No doubt, AOL is the most common assessment form the students are most familiar with. It is probably also the most valuable to them with the impact having an effect on future earnings and employment. The other 2 formative assessment forms are less understood but have their utility as well with AFL focusing on the educator's reactivity and AAL on learner empowerment.
Our curriculum for students is also set up to prioritize AOL, since we are required to have their comprehensive exam score as 10% of all grades.
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I agree that most of the instruction in the undergrad is assessment of learning. But I believe that all three types can be used especially for courses that involves laboratory skills training
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