Formative Assessment
Formative assessment is assessment which takes place alongside the learning. There are different ways to assess the learning of pupils during the lesson.
• Open ended questions – asking questions which require more than a one word answer e.g. “Tell me how you are going to…”
• Observation – watching how a pupil works and what strategies they are using to complete the task will give you an insight into their understanding.
• Listening to pupils’ reasoning and how they describe their work – gives us and understanding of the methods they are using.
• Checking understanding – asking about their learning and what they know.
• Helping pupils to review their own progress – children should be encouraged to think about what they
The purpose of the formative assessment is to monitor and guide the learner through a process while it is still in progress rather than assessing the learner when the project is complete. The formative
Teaching and learning is a two-way process and as teachers we can gain an extraordinary amount by listening to feedback from others, by evaluating our own performance regularly and by reflecting on our own practice. We should see areas for development not as negative features of our own teaching but as an opportunity to make teaching even more effective. It is particularly important to listen to our learners – their voice must be heard and their comments taken account of at all levels in an organisation.
I also must check the pupils work, if necessary help them to catch up, encourage them to correct their own mistakes and provide them with support to learn independently. In order to do that I must develop a positive working relationship with the pupils. That can be achieved by listening to them, gaining their trust and confidence, always respecting and valuing them, knowing that children must be safe at all times.
Formative assessment, or assessment for learning as it is often called, is the assessment that
A formative assessment provides informal feedback and information during the teaching process. This assessment measures student progress and performance thus allowing further improvement and development. It can also assess the teacher’s progress as an instructor, enabling the teacher to evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching methods.
Other children – this could be their friends, family, or siblings. Children like to copy and follow, they like to fit in with their peers. If a pupil is in a friendship group where they enjoy learning, they are interested in it and find it a positive thing rather than negative, then this will encourage children within the group to want to learn. They want to succeed because their friends are succeeding and they are not afraid or embarrassed to do so.
To communicate effectively with anyone, you need to speak clearly, using different pitch and tone to create interest. You should talk at a pace that is neither to slow or monotonous, nor so fast that others can’t understand it. It is important to know the stages of language development. You should also be aware that if you are working with a pupil with special needs, their communication development will be different; this could be for reasons such as autism, speech and language problems, or a hearing impairment.
Finally I ensured that pupils trusted that I would be there to help them at all times by reminding them both frequently that if they needed any support or assistance that they just needed to ask. This also meant that pupils worked independently until they required support which is an important part of learning. I also praised pupils regularly for how well they were behaving and carrying out their work which enabled them to feel respected and
The teacher is responsible for assessing children to see what level they are on, and monitoring their progress and achievements by a certain time. My role is to support the pupils in achieving these goals and to support the teacher through giving feedback after a learning activity has taken place. The teacher will need to know about every child’s progress and achievements so that they can prepare their end of year reports, hold parents’ evenings etc. Assessing the pupils’ progress is an ongoing
Formative assessments are non-graded, during instruction, checks for understanding. Effective formative assessments are part of a planned process of instruction that regularly monitors student comprehension and understanding. For the unit you are fully developing, please include a minimum
Haimovitz (2016) makes another suggestion, related to the limited impact we can truly have on pupils whilst they are in school by stating that children’s mindsets were more related to their parents attitudes to failure than their attitudes to intelligence. Are pupils more influenced by external factors, than what we, as educators can do in the classroom?
Their work focuses on the distance between what the student is able to accomplish by themselves and what the student is capable of doing with the help of a teacher. Their work forms the underlying principles of how teachers need to teach, understanding the idea that learning precedes development. However a teacher cannot simply transfer a certain way of thinking to a learner. Though he or she can guide the child using appropriate linguistic interactions in the forms of, questions statements or even
There are certain qualities that make secondary students more challenging to guide than primary students. It is unfair to say they do not enjoy learning, but they need to see a connection of the knowledge they acquire in the classroom is relevant to their own lives. If a student does not feel he or she has received any satisfaction in the classroom, the risk of them rebelling increases. The adolescent years are the formative years for people, and what occurs during this period will have a lasting effect. If students feel disconnected or unsatisfied with knowledge, their learning will undoubtedly be compromised. They constantly need to be encouraged and guided through daily activities and interaction. It is essential that young people foster healthy interactions with teachers who they are able to depend on and who can assist in their growth.
Formative assessment strategies are used throughout a unit of study. They are linked to the instruction and focus on discovering what students know and need to know about the end goal or outcome. Teachers use formative assessment during the learning process and use the information to make adjustments to their instruction to better satisfy learner needs. Using formative assessment over the course of a unit will provide teachers with information on the learning processes of their students. Teachers can use one assessment strategy, change or adapt the instruction, and then reassess using the same strategy or a different one to determine if the instructional practice is impacting student
It is used in improving the performance of teacher, student and curriculum developer. It is used in determining the mastery level of the learner and the remedy to make. It is a quality control evaluation. In the words of A.J. Nikto, “Formative evaluation is concerned with judgements made during the design or development of a programme which is directed towards modifying, forming and otherwise improving the programme before it is completed.” Formative evaluation is used to monitor learning progress during instruction and to provide continuous feedback to both pupil and teacher concerning learning successes and failures. Feedback to pupils reinforces successful learning and identifies the learning errors that need