Formative Assessment for Promoting Intrinsic Motivation in an EAP Reading Comprehension Course

This study aims to determine the extent to which formative assessmentinfluences performance in summative assessment and student attitudestowards reading academic texts in English. In a sample of 9 psychology major students at a public university in San José, Costa Rica, the study gathered data pe...

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Autores principales: Escobar Leiva, Ana Laura, Arias Durán, Laureen, Jiménez Murillo, Mónica
Formato: Online
Idioma:spa
Publicado: Escuela de Lenguas Modernas, Universidad de Costa Rica 2018
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/34780
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spelling RLM347802020-07-23T17:38:58Z Formative Assessment for Promoting Intrinsic Motivation in an EAP Reading Comprehension Course Escobar Leiva, Ana Laura Arias Durán, Laureen Jiménez Murillo, Mónica formative assessment construct validity content validity intrinsic motivation summative assessment This study aims to determine the extent to which formative assessmentinfluences performance in summative assessment and student attitudestowards reading academic texts in English. In a sample of 9 psychology major students at a public university in San José, Costa Rica, the study gathered data pertaining to learner performance in both formative and summative assessment as well as self-reported attitudes and perceptions in questionnaires administered after assessment. The results have revealed that formative assessment has positively influenced student performance in summative assessment, and that in turn it has promoted a more enthusiastic attitude towards reading academic texts in English. Escuela de Lenguas Modernas, Universidad de Costa Rica 2018-10-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf application/epub+zip text/html https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/34780 10.15517/rlm.v0i28.34780 Journal Of Modern Languages; No. 28 (2018) Revista de Lenguas Modernas; Núm. 28 (2018) 2215-5643 1659-1933 10.15517/rlm.v0i28 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/34780/34335 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/34780/epub https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/34780/html
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Formative Assessment for Promoting Intrinsic Motivation in an EAP Reading Comprehension Course
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description This study aims to determine the extent to which formative assessmentinfluences performance in summative assessment and student attitudestowards reading academic texts in English. In a sample of 9 psychology major students at a public university in San José, Costa Rica, the study gathered data pertaining to learner performance in both formative and summative assessment as well as self-reported attitudes and perceptions in questionnaires administered after assessment. The results have revealed that formative assessment has positively influenced student performance in summative assessment, and that in turn it has promoted a more enthusiastic attitude towards reading academic texts in English.
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