NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Baird, Jo-Anne; Andrich, David; Hopfenbeck, Therese N.; Stobart, Gordon – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2017
Educational assessments define what aspects of learning will formally be given credit and therefore have a huge impact upon teaching and learning. Although the impact of high-stakes national and international assessments on teaching and learning is considered in the literature, remarkably, there is little research on the connection between…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Learning Theories, Psychological Evaluation, Test Theory
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wang, Tzu-Hua – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2007
The web-based formative assessment developed in this research is named Formative Assessment Module of the Web-based Assessment and Test Analysis System (FAM-WATA). FAM-WATA is a multiple-choice web-based formative assessment module containing six effective strategies: 'repeat the test', 'correct answers are not given', 'query scores', 'ask…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Supporting Students, Student Attitudes, Internet
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Roos, Bertil; Hamilton, David – Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, 2005
This paper considers alternative assessment, feedback and cybernetics. For more than 30 years, debates about the bi-polarity of formative and summative assessment have served as surrogates for discussions about the workings of the mind, the social implications of assessment and, as important, the role of instruction in the advancement of learning.…
Descriptors: Feedback, Formative Evaluation, Cybernetics, Constructivism (Learning)