This document discusses formative evaluation. Formative evaluation is used during instruction to monitor student learning progress and provide feedback. It aims to identify weaknesses and modify instruction accordingly. The purposes are to provide feedback to teachers and identify gaps for students. Classroom teachers play a role in conducting formative evaluations. Benefits for students include motivation, responsibility for learning, and developing self-evaluation skills. Formative evaluation informs students of their progress and needs for improvement. It is an ongoing process that guides students and helps teachers modify instruction.

1. FORMATIVE EVALUATION
PRESENTED TO,
MRS. PRIYADARSHINI
JOHN
ASSOC. PROFESSOR
DYPSON
PRESENTED BY ,
MISS. JAYS GEORGE
1ST YEAR MSC(N)
DYPSON

2. INTRODUCTION
 The realisation of educational goals and
objectives in the educative process is based on
the accuracy of the judgements and inferences
made by decision makers at every stage.
 To arrive at a good decision the test,
measurements and evaluation are being used in
all educational situations.
 Evaluation is an act or process that allows one to
make a valuable judgement about the desirability
or value of a measure.

3. MEANING
 The term evaluation is derived from the word
‘valoir’ which means ‘to be worth’.
 ‘To evaluate’ means to ascertain the value or
amount of: appraise carefully’
 It is the judging of the worth or value of
something that represents the satisfaction of a
human need ; eg : an
object/event/process/product.

4. DEFINITION
 Evaluation is the process of determining what extent
the educational objectives are being realised.
- RALPH TYLER
 Evaluation is a broader term than measurement , it is
not only concerned with the determination of results.
It includes techniques of testing or measurement ,
which can be utilized. It is a co operative process or
activity in which the principal, the teacher , pupils
and parents will participate.
- LESLER D CROW

5. FORMATIVE EVALUATION
 A formative evaluation
is a method for judging
the worth of a program
or activities are forming
(in progress).
 Formative evaluation is
used to monitor learning
progress during
instruction and to
provide continuous
feedback to pupil
reinforces successful
and failures.

6. PURPOSE
 To provide feedback to teacher to modify
subsequent learning activities and
experience.
 To identify group or individual deficiencies.
 To frequent ongoing assessment turning of
instruction and student focus on progress.

7. CHARACTERISTICS
 It is relatively focused on molecular analysis.
 It is cause seeking.
 It is interested in the broader experience of the
program users.
 Exploratory and flexible.
 It tend to ignore the local effects of particular
program.
 It require analysis of instructional material for
mapping the hierarchical structure of the
learning tasks and actual teaching of course for
certain period.

8. IMPLICATION OF CLASSROOM TEACHER IN
FORMATIVE EVALUATION
 Formative evaluation done during an
instructional program.
 The instructional program should aim
at the attainment of certain objective
during the implementation of the
program.
 Formative evaluation is done to
monitor learning and modifying the
program if needed before its
completion.
 Formative evaluation is for current
students.

9. BENEFITS OF STUDENTS IN FORMATIVE
EVALUATION
 Students are motivated to learn.
 Students take responsibility for their own
learning.
 Students can become users of assessments along
side the teachers.
 Students learn valuable life long skills such self
evaluation, self assessment and goal setting.
 Student become more adapt to self assessment.

10. USES OF FORMATIVE EVALUATION
 It provides the student with information on his
progress or gains.
 It must be continuous , it starts with commencement
of the programme until the time he completes it.
 Informs the student about the extent of learning is
needed to reach the educational objectives.
 Enables learning activities to be adjusted in
accordance with progress made or lack of it.
 It controlled in its use by the student (results should
not appear in any official record).

11. CONTD……..
 Useful in guiding the student and prompting
him to ask for help.
 It is carried out frequently whenever the
students or teachers feels it as necessary.
 Provides the teacher with qualitative and
quantitative data for modification of his
teaching.

13. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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education, jaypee publications , page:
no:405-413.
 Shankarnarayan , text book of learning and
teaching nursing , page : no:203 – 210.
 Latha venkatesan / Poonam joshi text book
of nursing education , Elsevier publications
, page : no:120 – 127.
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