3351 Double Journal Entry #11

What is formative assessment?
Formative assessment is the feedback from teachers, peers, and even the student themselves. This type of assessment is for learning because it helps the students understand their own work.

What is the CENTRAL purpose of formative assessment?
Student learning is the central point of formative assessment.

Connect a best practice in formative assessment to one in research-based strategy.
Providing feedback is the research-based strategy that I see connected most to formative assessment. I see this because is formative assessment not mainly about feedback?

Give an example of how a specific assessment can be used formatively and summatively.
An example of this is using a rubric to formatively show a student what needs to be done.Then the same rubric can be used to give them a grade summatively.

Give an example from your field placement related to formative assessment and timing.
The only thing that comes to mind as far as formative assessment that I have seen in my field placement is the use of rubrics. I also have seen were the host teacher will ask the students a question about something on channel one news before they view it and tell them to think about it while they view it. After they view the news then he will hold a classroom discussion about the topic getting their answers on how they felt about the subject.

What are some strategies to help formative assessment be more effective when providing students with feedback?
First of talk about their strengths in the work they have done. Also do not overwhelm them with information.

Name two advantages to high quality formative assessment.
It shows the teachers students who are struggling and what they are struggling with. Also it keeps the students motivated.

What are some challenges to implementing high quality formative assessment?
The first challenge is that teachers do not know how to implement formative assessment. The next challenge is getting the teachers the support they need.