Formative and Shared Assessment and Feedback: an example of good practice in Physical Education in Pre-service Teacher Education

This research aimed to: (1) analyse how Formative and Shared Assessment helps students' acquisition of competences according to their self-perception in Physical Education in Pre-service Teacher Education; and (2) verify how Formative and Shared Assessment systems help to improve students' academic performance. A longitudinal study was carried out over five academic years with a sample of 401 students in a Physical Education subject in Early Childhood Pre-service Teacher Education. Three self -perception scales of student competences, an anonymous questionnaire on the assessment of the subject and the final report cards of the subject were used for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was carried out. The results show that there were significant differences in the self-perception of competences between the beginning and the end of the subject, mainly in those specific to physical education; both students' and teachers' satisfaction with the assessment was high and that the chosen assessment method seems to have a strong influence on students' academic performance.