Three-year formative assessment training improved teachers' eliciting and interpreting skills, leading to better student learning¶

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q1 i? Over three years, teachers improved their practices and could procure better information on the results of their teaching, which in turn led to better learning of students. → H. P. A. Boshuizen 2016

Evidence¶

H. P. A. Boshuizen 2016¶

H. P. A. Boshuizen. (2016). Teaching as regulation and dealing with complexity. Instructional Science, 44, 311–314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-016-9377-x

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The editorial reports, citing Furtak et al. (this issue), a three-year study of formative assessment skill development. Crucial to improvement was teachers' improved skills in "eliciting and interpreting information on students’ progress".

"Over the course of 3 years, teachers improved their practices and therefore could procure better information on the results of their teaching, which in turn led to better learning of students."

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