What is it? As part of their course, many students are required to take part in practical classes. Practical classes may include: skills sessions, action learning groups, laboratory sessions and clinical practice tasks. During these practical sessions, students regularly receive a wealth of feedback not only from teaching staff, but also their peers. This is […]
Formative assessment = feedback opportunities
Posted on October 1, 2014 by Laurence Georgin in 1-to-1/ detailed feedback, Class/ general feedback, Feedback technologies, Informal feedback, Peer feedback, Verbal feedback, Written feedback
What is it? Formative assessment supports students’ learning throughout a course and usually do not count towards final marks. It is different from summative assessment which typically evaluates what students have learnt and do count towards final marks. Formative assessment is designed to help students know how they are doing and identify areas in their learning which they have mastered […]