Formative Assessment Practices of Middle School Mathematics Teachers in the Dominican Republic

Abstract

This descriptive phenomenology study investigated middle school mathematics teachers' formative assessment practices in the Dominican Republic. The study explored three research questions about types of formative assessment strategies teachers implemented, how they used formative assessment data to make instructional decisions, and the challenges they faced implementing these strategies. Eighteen middle school mathematics teachers from public and private schools located in three southern cities of the country participated. The data collection consisted of semi-structured interviews, focus interviews, and reviews of mathematics lessons. The findings of the investigation indicate that although teachers implemented a variety of formative assessment strategies and took an active role in the process. Thus, teachers rarely engaged students in peer-assessment, self-assessment, collaborative work, and other strategies that promote students’ using themselves and their peers as resources. Some teachers used formative assessment data to adjust instruction while others used it to provide academic intervention to students or to assign a grade. Finally, teachers experienced contextual and personal challenges implementing formative assessment, such students’ learning gaps and motivation, large class sizes, limited resources, and time to plan and implement formative assessment. Contextual actors such relating to students’ current level of performance and motivation were the most common challenges reported.



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Ana De Jesús, Fordham University, United States

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Conference: BCE2024
Stream: Assessment Theories & Methodologies

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To cite this article:
Jesús A. (2025) Formative Assessment Practices of Middle School Mathematics Teachers in the Dominican Republic ISSN: 2435-9467 – The Barcelona Conference on Education 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 179-189) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-9467.2024.18
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-9467.2024.18


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