TY - JOUR
T1 - Formative Use of Summative Tests
T2 - Using Test Preparation to Promote Performance and Self-Regulation
AU - Lam, Ricky
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was supported by a General Research Fund grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: HKU740609H.
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - The study aims to investigate teachers' and students' perspectives of how "the formative use of summative test" (i. e., test preparation) may impact student's performance in internal school tests and develop self-regulated learning. It also examines the relationship between formative and summative assessment, especially how they could create productive synergies. Two teachers and 14 Grades 2 and 3 students were interviewed before and after the use of test preparation strategies. Classroom observations were conducted to understand how these strategies helped students to monitor their own learning before the internal school tests. Relevant pre-test instructional materials were also analyzed. Findings suggest that the reported test preparation strategies could enhance student performance and promote modest self-regulated learning. Implications for teachers to adopt pre-test preparation strategies are discussed.
AB - The study aims to investigate teachers' and students' perspectives of how "the formative use of summative test" (i. e., test preparation) may impact student's performance in internal school tests and develop self-regulated learning. It also examines the relationship between formative and summative assessment, especially how they could create productive synergies. Two teachers and 14 Grades 2 and 3 students were interviewed before and after the use of test preparation strategies. Classroom observations were conducted to understand how these strategies helped students to monitor their own learning before the internal school tests. Relevant pre-test instructional materials were also analyzed. Findings suggest that the reported test preparation strategies could enhance student performance and promote modest self-regulated learning. Implications for teachers to adopt pre-test preparation strategies are discussed.
KW - Formative assessment
KW - Primary ELT
KW - Self-regulation
KW - Test preparation strategy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84876952961&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s40299-012-0026-0
DO - 10.1007/s40299-012-0026-0
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84876952961
SN - 0119-5646
VL - 22
SP - 69
EP - 78
JO - Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
JF - Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
IS - 1
ER -