Formative and Summative Assessments

Unit 4 Journal entry.
This is great stuff, if I can ever learn how to use all the electronic gadgetry. I would like to reflect on the Formative and Summative assessments which I have read. Initially immediately thought about Ecclesiastes 1:9 which states something about "and there is nother new under the sun". I used this information back in the early 70 and often would use the process following any formative assessment to further evaluate my process as well as the student process. Today I use both, but do much more of the formative to review individually with students and the entire class. This way I can review material they may have missed or I did not present entirely. Individually I can start with where they have a problem and continue with questions to forge a path for them to understand the concept.
It is most fun to watch the student as they begin to understand and discover that they can do it on their own. After they understand I ask what was their question? It is delighful. The summative is used also,but I find I do not use it as often and ony when needing to determine a mid semester and final grade.