FORMATIVE EVALUATION


In first aid training, the evaluation determines the level of objectives achievement by the participants:

Evaluation always leads to decision-making; it is done by:
- The trainee to help him/her manage his/her learning;
- The trainer to adapt the training to the traineetrainee's specific needs;

The evaluation stages:

- You have to know exactly what objective must be achieved.

- Use evaluationsevaluation criteria (precise and measurable elements) and formalize them with an evaluation grid;

- Compare collected information to the defined criteria on the evaluation grid;

- Take- Make a decision, after determining the level of objectives achievement (formative evaluation)

The formative evaluationFormative Evaluation

The formative evaluation has a pedagogical aim,; it is integrated into the teaching; it. It helps participants to situate on their level of learning objectives achievement. It also enables the trainer to correct participants and meliorate their learning.
It gives learners benchmarks to progress. It facilitates self-evaluation if pedagogical objectives and evaluation criteria are clearly defined and presented.
It is used throughout the training and requires interactivity with participants. It is done in real time and involves a correction of the gesture, technique or attitude of the learner.
It is permanent and progressive; it must make the participant evolve by informing him/her about his/her of learning objectives achievement.
Under no circumstances, it should be used as a sanction.