formative
- noun
- /ˈfɔːrmətɪv/
- Specialized
:
morfema
- Summative vs. Formative Evaluation
- Formative Assessment
Examples
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Handbook on Formative and Summative Evaluation of Student Learning. New York: McGraw Hill.
Academic text (2001) -
Recognizing the reciprocal relationship between school climate, student behavior, and achievement, school leaders developed ongoing in-service training for teachers on embedded academic aspects such as Effective Teaching Strategies and Common Formative Assessment.
Academic text (2014) -
I was at a conference and we were trying to look at the formative text of Tunisian society.
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Step 6: Multiple Formative Assessments and Differentiated Instruction
Academic text (2014) -
They're keeping track of their progress by shading in a bar chart and comparing the results to the previous formative.
Blog text (27) -
New Formative Assessment Probes.
Academic text (2013) -
Karl Taube traces the flower world complex to the Olmec Middle Formative period (600-300 BCE).
Academic text (2011) -
FORMATIVE EXPERIENCES
Fiction book (2001) -
In linguistics, a formative is a part of a word that helps create its grammatical structure.
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The formative morpheme 'un-' changes the meaning of 'happy' to its opposite.
Synonyms
A part added to a word like -ed that shows past tense or changes meaning
Compounds
- Specialized
A cell in an early embryo that can grow into a specific part of the body
Surface Forms
Etymology
Formative comes from the Latin formare, 'to form' or 'to shape'. In language a formative is a small part like the prefix un- or the suffix -ing that helps 'form' the grammar or meaning of a word, so it names the pieces that make words work.
