The application of formative assessment in conducting the course of medical English fundamental reading
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2016.11.014
- VernacularTitle:形成性评估在“医学英语基础阅读”课程教学中的应用探析
- Author:
Xiaoqing ZHAN
;
Xuejiao TAN
;
Xiewan CHEN
;
Rongxia LIAO
- Keywords:
Course of medical English fundamental reading;
Formative assessment;
Setting up goals;
Eliciting learning evidence;
Providing feedback
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2016;15(11):1129-1132
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The course of medical English fundamental reading carefully chooses reading materials from original English medical textbooks as the course materials, aiming at imparting the skills for reading biomedical English literature, and meeting the reading needs of medical undergraduates. In conducting this course, formative assessment is adopted, the frame of which is the theoretical model developed by Professor Wen Qiufang. There are three key phases in this model: setting up goals, eliciting learning evidence, and providing feedback. Three ways are employed to assess the course (symposium records, reflective journals and quizzes), which confirms that this model of formative assessment has improved the effectiveness of the course.
