My question is number 2; "What is the difference between formative and summative feedback?" You are all now aware of The Dynamic Instruction Design Model by Robert Gagne`. Instructional model design for education is the foundation of Gange`s model. That is there is a bottom up system for presenting instruction to students. He establishes a six step process of Know your Learner, State Your Objective, Establish the Learning Environment, ID Teaching and Learning Strategies, ID and select Technologies, and finally Make Summative Evaluation. The formative feedback is continuous through each of the six steps. That is you evaluate along the journey of education and make adjustments in teaching strategies as necessary to meet the needs of the student. The educator, like an aircraft pilot making his way through uncharted territory, needs to make course adjustments in order to complete the journey to completion and make a connection with the student. The summative feedback is more of an evaluation of the entire six step process instead of a step by step evaluation as the formative process is best described. So, your summative evaluation or feedback is a total review of the entire educational presentation process and the formative feedback is a ongoing and continuous process along the educational journey with the students.
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I like the way you used a real life example in your description of the feedback systems. I do agree that we need the continous process of formative feedback to alter our teaching strategies. The summative feedback system is needed so we can change our instructional plan in a way to benefit future learners.
I like the summative feedback the most because it gives the educator an opportunity to reconstruct their instruction if need be so that it will benefit each student individually, since they all learn and comsume information differently, you have a chance to add or delete concepts of the instruction. The formative is also great because it is a great tool to have to refer back to so that you can make changes to your instruction from the last lesson if you encounter any issues getting the information across to the students. I think these are two great assets to the teaching and learning process.
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