Strengths of Formative Assessments (Daily Time-pressured Quiz, Homework and Portfolio) on Students’ Summative Assessment Performance in Integral Calculus

This study reports the impact of varied formative assessments on students’ summative assessment performance. Formative assessments are used by teachers to gauge how effective are the instructions done to get feedback, improve instructional strategies and plan for future innovations. This study used thirty-two Electronics and Communications engineering students taking up Integral Calculus during the school year 2016-2017 at the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines, Cagayan de Oro City. These students were subjected with daily time-pressured quizzes, homework and once-in-a-week portfolio. The researchers tried to determine which of the formative assessments have high influence on the summative assessment which is the departmental examination in Integral Calculus. Using regression analysis, results revealed that the best predictor of the formative assessments is the daily time-pressured quiz. The researchers recommend to teachers to give students’ daily time-pressured quizzes in their mathematics classes to be ready for high stake examination.

Keywords: Formative assessment, Summative assessment, Daily time-pressured quiz