Applying formative evaluation strengthened the teacher's beliefs that every student can learn and boosted students' self-confidence¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? The author concludes that formative evaluation helped teachers adopt new views of students as able to learn and augmented teachers' confidence in education itself. → Yi 2012

Evidence¶

Yi 2012¶

Qin Yi. (2012). Empirical Study of Formative Evaluation in Adult ESL Teaching. English Language Teaching, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n2p27

q1 · i? · causal · r1

Author's interpretive conclusion from the four-month empirical study, not a separately measured outcome. The teacher's expressed belief in students' potential is described as having "boosted the students’ self confidence and greatly aroused their interests".

"the application of formative evaluation not only helps te ach ers adopt new point of views towards their students, believing that every student has the ability to learn, it also augments the teachers’ confidence in education itself"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Self-Efficacy — outcome: instruction changes it

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