1. A Study of Formative Assessment in Fostering College Students’ Motivation on English Learning
- Author
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Hui Yun Suo, Li Meng Yan, and Bin Quan
- Subjects
Formative assessment ,Academic year ,Summative assessment ,General Engineering ,Mathematics education ,Intrinsic motivation ,Humanism ,Goal theory ,Psychology - Abstract
Formative assessment emerged under humanism and constructivist theory of learning is being accepted and used in English teaching. Lots of research focuses on general influence of formative assessment on English teaching. There is little special research concentrated on influence on influence of formative assessment on motivation. This thesis intends to study the influence of formative assessment on motivation and further explores the different influence of formative assessment on extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. The results of this study show that using formative assessment is more effective to foster college students’ motivation on English learning, especially has stronger effect on extrinsic motivation but less than on intrinsic motivation during an academic year. As a result of motivation strengthened, English achievement is improved.
- Published
- 2014