| Publisher | Wireless Generation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 116.0KB PDF | Date added | 01 Sep 2007 |
| Topics | Learning Management Systems, Knowledge and Data Management | ||
| Downloads | 2 | ||
Formative assessments use observational protocols or diagnostic measures to provide educators with detailed information about a student's progress assimilating and representing knowledge and skills. Unlike summative tests, in which children are required to sit and answer questions for an extended period of time, well-designed formative assessments are powerful tools with which to assess the often rapid and frequently uneven growth and development of young children. While summative assessments confine how students display their knowledge for comparative purposes, formative assessments try to find the optimal conditions for making visible a young child's understanding in order to enhance it. The importance of drawing out early learner's thinking cannot be overstated.
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