The long, curved upper border of the wing of the ilium. crest. 1. a projecting structure or ridge, especially one surmounting a bone or its border. 2. a term describing the upper margin of the neck; root of the mane in a horse.
Formative is a word that describes something that made you who you are. You might call your adolescence your formative years because that time period had such a strong influence on the rest of your life. Formidable describes a foe youâre slightly afraid of, but formative describes what formed you.
Teachers and students both use formative assessments as a tool to make decisions based on data. Formative assessment occurs when teachers feed information back to students in ways that enable the student to learn better, or when students can engage in a similar, self-reflective process. The evidence shows that high quality formative assessment does have a powerful impact on student learning.