Title :
Notice of Retraction
The Effects of Formative Evaluation on Students´ Self-directed Learning and Language Teaching
Author_Institution :
Jiangxi Univ. of Finance & Econ., Nanchang, China
Abstract :
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
As an important component of language programs, formative evaluation is a type of evaluation which has the purpose of improving teaching and learning through providing teachers and learners with immediate and effective feedback. Firstly, the article presents problems of the implementation of current formative evaluation in college English teaching. Then it introduces a case study of comparing two different forms of formative evaluation. Finally it analyzes the effects of formative evaluation on teaching and non-English majors´ self-directed learning.
Keywords :
linguistics; teaching; college English teaching; formative evaluation; language programs; language teaching; student self-directed learning; Automatic testing; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational technology; Feedback; Finance; Frequency; Natural languages; feedback; formative evaluation; self-directed learning;
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Computer Science (ETCS), 2010 Second International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6388-6
DOI :
10.1109/ETCS.2010.381
