Designing and analysing the role of digital resources in supporting formative assessment processes in the classroom: the helping worksheets

In this paper we present the design of specific digital resources and related methodology, conceived with the aim of exploiting connected classroom technology to carry out formative assessment processes in the mathematics classroom. The digital resources have been created and experimented within the European Project FaSMEd. By using a multi-dimensional theoretical frame developed within FaSMEd, we offer elements of validation for the design, focusing in particular on the activation of formative assessment strategies through the use of “helping worksheets”. The elements of validation will be illustrated through an example from a case study.