Formative and Summative Assessments: Education Course

This assignment delves into the concepts of formative and summative assessments, essential components of the educational process. It begins by defining formative assessment as an ongoing process integrated into classroom instruction, designed to adapt teaching methods and support student learning. Conversely, summative assessment is presented as a periodic evaluation, typically conducted at the end of a course or semester, to gauge the overall understanding and knowledge acquired by students. The key distinction lies in the timing and purpose: formative assessments focus on daily learning and immediate feedback, while summative assessments evaluate learning across an entire course. The assignment then explores how information from summative assessments can be used formatively, emphasizing their value in understanding student performance, identifying areas needing improvement, and guiding students towards better academic outcomes. The assignment concludes with references to relevant academic sources.

EDUCATION

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MAIN BODY
Formative assessment and summative assessment both are very essential for the student
to get success in their academic career (Broadbent, Panadero and Boud, 2018). The formative
assessment is a part of the instructional process and is incorporated in the classroom and
provides information requiring adjusting the teaching style the learning of the child. On the flip
side the summative assessment is the periodic test which is taken in order to determine the level
of the understanding of the learning of the student during their academic career. The major
difference between the two is that the timing of the formative test is during the classroom that is
during the course is being carried on. On the other side the summative assessment is being
conducted at the end of the semester so that the whole learning during the complete course can
be assessed. The purpose of formative is to judge the daily learning and the purpose of
summative is to test the learning of the whole session.
Three ways in which information from the summative can be used formatively are as
follows-
 The summative information is helpful in formative as this will help the tutor in gaining
knowledge that how the student has performed during the whole of the academic year.
 In addition to this another use is that the summative information will assist the tutor in
analysing the areas in which the student is lacking and this will assist tutor in helping the
student to make it proper (Dixson and Worrell, 2016).
 Another use is that this will help the tutor in gaining the actual position of the student and
helping them in getting better position and learning during the course.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Broadbent, J., Panadero, E. and Boud, D., 2018. Implementing summative assessment with a
formative flavour: a case study in a large class. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher
Education. 43(2). pp.307-322.
Dixson, D.D. and Worrell, F.C., 2016. Formative and summative assessment in the
classroom. Theory into practice. 55(2). pp.153-159.