A review of the impact of formative assessment on student achievement in mathematics

Authors

Torulf Palm
Catarina Andersson
Erika Boström
Charlotta Vingsle

Abstract

Research reviews show that formative assessment has great potential for raising student achievement in general, but there is a need for reviews of formative assessment in individual subjects. This review examines its impact on student achievement in mathematics through an assessment of scientific journal articles published between 2005 and 2014 and indexed in Web of science. Through the use of search terms such as ”formative assessment”, ”assessment for learning” and ”self-regulated learning”, different approaches to formative assessment were included in the review. While varying in approach, they all share the defining characteristic of formative assessment: agents in the classroom collect evidence of student learning and, based on this information, adjust their teaching and/or learning. The results show positive relations between student achievement in mathematics and the ways of doing formative assessment included in the review.

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2024-11-19

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Palm, T., Andersson, C., Boström, E., & Vingsle, C. (2024). A review of the impact of formative assessment on student achievement in mathematics. NOMAD Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, 22(3), 25–50. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/NOMAD/article/view/148889