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Continuous Assessment
Cameron Peppers
Continuous assessment in higher education can support student learning if done correctly.
for learning and feedback. These ideas are talked about throughout the article. Assessment of
learning is more summative. This takes place during tests and other big exams. Assessment for
learning is formative. This takes place throughout the lesson and helps the students and the
teacher visualize where the students are lacking. These can be utilized in the classroom by
having the teacher ask students questions throughout the lecture, pop quizzes, and exams. Using
these techniques students can become life-long learners and keep moving forward in the
classroom. Summative and formative assessments are ways for students and teachers to receive
feedback. Feedback is received through the different assignments and by the teacher. This paper
aims to address this gap by examining the views of academics and students on how assessment
practices support student learning (Hernndez, pg. 490). The gap that this article looks at is the
gap between the types of assessment and the lack of information on continuous assessment.
Summative assessment can be useful for students and teachers to see how well the
students retained the information from the unit. This is helpful because the teacher can see which
part of the unit was not received well or that the students needed more time on that topic.
Summative assessment helps the students see how well they performed for that unit.
Formative assessment happens more throughout the lecture and helps the students
remember the information better. This type of assessment is done through question and answer,
exit slip, or trivia game. Formative assessments can be useful in the classroom because the
teacher can receive immediate feedback on the students learning. Students also receive
immediate feedback and this feedback comes by the teacher correcting their answers if the
Assessment is important for student learning, because if the students was not tested then
they would never know how well they know information. Assessment allows students and
teachers to visualize their progress in the class. Assessment is a way for students to learn.
Assessment is about continuous checks and helping the students achieve a goal. This goal is
supporting students and keeping them on track. Continuous assessment is typically more
typically for a major test, like a final exam. Assessment supports students learning and this
Learning oriented assessment are assessments that are meant to encourage student
learning. These assessments are formative and summative. It can be a combination of both.
There are differences between formative and summative. The main difference is their purpose.
Formative assessment is mainly used for easy check-ups and immediate feedback. Summative
assessments are used to give a grade. Another difference is the impact on student learning.
When an assessment uses both types that assessment is considered to be formative because the
feedback that the students receive is to help them learn from their mistakes. However, the same
assessment can be considered summative because there is a grade and that grade is used for the
course.
Continuous assessment pushes students to keep learning and to always be prepared. This
type of assessment allows for the students to visualize their progress and how well they know the
information. A formative assessment typically has immediate feedback and allows the students
to see what areas need improvement. If done incorrectly, continuous assessments can become
pointless because students receive too much feedback. If a formative assessment is used too
often it can have a negative impact on the summative assessment. Another problem can occur if
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the formative and summative assessments are too similar. Especially if there are too many
Learning oriented assessments are designed to encourage and support students learning. If the
right environment is set up then the student will learn more. This logic is put into assessments, if
the assessment is given in the right way or for the right situation then the students will learn
more. Effective feedback is important to learning because it helps students visualize their
mistakes and know which areas to study. Effective feedback is given in the form of an email,
numerous comments, or in person. Ineffective feedback would be if the students was simply
handed a grade with only a couple comments. This does not help the student learn from their
mistakes. Using technology does help give students comments, especially in a bigger class
setting. Feedback is important to learning. There are three important steps to feedback. The first
one, the teacher should have a rubric for the students to look at while they for the assignment and
to make it easier for the students to see where they made the mistakes. The second step, is that
the teacher provides feedback on the assignment by written notes. The last step of feedback is
when the teacher helps the student fill in the gap between what the students knows and what they
should know.
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