Análisis comparativo del uso de marcadores metadiscursivos en la evaluación formativa y sumativa online / Comparative analysis of the use of metadiscourse markers in online formative and summative assessment

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https://doi.org/10.17398/1988-8430.34.261

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summative assessment; formative assessment; markers; metadiscourse; non native speakers

Abstract

In this paper, my main aim is to compare the effectiveness of formative assessment with summative assessment in online tasks. Different types of online tasks were designed that students should do in two subjects in the first and second semester of an academic year. Summative assessment was carried out in the subject of the first semester to the control group. In the second semester, formative assessment was performed in another subject to the experimental group. This experiment was carried out with graduate students whose mother tongue was Chinese and they had to perform the tasks in Spanish, doing formative assessment activities. In order to identify and analyse the results of the experiment, several aspects were taken into account, such as the use of metadiscursive markers, interaction with the teacher, and effective communication. The students did the tasks progressively and the results were compared in the control and experimental groups. The results were commented in order to identify if differences were observed in the use of metadiscursive markers and the conclusions of the study were drawn.

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2021-09-30

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Análisis comparativo del uso de marcadores metadiscursivos en la evaluación formativa y sumativa online / Comparative analysis of the use of metadiscourse markers in online formative and summative assessment. (2021). TEJUELO. Didactics of Language and Literature. Education, 34, 261-292. https://doi.org/10.17398/1988-8430.34.261