Implementation of formative assessment as a strategy to measure the students’ performance during english class working on grammar content with seventh year students at Instituto of Alajuela during the third quarter of 2017.

Abstract

This research is carried out in the Instituto of Alajuela. The institute is a public educational center. The participants are seventh year students of the groups 7-3 and 7-8. The students are between 13 and 15 years old during the third quarter, 2017. About the geographical zone the high school takes place, it is important to mention it is located in the central district of Alajuela. Therefore, the student population varies in terms of educational background, social, and financial status. These differences set the needs and characteristic of every seventh year group.