessment strategies and best practices into our process for assessment.
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Emory University, Best Practices for Program-Level Student Learning Outcomes Assessment. (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Retrieved on 08/21/2014. http://www.oirpe.emory.edu/Assessment/Best%20Practices.html
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