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Formative or summative: What’s the difference?
Formative or summative: What’s the difference?
Different assessment tools used by the teacher can be formative or summative in nature, either for shaping ongoing lessons or for grading once the instruction is complete.
Formative assessment tools are the quizzes, assignments, and in-class questions and discussions teachers use to gauge and guide (or form) their students’ learning process. That goes both ways, as teachers often use the answers in their students’ formative assessment tools to guide their lesson plans and lectures.
Summative assessment tools are the final essays and tests given at the end of a project, course, semester, unit, program, or school year. Teachers use these to evaluate student learning by comparing performance to a benchmark. These are high-stakes exams with a high point value that figure heavily into a student’s grades. Some examples are midterm exams, term papers, and AP tests.
AnswerGarden - Real-time polling and brainstorming tool.
Blooket: When the game starts, players will answer questions to help them win. That’s where the fun starts, because we offer a variety of games to keep students engaged and excited!
Backchannel Chat - Teacher-moderated Twitter-type assessment tool for education.
Chatzy - Lets students chime in with questions or opinions during a lecture
Coggle - Mind-mapping tool that lets you get a handle on student thinking
EdPuzzle: The easiest way to engage your students with videos. Pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students' understanding.
eSurvey Creator - Make student surveys and questionnaires fast.
Flipgrid - Let students make quick videos that respond to teacher prompts
Formative - Give live assignments, grade them, and give immediate feedback
Go Formative: Create incredible online assessments, classwork or homework. Students can type, show their work with drawings or submit images.
Kahoot!: Make LEARNING awesome! Create, play and share fun learning games for any subject, for all ages, for free! Game-based assessment.
Lino - A sticky-note-based virtual blackboard that lets students chime in.
Naiku - Make quizzes that students can take on mobile devices.
Pear Deck - Create interactive presentations students can take part in via smartphones
Plickers: Plickers is a powerfully simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices.
The Queue - Free educational chat tool that’s similar to Twitter and facilitates remote class discussion.
Quizalize: Make fun games on any topic, to play in class or as homework.
Quizlet - Develop tests, quizzes, flashcards, and study games for mobile.
Quizizz: Make fun games on any topic, to play in class or as homework.
Remind - Send quick texts to students and parents to check for understanding.
Sparkpost - Adobe app that lets teachers create exit tickets with visuals and graphics
Socrative: This versatile tool lets you create polls and activities and shuffle questions, with or without student names attached.
SurveyPlanet - Create quick surveys to get a grasp on student knowledge.
Typeform - Create polls with graphical elements
Poll Everywhere: Teachers can get real-time feedback in their question slides without calling on specific individuals.
VoiceThread - Create discussions around documents, videos, and other materials.
Zoho Survey - Make mobile-ready student surveys and get real-time results.
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