A Theoretical Framework to Analyze Students’ Formative Feedback on Classroom Teaching

Teaching Students How to Analyze and Adapt to Audiences

Not long ago, one of the author’s students told him, ‘‘I won’t be able to make it to your class today. I have to study for a test in another course. Will I miss anything important?’’ The author, of course, had heard this excuse before, as many of us probably have. What made this interaction more amusing was what, by coincidence, the student was going to miss that day: a discussion on analyzing ...

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Formative Assessment and Feedback as Predictors of Students’ Engagement

To explore the effects of formative assessment on student engagement in classroom, 60 upper-intermediate level EFL students, were chosen out of a convenience sample of 120, using the Oxford Placement Test and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. After the intervention, the students were asked to complete the Student Course Engagement Questionnaire. Independent sample t-tes...

Focus on Formative Feedback

This paper reviews the corpus of research on feedback, with a particular focus on formative feedback—defined as information communicated to the learner that is intended to modify the learner’s thinking or behavior for the purpose of improving learning. According to researchers in the area, formative feedback should be multidimensional, nonevaluative, supportive, timely, specific, credible, infr...

Students as Assessors: A Novel Idea on Formative Assessment

Background & Aims of the Study: Formative assessment of a student’s academic achievements is the basic step in any educational project. The aims of this research were: 1) To determine the feasibility of conducting a formative assessment for medical students with their participation and 2) To determine which methods are applicable for students' self-assessment. Materials and Methods: Sixteen...