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Promoting proximal formative assessment with relational discourse
written by Rachel E. Scherr, Hunter G. Close, and Sarah B. McKagan
The practice of proximal formative assessment - the continual, responsive attention to students' developing understanding as it is expressed in real time - depends on students' sharing their ideas with instructors and on teachers' attending to them. Rogerian psychology presents an account of the conditions under which proximal formative assessment may be promoted or inhibited: (1) Normal classroom conditions, characterized by evaluation and attention to learning targets, may present threats to students' sense of their own competence and value, causing them to conceal their ideas and reducing the potential for proximal formative assessment. (2) In contrast, discourse patterns characterized by positive anticipation and attention to learner ideas increase the potential for proximal formative assessment and promote self-directed learning. We present an analysis methodology based on these principles and demonstrate its utility for understanding episodes of university physics instruction.
Physics Education Research Conference 2011
Part of the PER Conference series
Omaha, Nebraska: August 3-4, 2011
Volume 1413, Pages 347-350
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10.1063/1.3680066
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0822342
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Keywords:
PERC 2011, discourse, formative assessment, threat
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R. Scherr, H. Close, and S. McKagan, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11883&DocID=2730).
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R. Scherr, H. Close, and S. McKagan, Promoting proximal formative assessment with relational discourse, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11883&DocID=2730>.
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Scherr, R., Close, H., & McKagan, S. (2011, August 3-4). Promoting proximal formative assessment with relational discourse. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska. Retrieved February 9, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11883&DocID=2730
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Scherr, R, H. Close, and S. McKagan. "Promoting proximal formative assessment with relational discourse." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3-4, 2011. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11883&DocID=2730 (accessed 9 February 2025).
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Scherr, Rachel, Hunter Close, and Sarah B. McKagan. "Promoting proximal formative assessment with relational discourse." Physics Education Research Conference 2011. Omaha, Nebraska: 2011. 347-350 Vol. 1413 of PER Conference. 9 Feb. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11883&DocID=2730>.
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