This post previews his upcoming featured talk at the EdTechTeacher iPad Summit San Diego. I have recently been writing about the qualitative formative assessment toolkit (QFAT for short) which is ...

Evidence is gathered about student achievement or understanding. The information allows the instructor or learner to alter future instructional steps. It is done to improve learning outcomes (Black & ...

The Mathematics Teacher (MT), an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is devoted to improving mathematics instruction from grade 8-14 and supporting teacher education ...

Human Development, Vol. 52, No. 2, Giving Meaning to Mathematical Signs: Psychological, Pedagogical and Cultural Processes (2009), pp. 109-128 (20 pages) The developmental psychology of mathematical ...

Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate improvements. Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate ...

<i>Formative assessment</i> is now at risk of being understood merely as testing that is done often. Sometimes the vocabulary we use as educators starts out with one meaning, but morphs over time into ...