What is the primary purpose of formative assessment?

Which of the following is an example of a formative assessment strategy?

Students use it to display their answers to questions or prompts, often used for whaole-class participation or quick checks for understanding.

Fun and engaging activities that can be effectively integrated into formative assessments to provide immediate feedback on student learning.

Formative assessment is used primarily to evaluate student learning at the end of a lesson or unit.

In traditional learning, formative assessment is often limited to quizzes and tests.

Self-assessment in formative learning helps student:

A teacher notices inconsistent results in student self-assessments. What action would best improve their accuracy?

A student's self-assessment journal shows overconfidence in their skills. How should a teacher address this?

Which is not a formative assessment strategy?

Digital badges in gamified assessments are an example of intrinsic motivation.

Self-assessment allows students to identify their own learning gaps.

Why are games like Socrative, Kahoot, Quizalize, etc., effective for formative assessment?

Scoring rubrics make feedback subjective.

It is a formative assessment strategy usually  done at the end of the day, which they write answers to brief questions given by teachers about the most surprising concept and confusing part of the lesson.

A structured guide for evaluating student work.

Teachers provide comments to improve work.

A brief before-class or end-of-class reflection tool.

Assessment during learning to adjust instruction.

Student assess their own progress and reflect on their learning gaps.

Bonus Question: Explain why formative assessment is critical for differentiated instruction.