adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a formative experience (= one that has an important influence on the way someone develops )
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The trip was probably the most formative experience of my life.
a formative stage (= when someone or something is developing )
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This plan is still in its formative stages.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
assessment
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A possible way of minimising this difficulty is outlined in the following section on more general formative assessment .
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There will be an emphasis on formative assessment methods showing the role of the teacher and the response of learner.
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A new formative assessment for third year students has been introduced this year - namely, an integrated workbook assignment.
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Tutors will also make a positive contribution to learning through structured input, tutor-led discussion and formative assessment of individuals.
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So how do you do formative assessment ?
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Training in educational methods for consultants and a structured curriculum and formative assessment for trainees require recognition and financial support.
evaluation
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This formative evaluation led to the use of a self-paced orientation tour combined with practical exercises.
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Emphasis was on formative evaluation in connection with the educational process in a specific undergraduate course.
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Some modifications were made to subsequent courses as a result of information collected - formative evaluation .
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The information obtained could be used for the modification of the course under development - formative evaluation directed towards the educational process.
experience
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His opposite number, Clive Lloyd, had already been through the two formative experiences of his captaincy.
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On the face of it, his wife, Jean, had a very different formative experience .
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For many, these works recall childhood memories; they were the silent witnesses to countless formative experiences .
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What do you consider to be the most formative experiences of your life so far, the painful as well as the good?
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Empathy between generations Early formative experiences are powerful factors in establishing personality.
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This involved his formative experience as a young anthropologist.
influence
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His formative influence as a boy had been John Cassell's Popular Educator, first published in 1852.
period
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I learned a great deal during that formative period about what made people tick and one saw what life was really like.
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We were married for the formative period .
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Psychology has concluded that the most formative period of life is childhood, and in particular the first five years of life.
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It has also been depicted in its formative period of development as the site of bitter industrial strife.
stage
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This was most forcefully brought to my attention during the formative stages of a literature-search project conducted by an associate and myself.
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In the formative stages of Peace Corps development, there were ample reasons for this imbalance.
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Besides, even within cell biology, ideas on the cell cycle were still in the formative stages .
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Childhood provides a vital formative stage for development.
years
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To my mind this is based on the proportion, or degree of influence in relation to my formative years .
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Still, in the formative years of Macintosh, Sculley was actively remaking Apple into a large and successful company.
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The formative years of many of the elderly who were surveyed was a ti-me of popular demand for greater equality.
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On one hand, it provided me with a connection to my ancestral land that had been missing during those formative years .
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The insecurities created by separation in the early and formative years take their toll in adult life.
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He plays Roscoe Bigger a mild-mannered shop teacher who was a schoolyard terror, nicknamed Fang, during his formative years .
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It must have been a considerable advantage when faced with the numerous moves the children had to make in their formative years .
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Today's elderly experienced great hardship and deprivation during their formative years .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The Marines were a formative experience for Bernie.
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The plan is still in a formative stage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to Aristotle, the male semen provides the formative power that shapes the foetus, mentally and physically.
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Assessment for selection and evaluation is summative; assessment to inform the teaching is formative .
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At the same time, the experience was formative in a more immediately practical way.
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For many, these works recall childhood memories; they were the silent witnesses to countless formative experiences.
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I learned a great deal during that formative period about what made people tick and one saw what life was really like.
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It must have been a considerable advantage when faced with the numerous moves the children had to make in their formative years.
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The formative years of a genius are a perennially fascinating and tantalising subject.
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The formative years of many of the elderly who were surveyed was a ti-me of popular demand for greater equality.