CHAPTER 21Checking Understanding
Researchers and educators alike have lauded the beneficial outcomes of formative assessment, a type of assessment aimed at gathering data on student learning to provide prompt and frequent feedback during the learning process. Instructors can use the information they glean from formative assessment to improve their teaching because they can see where students are struggling and address the problem immediately.
Formative assessment also enables students to improve their learning by providing them with low-threat, low-stakes feedback about gaps in their learning in time to make adjustments to their studying processes; if done frequently, formative assessment can help students track their progress over time. ...
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