Making Formative Assessment Work

✍ Scribed by Kathy Hall, Winnifred Burke

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 183
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Drawing on case studies from primary classrooms, this book analyzes how teachers use formative assessment to promote learning. Themes addressed include feedback; power and roles of learners and teachers; self-assessment and peer assessment; and sharing success criteria with learners. The book equips teachers, student teachers, educators, and researchers with a sophisticated grasp of issues in formative assessment and how they relate to the promotion of pupil learning.