Formative Assessment Conceptions and Practices of Junior High School Social Studies Teachers in the Techiman Municipality of Ghana

Table 3.

Teachers’ understanding of formative assessment

Definition

Frequency

Percentage

Formative assessment is a process of administering a test to students in order to assign grades and report to parents and officials.

13

13.68

Formative assessment is a process, which helps teachers to promote students from one class to another.

2

2.1

Formative assessment refers to all tests a teacher gives at the end of a topic or term.

15

15.79

Formative assessment refers to the assessment that is specifically intended to generate feedback to improve instruction and accelerate students learning.

65

68.42

Total

95

100