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summative

summative

1 6.3
Showing the final level of learning or achievement
  • adjective
  • /ˈsʌmətɪv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sumativo
  • Can an evaluation system be both formative and summative and still be effective?
  • summative evaluation
  • summative assessment
  • summative purpose

So normative laws express submit summative judgments about the way things ought to be.

Examples

  • However, the results of the present study showed that teachers were supportive of both summative and formative evaluation.

    Academic text (2008)
  • A traditional issue of library practice is our limited access to formative and summative assessments.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Later, at the end of a course, summative evaluation should be conducted.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Student Academic Progress is weighted at 40 percent toward the summative evaluation.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Many classrooms are focused on summative evaluation and final products or performances.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Studying canonical literature often results in a summative assessment in which students write literary analysis papers.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I performed this study to contribute to the summative evaluation of the Conservation-GEM workshops.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The IEC-G can be used to analyze a semester of summative tests in the following manner.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Although the informal assessments were based on my observations, formal assessments were based on summative and formative examinations.

    Academic text (2015)
  • At the end of the semester, a summative evaluation was conducted to assess the students' overall performance.

Synonyms

summational
vssummative
8.4

Relating to adding things together

is used to summarize or assess totals of knowledge or achievement
totalizing
vssummative
  • US
7.0

Adding separate amounts to show the total

focuses on summarizing or evaluating totals especially for knowledge assessment

Antonyms

5 7.0

Has small parts that are not whole or joined

Surface Forms

summative positive

Morphology

summative = summate (transparent) = sum + ate + ive

The relation summate ← sum is clear etymologically, but 'summate' is relatively rare and may be unfamiliar to learners.

Etymology

The word summative comes from the simple word sum, which means 'total' or 'to add up'. So a summative test or report looks at the whole result, the 'total' of what someone knows or has done.