ФОРМИ ЗВОРОТНОГО ЗВ’ЯЗКУ У ПРОЦЕСІ ФОРМУВАЛЬНОГО ОЦІНЮВАННЯ УЧНІВ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ШКОЛИ

Abstract

In the article the relevance of implementing the formative assessment in the context of reformation of school education in line with the concept “The New Ukrainian School”, the State Standard for Primary school and methodological recommendations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, in which it is determined as a major type of assessment, is stressed. The content of the formative assessment as a process of continuous monitoring of learner individual educational progress and development is envisaged The role and functions of the feedback as one of the stages of formative assessment is defined. The lines of research of formative assessment in the works by foreign and Ukrainian scholars are highlighted. It is substantiated that feedback efficiency is an indispensable provision for successful implementation of formative assessment, namely, introduction of feedback confers impartiality and integrity to the assessment process, and basing on the results thereof, the teacher analyses the process of educational activities aiming at its adjustment, selection of new methods and techniques, and scaffolding. The basic principles of feedback and implications for the successful implementation thereof are described. The expedient reflection techniques, through which learners’ emotional status is defined as well as productivity of their learning activities and progress in acquiring the learning content, are illustrated. Further prospects of formative assessment implementation into the educational practice in Ukrainian establishments of general secondary education are considered, notably subsequent experimental research and introduction of most productive methods and techniques at each stage thereof.