Investigating Formative Assessment
Open University Press
Published on 1. September 1998
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-335-19735-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume brings together various perspectives from the fields of assessment policy development, theories of learning and the sociology of the classroom. It explores how the assessment of young children is carried out and what consequences it has for learning in specific subject areas.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-19735-4 (9780335197354)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Defining and investigating formative assessment; teachers' perceptions of "teacher assessment"; classroom assessment and the language of teaching; the power of assessment - appropriating children's responses for learning or social control?; formative assessment and learning - where psychological theory meets educational practice; ask a genuine question, get a genuine answer; constructing and integrating assessment and learning; formative classroom assessment - prospects for improvement.