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I have recently been writing about the qualitative formative assessment toolkit (QFAT for short) which is something that has come out of my research on and practice with mobile devices, multimedia ...
Math Teacher: These are “My Tech Essentials” for formative assessments Stacey Ryan October 5, 2017 A seventh-grade math educator shares the tools she uses for student assessments in small groups. Part ...
Brent Duckor, Carrie Holmberg, Joanne Rossi Becker, Making Moves: Formative Assessment in Mathematics, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Vol. 22, No. 6 (February 2017), pp. 334-342 ...
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 & ...
Herbert P. Ginsburg, The Challenge of Formative Assessment in Mathematics Education, Human Development, Vol. 52, No. 2, Giving Meaning to Mathematical Signs: Psychological, Pedagogical and Cultural ...
Formative assessment is more effective than grades in gauging individual student learning—but only on a small scale, says Marsha Ratzel.
Instructure and MasteryConnect have partnered in an effort to streamline the use of formative assessments in classrooms that use the Canvas learning management system.