summative

(adjective)

Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation. The adding up of what has been learned or what knowledge has been acquired at the end of lesson or presentation.

Related Terms

Examples of summative in the following topics:

  • Formative Assessment vs Summative Assessment

    • There are two forms of assessment used by educators: formative and summative.
    • Formative assessment is typically contrasted with summative assessment.
    • The same test may act as either formative or summative.
    • Summative assessment (or summative evaluation) refers to the assessment of the learning and summarizes the development of learners at a particular time.
    • Summative assessment is commonly used to refer to assessment of educational faculty by their respective supervisor.

  • Knowledge of the Audience About Your Topic

    • Consider the knowledegeabilty of your audience, prior to the speech, formative during the speech, and summative after the speech.
    • There are at least three types of knowledgeability: Prior, formative, and summative.
    • A cook gathers the ingredients (prior), tastes the soup while it is cooking (formative), and lets the diner judge it at the end (summative).
    • Summative knowledge is the knowledge that the audience leaves with after your speech.

  • Read Feedback Cues

    • Assessment, or the tactics speakers and audience members use to facilitate learning, is often divided into initial, formative, and summative categories.
    • Summative assessment is generally carried out at the end of a course, project or speech.
    • In an educational setting, summative assessments are typically used to assign students a course grade.
    • Whereas following a speech or presentation, summative assessment can be provided in the form of positive feedback, applause or a standing ovation.

  • Bibliography

    • Handbook on formative and summative evaluation of student learning.

  • Assessment Items

    • Educators teaching a class using Boundless will be able to use the questions in these banks for both formative and summative assessment purposes.

  • Challenges of Resource-Based Learning

    • Resource-based learning also necessitates planning a timetable for the unit, student grouping, structuring the learning environment, and the management of the unit as well as summative evaluation of the entire process.

  • What Does One Of These Have To Do With The Other?

    • In the days before communities of practice, the focus for factory workers at Chrysler involved a summative evaluation of the finished vehicle and did not allow for any reflection on issues that might improve the final product.