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Formative assessment

The formative assessment is considered an essential element in the self-formation of the learner, as it helps him to Correcting his formative course, in light of the continuous evaluation throughout the single lesson, he will be provided Teachers provide the students with appropriate answers to correct mistakes, address problems and solve difficulties in order to be able to reach the goals to be achieved, and given that one lesson consists of a number of paragraphs or regular and consistent stages with each other, so it constitutes an educational system, so the formative evaluation is The tool that adjusts these stages and works to correct them Formative evaluation also aims to collect detailed information that helps teachers modify and improve teaching, as well as help them identify learning needs and problems. Formative evaluation also aims to identify students' strengths and weaknesses to treat weaknesses and enhance their strengths. And what they need to work hard on, it can help them take more responsibility for their learning and academic progress Among the tools of formative evaluation are discussion, meals, observation, and tests (oral and written).

The objectives of formative assessment in education

Monitoring students' progress and development step by step.

Directing students in the right direction.

Determine the problems that students suffer from and how to solve them.

Helping the teacher to develop himself and improve his tools and style.

Reconsidering the curriculum and evaluating its difficulty and modifying it.

Provide both teacher and student with feedback.

Getting rid of weaknesses, by developing remedial plans.

Steps to prepare formative calendar tools

1 goal setting

2 List the problems that we want to extract

3 Determine the target learning outcome

4 Select the test typ

5 Formulate test items

6 Writing the test

The directions given to students will help them perform the tasks assigned to them, and determine the degree of success with which the results will be compared. Finally, the test is edited in its final form

  • Hend Al Sahrani