8. Formative Assessment - Ownership
• Owned by the students
• Help the teachers in planning further training
• Not to be shared by a third party
9. Formative Assessment - Purpose
• Provides information about progress of student
• Identifies needs of the student
• Determine the effectiveness of the teachinf
• Identifies needs of further learning
• Is carried out during a course
• It is NOT to pass or FAIL the trainee
10. Formative Assessment - Timing
• Integral part of the educational process
• Carried out formally as well as informally
• Repeated during the period of training
• Frequency depends on the need determined by the program as well
as the teacher
• Feedback after each assessment
11. Summative Assessment - Purpose
• Determine the success or failure or a trainee.
• Is done at the completion of the course/ module.
• To certify someone to be able to practice.
• To maintain the certification of practice.
• To determine eligibility for a higher post/ position.
12. Summative Assessment - Ownership
• Results are in public Domain.
• Clearly needed by Licensing bodies, Memberships and Fellowships
offered by Medical Colleges.
• Can categorize the student into Pass/ Fail.
• Can grades or announce marks.
• No Feedback usually on which part the candidate failed.
13. Summative Assessment - Timing
• Always at the end of the training period.
• Or at the end of blocks and added into a final score.
14. Types of assessments _ Summative vs Formative
Formative assessment – Student
improvement
Summative assessment – make a
decisions.
Can be repeated , informal, help student
know their achievement, can improve Cannot be repeated , formal, categorize
15. The Formative- Summative Divide
Formative
Cooperative and Collaborative learning
Learning is a life long experience.
Stressed on personal skills
Help teachers to assess the progress of
students.
Summative
Competitive learning environment
Students adopts Strategic Learning Tactics to
pass
Stresses on Credentials.
Student Generate a “Tactical” curriculum to
pass