ASSESSMENT – SUMMATIVE AND FORMATIVE – SOME THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS

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Authors

Maddalena Taras · University of Sunderland

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper wishes to clarify the definitions of the central terms relating to assessment. It argues that all assessment begins with summative assessment (which is a judgement) and that formative assessment is in fact summative assessment plus feedback which is used by the learner.

Topics & Keywords

Student Assessment and Feedback Higher Education Learning Practices Educational Technology and Assessment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: British Journal of Educational Studies

Volume 53, Issue 4, pp. 466-478

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2005.00307.x

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