scholarly journals The Influences of Teacher Knowledge and Authentic Formative Assessment on Student Learning in Technology Education

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Fox-Turnbull
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
Teacher Knowledge

scholarly journals Do We Need to Redesign the Current Assessment System in Bangladesh? A Review of Theory and Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Faieza Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Summative Assessment ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Summative Assessments ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Current Assessment ◽  
Improve Student Learning

 In this current age of highly competitive global environment, teachers are under tremendous pressure to assess student learning in the most effective manner. Two tools that teachers commonly utilize to assess students in their classes are formative and summative assessment. In formative assessment, teachers gather data in order to improve student learning and in summative assessment they use the data to assess students’ learning at the end of a specific course of study. The scores on both types of assessment should meet the minimum standards of both reliability and validity. In this article we highlight the differences between the two forms of assessment, discuss the theories pertaining to summative and formative assessment, identify how educators at tertiary level in Bangladesh commonly utilize the two types of assessment and disclose opinions of teachers regarding whether the current assessment system is appropriate or need any further improvements. Findings from the study indicate that most teachers have an incomplete and unharmonious understanding about assessment often failing to clearly distinguish between formative and summative assessments.

scholarly journals Analysing teacher knowledge for technology education in primary schools

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen J. Rohaan ◽  
Ruurd Taconis ◽  
Wim M. G. Jochems
Keyword(s):  
Technology Education ◽  
Teacher Knowledge ◽  
Primary Schools

scholarly journals Problem-based learning in photonics technology education: Assessing student learning

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Massa ◽  
Michele Dischino ◽  
Judith Donnelly ◽  
Fenna Hanes
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
Problem Based Learning

Designing and Evaluating Technology-Based Formative Assessments

2019 ◽  
pp. 222-244
Author(s):  
Emtinan Alqurashi ◽  
Ariel R. Siegelman
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Bloom's Taxonomy ◽  
Formative Assessments ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy ◽  
Bloom’S Taxonomy ◽  
Technology Tool ◽  
Improve Student Learning

Formative assessments aligned with learning goals can improve student learning. Integrating technology into formative assessments can further enhance and transform the learning experience. This chapter focuses on how instructors can design and evaluate formative assessment activities that incorporate technology. It provides a practical guide for understanding how to apply the revised Bloom's taxonomy framework and the substitution, augmentation, modification, redefinition (SAMR) model to create meaningful technology-based formative assessments. This chapter includes evaluations of example technology-based formative assessments that align with learning goals based on Bloom's taxonomy. It determines if the technology used to either substitute or improve the functionality of the activity, enables the redesign of an entire activity, or yields a new activity that is impossible without the technology. This information can be applied to ensure the integrity of technology-based formative assessments and to determine if using a technology tool in a formative assessment is worthwhile.

Using Feedback on Formative Assessment to Support Student Learning and Improve the Curriculum for Material in a Civil Engineering Module

2019 ◽  
pp. 165-179
Author(s):  
Jonathan Oti
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Formative Feedback ◽  
Laboratory Report ◽  
And Performance

This chapter reports on the potential of using formative feedback on assessment to support student learning and improve the curriculum for material in a civil engineering module. Under this study, when the students were given the feedback of their assessment on a piece of coursework, they were asked to repeat the coursework taking on board all the comments and feedback provided by the lecturer in exchange for a better mark. The overall result from the quantitative data suggests that students overwhelmingly took the corrections on board and submitted a more improved laboratory report in order to have an improved mark. The students enjoyed the praise, progress, and critique comments on their feedback sheet. Their understanding of the module grew, and their motivation and performance increased. Generalized comments like referencing and citations unified the entire curriculum.

Self-Assessment in Building Online Communities of Learning

2009 ◽  
pp. 431-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Weller Swanson ◽  
Mary Kayler
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Advance Student ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
Evaluation Of Learning ◽  
Goals And Objectives

The incorporation of self-assessment techniques and opportunities within the online learning process can enhance student learning and support the development of self-directed learners. Formative assessment (evaluation of learning in process) enables students to take ownership of their learning and to also evaluate their learning in relationship to required course goals and objectives. Formative assessment use within online learning communities works to create strong communities of practice (student learning in relationship with peers); a constructivist orientation towards learning. Accountability for learning in conjunction with peers can support and advance student learning experiences, encourage active engagement, and provide authentic experiences that advance students’ understanding of their own developmental framework and the transformative nature of learning theories.

Teaching Routines to Enhance Collaboration Using Classroom Network Technology

2011 ◽  
pp. 224-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Haydel DeBarger ◽  
William R. Penuel ◽  
Christopher J. Harris ◽  
Patricia Schank
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Network Technology ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Empirical Basis ◽  
Perceived Utility ◽  
Assessment Of Student Learning

This chapter presents an argument for the use of teaching routines (pedagogical patterns) to engage students in collaborative learning activities using the Group Scribbles classroom network technology. Teaching routines are a resource for structuring student opportunities to learn within lessons. They address known challenges associated with making the most of classroom network technology by scaffolding teacher enactment, enabling contingent teaching, and providing an anchor for expanding practice. In this chapter, the authors articulate the theoretical and empirical basis for using teaching routines to support diagnostic interactive formative assessment of student learning. The authors describe the goals and features of routines, types of collaboration instantiated in the routines, technological aspects of Group Scribbles, teachers’ perceived utility of the routines, and anticipated implementation challenges of the routines within lessons designed for middle school Earth science.

Learning formative assessment in the field

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-216
Author(s):  
Su Gao ◽  
Katrina Liu ◽  
Marilyn McKinney
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Elementary Classrooms ◽  
Mentor Teachers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reflective Conversations ◽  
Reflective Conversation

Purpose It is suggested that mentor teachers engage in reflective conversations with preservice teachers to develop formative assessment as a teaching skill. However, there is minimal evidence documenting this process. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the process and impact of reflective conversation on preservice teachers’ learning about implementing formative assessment in the classroom. Design/methodology/approach This study draws on two dyads of mentor and preservice teachers to examine the role of conversation in helping preservice teachers learn to use formative assessment in elementary classrooms in the USA. A comparative case study method is used to analyze and synthesize the similarities, differences and patterns across both cases. Findings Qualitative data indicate that reflective conversations enable preservice teachers to reflect on their teaching practices and learn how to conduct formative assessment. However, a lack of critical reflection in the conversations results in generic solutions that do not focus on specific aspects of student learning. Practical implications This study suggests that mentor teachers using reflective conversation to guide preservice teacher’s critical analysis of their prior assumptions and teaching practices while referencing actual student learning is an essential element in learning to use formative assessment in the classroom. Originality/value This study contributes to the line of research that explores conversation between mentor and preservice teachers and provides an empirical analysis of conversations focused on learning to use formative assessment in elementary classrooms.

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