1,992
Views
82
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Formative Assessment and its Relevance to Retention

Pages 115-126 | Published online: 14 Jul 2010

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (38)

Kothar Talib Sulaiman Al Harrasi. (2022) The culture of feedback on second-language writing in a higher education institute. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 47:3, pages 360-374.
Read now
Qiang Hao, David H. Smith IV, Lu Ding, Amy Ko, Camille Ottaway, Jack Wilson, Kai H. Arakawa, Alistair Turcan, Timothy Poehlman & Tyler Greer. (2022) Towards understanding the effective design of automated formative feedback for programming assignments. Computer Science Education 32:1, pages 105-127.
Read now
Peter Francis, Christine Broughan, Carly Foster & Caroline Wilson. (2020) Thinking critically about learning analytics, student outcomes, and equity of attainment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 45:6, pages 811-821.
Read now
Whitney J. Bevan. (2020) How to Improve the Student Feedback Process: A Case Study within the Built Environment. International Journal of Construction Education and Research 16:2, pages 117-131.
Read now
Thanita Lerdpornkulrat, Ravinder Koul & Chanut Poondej. (2018) Relationship between perceptions of classroom climate and institutional goal structures and student motivation, engagement and intention to persist in college. Journal of Further and Higher Education 42:1, pages 102-115.
Read now
Gladman Thondhlana & Dina Zoe Belluigi. (2017) Students’ reception of peer assessment of group-work contributions: problematics in terms of race and gender emerging from a South African case study. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 42:7, pages 1118-1131.
Read now
Madeleine Schultz, Gwendolyn A. Lawrie, Chantal H. Bailey, Simon B. Bedford, Tim R. Dargaville, Glennys O'Brien, Roy Tasker, Christopher D. Thompson, Mark Williams & Anthony H. Wright. (2017) Evaluation of diagnostic tools that tertiary teachers can apply to profile their students’ conceptions. International Journal of Science Education 39:5, pages 565-586.
Read now
Caroline Wakefield, James Adie, Edd Pitt & Tessa Owens. (2014) Feeding forward from summative assessment: the Essay Feedback Checklist as a learning tool. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 39:2, pages 253-262.
Read now
Vera Busse. (2013) Why do first-year students of German lose motivation during their first year at university?. Studies in Higher Education 38:7, pages 951-971.
Read now
Jo Watson. (2013) Profitable portfolios: capital that counts in higher education. British Journal of Sociology of Education 34:3, pages 412-430.
Read now
Sharon Yam & Peter Rossini. (2013) Formative Assessment in Property Education: A Comparison Between Blended and Online Learning. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal 19:1, pages 101-127.
Read now
Pru Marriott & Lim Keong Teoh. (2012) Using Screencasts to Enhance Assessment Feedback: Students’ Perceptions and Preferences. Accounting Education 21:6, pages 583-598.
Read now
Lyn Tett, Jenny Hounsell, Hazel Christie, Viviene E. Cree & Velda McCune. (2012) Learning from feedback? Mature students’ experiences of assessment in higher education. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 17:2, pages 247-260.
Read now
Mandy Asghar. (2012) The lived experience of formative assessment practice in a British university. Journal of Further and Higher Education 36:2, pages 205-223.
Read now
Robyn Muldoon. (2012) Is it time to ditch the traditional university exam?. Higher Education Research & Development 31:2, pages 263-265.
Read now
Sandra Kemp & Jon Scaife. (2012) Misunderstood and neglected? Diagnostic and formative assessment practices of lecturers. Journal of Education for Teaching 38:2, pages 181-192.
Read now
Amanda Asghar. (2010) Reciprocal peer coaching and its use as a formative assessment strategy for first‐year students. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 35:4, pages 403-417.
Read now
Susan van Schalkwyk. (2010) Early assessment: using a university-wide student support initiative to effect real change. Teaching in Higher Education 15:3, pages 299-310.
Read now
Jon Scaife & Jerry Wellington. (2010) Varying perspectives and practices in formative and diagnostic assessment: a case study. Journal of Education for Teaching 36:2, pages 137-151.
Read now
Amanda French & Jenny Worsley. (2009) Double-entry journals: developing an embedded programme of writing development for first year Early Childhood Studies degree students. Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences 2:2, pages 1-26.
Read now
Cathy Walsh, Carl Larsen & Damian Parry. (2009) Academic tutors at the frontline of student support in a cohort of students succeeding in higher education. Educational Studies 35:4, pages 405-424.
Read now
Gregory Stoner. (2009) Accounting Students' IT Application Skills over a 10-year Period. Accounting Education 18:1, pages 7-31.
Read now
DawnE. Stephen, Paul O'Connell & Mike Hall. (2008) ‘Going the extra mile’, ‘fire-fighting’, or laissez-faire? Re-evaluating personal tutoring relationships within mass higher education1 . Teaching in Higher Education 13:4, pages 449-460.
Read now
Dai Hounsell, Velda McCune, Jenny Hounsell & Judith Litjens. (2008) The quality of guidance and feedback to students. Higher Education Research & Development 27:1, pages 55-67.
Read now
Tanya Covic & MairwenK. Jones. (2008) Is the essay resubmission option a formative or a summative assessment and does it matter as long as the grades improve?. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 33:1, pages 75-85.
Read now
David Carless. (2006) Differing perceptions in the feedback process. Studies in Higher Education 31:2, pages 219-233.
Read now
Robert Drake, Geraldine Goldsmith & Rebecca Strachan. (2006) A novel approach to teaching teamwork. Teaching in Higher Education 11:1, pages 33-46.
Read now
Marann Byrne & Barbara Flood. (2005) A study of accounting students' motives, expectations and preparedness for higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education 29:2, pages 111-124.
Read now
Ernesto Macaro & Ursula Wingate. (2004) From sixth form to university: motivation and transition among high achieving state‐school language students. Oxford Review of Education 30:4, pages 467-488.
Read now
Alf Lizzio & Keithia Wilson. (2004) First‐year students' perceptions of capability. Studies in Higher Education 29:1, pages 109-128.
Read now
Bernard Longden. (2002) Retention rates - renewed interest but whose interest is being served?. Research Papers in Education 17:1, pages 3-29.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (44)

Sam Shields. (2023) Undergraduates’ Perceptions of how Post-secondary Education Characteristics Shaped their Transition to University. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions 2:1.
Crossref
Lewis A. Baker & Dona Wilani Dynatra Subasinghe. (2023) Student Use and Perceptions of Embedded Formative Assessments in a Basic Science Veterinary Program. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education.
Crossref
Eva Blondeel, Patricia Everaert & Evelien Opdecam. (2023) Does practice make perfect? The effect of online formative assessments on students’ self-efficacy and test anxiety. The British Accounting Review, pages 101189.
Crossref
I. V. Nikitin & A. K. Belolutskaya. (2021) Formative Assessment Conceptualizations in Higher Education: Thematic Analysis Results. Vysshee Obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia 30:11, pages 96-109.
Crossref
Salwa Mohamed & Fiona Long. (2021) Assessment and feedback strategies that foster students’ engagement in the language classroom. International Journal of Education and Teaching 1:1, pages 13-18.
Crossref
Feng DingFeng Ding. 2021. First Year in a Multilingual University. First Year in a Multilingual University 5 30 .
Deesha Kumari, Bless Annie Philip & Thara Chandran. (2020) Dental Undergraduate Student Perceptions on Formative and Summative Assessment - A Cross Sectional Study. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 9:33, pages 2367-2371.
Crossref
Martin Appiah & Fanus van Tonder. (2019) Students’ Perceptions of E-assessment at a Higher Education Institution. Students’ Perceptions of E-assessment at a Higher Education Institution.
Ruth Whitfield & Peter Hartley. 2019. Employability via Higher Education: Sustainability as Scholarship. Employability via Higher Education: Sustainability as Scholarship 237 253 .
Charlene TanConnie S. L. Ng. (2018) Assessment Reform in Shanghai: Issues and Challenges. International Journal of Educational Reform 27:3, pages 291-309.
Crossref
Julia Osgerby, Paul Jennings & Alison Bonathan. (2018) Do students see the benefits? An exploratory study of undergraduate accounting students’ perceptions of a programme focussed assessment. The International Journal of Management Education 16:2, pages 327-339.
Crossref
Veronica Akle, Ricardo A. Peña-Silva, Diego M. Valencia & Carlos W. Rincón-Perez. (2018) Validation of clay modeling as a learning tool for the periventricular structures of the human brain. Anatomical Sciences Education 11:2, pages 137-145.
Crossref
Phil Fitzsimmons & Peter Kilgour. 2018. Online Course Management. Online Course Management 1710 1725 .
Jane Rand. (2017) Misunderstandings and mismatches: The collective disillusionment of written summative assessment feedback. Research in Education 97:1, pages 33-48.
Crossref
Karo Castro-Wunsch, Alireza Ahadi & Andrew Petersen. (2017) Evaluating Neural Networks as a Method for Identifying Students in Need of Assistance. Evaluating Neural Networks as a Method for Identifying Students in Need of Assistance.
Phil Fitzsimmons & Peter Kilgour. 2017. Handbook of Research on Humanizing the Distance Learning Experience. Handbook of Research on Humanizing the Distance Learning Experience 78 93 .
Frank Linde & Nicole Auferkorte-Michaelis. 2017. CSR und Diversity Management. CSR und Diversity Management 177 217 .
Sheila Anne Doggrell & Sally Schaffer. (2016) Reduced withdrawal and failure rates of accelerated nursing students enrolled in pharmacology is associated with a supportive intervention. BMC Medical Education 16:1.
Crossref
Jo Killingley & Sue Dyson. (2016) Student midwives' perspectives on efficacy of feedback after objective structured clinical examination. British Journal of Midwifery 24:5, pages 362-368.
Crossref
Ian Glover, Helen J. Parkin, Stuart Hepplestone, Brian Irwin & Helen Rodger. (2015) Making connections: technological interventions to support students in using, and tutors in creating, assessment feedback. Research in Learning Technology 23:1, pages 27078.
Crossref
Nicky M. Meer & Amanda Chapman. (2014) Assessment for confidence: Exploring the impact that low-stakes assessment design has on student retention. The International Journal of Management Education 12:2, pages 186-192.
Crossref
Hisham Jameel A. Bardesi & Mohammed Abdel Razek. (2014) Learning Outcome E-Exam System. Learning Outcome E-Exam System.
David Stewart, Peter Panus, Nicholas Hagemeier, Jim Thigpen & Lauren Brooks. (2014) Pharmacy Student Self-Testing as a Predictor of Examination Performance. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 78:2, pages 32.
Crossref
Maria Limniou & Michael Smith. (2012) The role of feedback in e-assessments for engineering education. Education and Information Technologies 19:1, pages 209-225.
Crossref
Frank Linde & Nicole Auferkorte-Michaelis. 2014. CSR und Diversity Management. CSR und Diversity Management 137 175 .
Sheila Rodgers, Rosie Stenhouse, May McCreaddie & Pauline Small. (2013) Recruitment, selection and retention of nursing and midwifery students in Scottish Universities. Nurse Education Today 33:11, pages 1301-1310.
Crossref
Vera Busse & Catherine Walter. (2013) Foreign Language Learning Motivation in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Motivational Changes and Their Causes. The Modern Language Journal 97:2, pages 435-456.
Crossref
Francesca Lorenzi, Kay MacKeogh & Seamus Fox. 2013. Distance and E‐Learning in Transition. Distance and E‐Learning in Transition 439 456 .
Colin Skeates. 2012. Realizing Autonomy. Realizing Autonomy 210 224 .
Andrew Rae & Peter Samuels. (2011) Web-based Personalised System of Instruction: An effective approach for diverse cohorts with virtual learning environments?. Computers & Education 57:4, pages 2423-2431.
Crossref
Stuart Hepplestone, Graham Holden, Brian Irwin, Helen J. Parkin & Louise Thorpe. (2011) Using technology to encourage student engagement with feedback: a literature review. Research in Learning Technology 19:2.
Crossref
Don VinsonSarah NixonBarbara WalshCath WalkerElizabeth MitchellElena Zaitseva. (2010) Investigating the relationship between student engagement and transition. Active Learning in Higher Education 11:2, pages 131-143.
Crossref
Shanshan Hu & Yonghua Xie. (2010) Improve student learning using online formative assessment system. Improve student learning using online formative assessment system.
Joëlle Morrissette. (2014) Un panorama de la recherche sur l’évaluation formative des apprentissages. Mesure et évaluation en éducation 33:3, pages 1-27.
Crossref
Julie Hulme & Mark Forshaw. (2009) Effectiveness of Feedback Provision for Undergraduate Psychology Students. Psychology Learning & Teaching 8:1, pages 34-38.
Crossref
Bronwyn Ellis, Julie Watkinson & Janet Sawyer. (2008) Working together to make things happen: New on-campus higher education opportunities in a regional centre. The Australian Educational Researcher 35:3, pages 71-88.
Crossref
Judy Ekins. (2008) Interactive mathematics e-quizzes using Open Mark . MSOR Connections 8:3, pages 21-24.
Crossref
Peter Samuels. (2007) Mathematics Support and New Technologies. MSOR Connections 7:1, pages 10-13.
Crossref
ROSEMARY CLEREHAN. (2006) FRAMING WRITING SUPPORT ONLINE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT POPULATION. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning 01:03, pages 195-219.
Crossref
Stewart Wilson. (2016) Improving Retention and Success: A Case Study Approach for Practical Results. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice 7:3, pages 245-261.
Crossref
Patricia M Rego & Marie-Louise Dick. (2005) Teaching and learning population and preventive health: challenges for modern medical curricula. Medical Education 39:2, pages 202-213.
Crossref
David A Brodie, Gavin J Andrews, Justin P Andrews, Gail B Thomas, Josephine Wong & Lorna Rixon. (2004) Perceptions of nursing: confirmation, change and the student experience. International Journal of Nursing Studies 41:7, pages 721-733.
Crossref
Rosemary Clerehan. (2016) Transition to Tertiary Education in the Arts and Humanities. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 2:1, pages 72-89.
Crossref
Mantz Yorke. 2003. Access and Exclusion. Access and Exclusion 159 184 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.