ERIC Number: EJ1172329
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Publication Date: 2018
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Implementation of Formative Assessment--Effects of Quality of Programme Delivery on Students' Mathematics Achievement and Interest
Pinger, Petra; Rakoczy, Katrin; Besser, Michael; Klieme, Eckhard
Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, v25 n2 p160-182 2018
The aim of this study was to contribute to the understanding of the effectiveness of formative assessment interventions by analysing how the "quality of programme delivery" affects students' mathematics achievement and interest. Teachers (n = 17) implemented formative assessment in their ninth-grade mathematics classes and provided their students (n = 426) with written process-oriented feedback. Four feedback characteristics ("number of feedback comments," "specificity," "feedback at self level," "social reference norm") and two types of embedment of feedback in the instructional context (focus on "feedback utilisation," focus on "performance evaluation") were evaluated. Multilevel regression analyses revealed no significant effects of feedback characteristics on interest but negative effects of number of feedback comments and "specificity" on achievement in mathematics. Positive effects on mathematics achievement and interest were found when feedback was embedded in instruction and had emphasis on "feedback utilisation." Students' interest also was affected positively when "performance evaluation" was stressed.
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Formative Evaluation, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Student Interests, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Program Effectiveness, Multiple Regression Analysis, Grade 9, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Students, Intervention, Pretests Posttests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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