Exploring FET District Subject Advisor's understanding of the tension between formative assessment and summative assessment during the shift from the National Curriculum Statement to Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement

M. Malia

Corpus ID: 155592806

Exploring FET District Subject Advisor's understanding of the tension between formative assessment and summative assessment during the shift from the National Curriculum Statement to Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement

@inproceedings{Malia2014ExploringFD,
  title={Exploring FET District Subject Advisor's understanding of the tension between formative assessment and summative assessment during the shift from the National Curriculum Statement to Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement},
  author={M. Malia},
  year={2014}
}

M. Malia

Published 2014

Political Science

The purpose of this research was to explore the District Subject Advisor’s (DSAs’) understanding of formative and summative assessment. DSAs understanding will play a significant role in assisting teachers to implement assessment in schools. The understanding of the existing disconnection between formative assessment (FA) and summative assessment (SA) will address the discrepancies between school based assessment (SBA) and the final examination mark. Much as DSAs understand different forms of… CONTINUE READING