POST THIRTEEN - Artefact Feedback

In the artefact and electronic learning environment I shall attempt to include both summative and formative feedback. The reason behind this is I want to follow the modular structure here at University. During a certain week of the semester we receive formative feedback which indicates the grade where we are heading towards or working on and how we may be able to improve, by highlighting possible weaker elements of our work.

            This shall be implemented in the program throughout. After each History of the British Empire sub-topic the student has to complete a short quiz based specifically on that topic. After this topic the student shall receive a score for the five questions. After each question they receive topic based feedback which acts as useful revision for the student and provides further context to the question. This is provided for both situations is the answer is correct or incorrect but it never reveals the answer, essentially it is a hint for students struggling. This utilises the scaffolding theory, where the student shall work through the questions themselves but they can receive support when they need it.

            The summative feedback is provided when the students complete the final test. This test follows the same principles as an end of year GCSE test because it collates all the topics and selects random questions from the entire curriculum. Once the students have completed this test/quiz which is two times the length as the formative tests they shall receive a grade (percentage and score), this is then used as their final grade.