Promoting transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education

This paper presents a discussion on the advancement of transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education and why researchers believe this concept of formative assessment and transformative learning hold so much promise as an inclusive approach in higher education. The research...

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Main Authors:	Chan Yuen Fook, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5876/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5876/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5876/1/1%2520AJTLHE%252072_0.pdf

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spelling	ukm-58762016-12-14T06:39:43Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5876/ Promoting transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education Chan Yuen Fook, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu, This paper presents a discussion on the advancement of transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education and why researchers believe this concept of formative assessment and transformative learning hold so much promise as an inclusive approach in higher education. The researchers of this study conducted a survey in a Malaysian public university to examine the perceptions of lecturers, undergraduates and postgraduates as on how formative assessment can enhance the development of transformative learning using a self-regulated and student-focused assessment model. In this study, researchers identified the impact of formative assessment on transformative learning in higher education. Based on the study conducted, the researchers also present a model of sustainable assessment that emphasizes how formative assessment can facilitate transformative learning in higher education. This formative oriented assessment model proposes a meaningful and student-oriented learning environment for effective self-regulatory learning among students. The researchers hope this study will fulfill a need in higher education for both practical and theoretical information for experts in a wide array of tertiary education settings. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5876/1/1%2520AJTLHE%252072_0.pdf Chan Yuen Fook, and Gurnam Kaur Sidhu, (2013) Promoting transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education. AJTLHE: ASEAN Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 5 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1985-5826 http://www.ukm.my/jtlhe/Current.aspx
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description	This paper presents a discussion on the advancement of transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education and why researchers believe this concept of formative assessment and transformative learning hold so much promise as an inclusive approach in higher education. The researchers of this study conducted a survey in a Malaysian public university to examine the perceptions of lecturers, undergraduates and postgraduates as on how formative assessment can enhance the development of transformative learning using a self-regulated and student-focused assessment model. In this study, researchers identified the impact of formative assessment on transformative learning in higher education. Based on the study conducted, the researchers also present a model of sustainable assessment that emphasizes how formative assessment can facilitate transformative learning in higher education. This formative oriented assessment model proposes a meaningful and student-oriented learning environment for effective self-regulatory learning among students. The researchers hope this study will fulfill a need in higher education for both practical and theoretical information for experts in a wide array of tertiary education settings.
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title	Promoting transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education
title_short	Promoting transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education
title_full	Promoting transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education
title_fullStr	Promoting transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education
title_full_unstemmed	Promoting transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education
title_sort	promoting transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5876/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5876/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5876/1/1%2520AJTLHE%252072_0.pdf
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Promoting transformative learning through formative assessment in higher education

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