Student Buy-In Toward Formative Assessments: The Influence of Student Factors and Importance for Course Success.

ABSTRACT: Formative assessment (FA) techniques, such as pre-class assignments, in-class activities, and post-class homework, have been shown to improve student learning. While many students find these techniques beneficial, some students may not understand how they support learning or may resist their implementation. Improving our understanding of FA buy-in has important implications, since buy-in can potentially affect whether students fully engage with and learn from FAs. We investigated FAs in 12 undergraduate biology courses to understand which student characteristics influenced buy-in toward FAs and whether FA buy-in predicted course success. We administered a mid-semester survey that probed student perceptions toward several different FA types, including activities occurring before, during, an

SUBMITTER: Brazeal KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5410764 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature