7 Formative Assessments

Provide Feedback During the Learning Stages

Formative or “check your learning along the way” assessments should be embedded throughout your course material in the form of quizzes, review questions and answers, opportunities for peer reviews and instructor feedback on drafts and activities. The overlap of Learning Activities and formative assessments is inevitable. They often fulfil both the active learning and formative assessment criteria of good teaching and learning. The module template includes space for review questions and answers as a minimum, but formative assessment can be achieved through well designed Learning Activities throughout your modules. When done exceptionally, learning activities and formative assessments often build into the larger more summative assessments as stepping stones.