5 tips for approaching formative assessment

By David Read2021-02-18T09:43:00

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Use these research-informed teaching tips to better uncover your classes’ core chemical thinking

Researchers recently studied how chemistry teachers on a PD programme used formative assessment in their practice. They analysed the participating teachers’ portfolios to come to a conclusion about what would be useful for other chemistry teachers in terms of formative assessment and developing students’ chemical thinking.

Use the accompanying teaching tips informed by their research for your own formative assessments.

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