Most people can recall a favorite class or teacher who left an indelible mark on their lives. While subject matter plays a ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University researcher studied friendship and gender bias in peer assessments among English-learning university students.

Varying the format of comprehension checks guides students to demonstrate learning and provides teachers feedback on progress ...

Teachers can use these techniques to gauge students’ understanding mid-lesson and then decide whether to reteach or press ahead.

The learning event organised by the Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) office on teacher-led learning circles for ...

The number of assessments set by universities is steadily rising, but there are worries this could result in student burnout and prove counteractive if implemented without centering learning. A recent ...

In today’s evolving educational landscape, effective student assessment goes beyond multiple-choice tests and letter grades. According to a recent study, over 60 percent of educators believe ...

The World Bank’s landmark report Classroom Assessment to Support Foundational Literacy offers a compelling response to the growing global education crisis, particularly in low- and middle-income ...

While feedback is certainly an important component of an effective summative assessment strategy, feedback and formative assessment are intricately linked. Formative assessment consists of “frequent, ...

When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...