FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: BEYOND RIGHT AND WRONG ANSWERS

Heather Johnson, MLISResearch and Education LibrarianBiomedical Libraries, Dartmouth College

Evaluation of student comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson

What is formative assessment?

Allows instructors to modify lessons, reinforce concepts, offer more information, and clarify information

Why formative assessment?

Health Careers Institute at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Formative assessment in action

Learning Objectives and ActivitiesAt the end of this lesson, students should be able to: Evaluate six resources (Wikipedia,

MedlinePlus, UpToDate, PubMed Health, Google, or Google Scholar)

Explain one source to a group of classmates

Work with a group to create three or four trivia questions about their assigned source.

THE MAIN ATTRACTION

Reinforce Concepts

Student Answer

A starting place, NOT a

middle or ending place

Reinforce Concepts

Student Answer

Options:- Journal Articles- Clinical Trials- Videos- News Articles

Reinforce Concepts

Student Answer

Yes

Reinforce Concepts

Student Answer

Lock: An article that

requires review…

and cannot be edited

Plus: a good articleStar: a

great article

Reinforce Concepts

Student Answer

Because it is

plagiarism

Offer More Information

Student Answer

Click on the gear- top right

corner and limit to

- .org & .gov- Country- Specific phrases

Offer More Information

Student Answer

The governme

nt and non-

profits

Offer More Information

Student Answer

Ex: first last

site:facebook.com

Offer More Information

Student Answer

Searches take into account personal search history

Offer More Information

Student Answer

It generates

more credible sources

Clarify Concepts

Student Answer

Wikipedia is indeed

more accurate

than encyclope

dias

Clarify Concepts

Student Answer

Yes

Made sure they left with the right facts, and with everything I wanted them to know

• Learned what students had a firm grasp on

• Offered more information on topics they seemed to grapple with

• Elucidated misconceptions

Again! Why formative assessment?

THANK YOU!