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Formative Tutorial for Students (with Premium Features)

By Matt Richardson
Last updated about 2 years ago
25 Questions

Welcome to Formative!

In this activity, you will try out many of the features that Formative has to offer!

Three videos introducing Formative are embedded below.

Practice with other items

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Multiple Selection: Select the activities that are sports. Select all that apply.

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Categorize: Drag each food on the left into the correct category on the right.

  • Oranges
  • Green beans
  • Bananas
  • Broccoli
  • Fruits
  • Vegetables
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Matching: Drag the items on the left up and down until they match the correct colors on the right.
Hint: Assume that there is no yellow snow!

Blue
Green
Yellow
White
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Spelling: Listen to this word:

Spell the word you heard in the response field. Write only the word.
For this item, capitalization of the first letter does NOT matter.

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Resequence: Drag the days of the week into chronological order.

  1. Tuesday
  2. Wednesday
  3. Friday
  4. Monday
  5. Thursday
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Numeric (math input): Open the math input keyboard and use it to write ONE of the two equations below.

8\times 2=16 OR \sqrt{16}=4

Do NOT add spaces in your response.

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Formative Graphing: In this item, graph the line representing the function y=2x-3 by plotting the points (0, -3) and (3, 3) on the Formative graphing utility below.

Always zoom and pan your graphs to establish an appropriate viewing window.
The way you leave your graph is the way your teacher sees it for grading and feedback.

  • Click the graph tab.
  • Click on the graph background to add a point. Add two points to create a graph. Drag a point or type in x and y coordinates to edit its position. Click on a point to delete it.
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Desmos Graphing:
  1. Open Desmos's graphing calculator at desmos.com/calculator in a new tab for a little more screen real estate as you work.
  2. Graph the line representing the function y=2x-3.
  3. Zoom and pan your graph to establish an appropriate viewing window.
  4. Capture a screenshot of your graph and add it to the Show Your Work canvas. On a Chromebook, initiate a screenshot using ctrl+shift+(the key above 6).

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Show Your Work: Explore the basic tools provided on the "show your work" canvas and use them to complete the tasks listed below.

Pro Tips:
★ Hover your cursor over a tool's icon to reveal its name
★ Each item you add to the canvas then behaves like an image that can be moved, rotated, and resized using the Select tool.

Complete the following:
◆ Draw a flagpole (try the Scribble, Line, and Shape tools)
◆ Add a text box and type something (use the Text tool)
◆ Upload an image from your computer (use the Image tool)
◆ Add a green rectangle (adjust Color, Line Thickness, and Options, then use the Rectangle tool)
◆ Add a purple circle (adjust Color, Line Thickness, and Options, then use the Circle tool)

Enhanced Image: Identify the parts of this insect.
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Identify the body part indicated here by writing one of the words from this bank:
antennae
head
thorax
wings
abdomen
legs

Respond with only one word.

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Identify the body part indicated here by writing one of the words from this bank:
antennae
head
thorax
wings
abdomen
legs

Respond with only one word.