Digitial formative assesment tools and math talent in primary education: helping hand or constricting corset?

Balanced research and practice

Differentiating is a complex teacher ability and task. Recent research of the Dutch Inspectorate of Eduction shows that differentiation during math classes exists, but is insufficient in many aspects concerning the needs of math talent. Lack of time and knowledge how to differentiate fort his particular group here play an important role. Digital adaptive assesment tools seem an interesting innovation that can support help teachers in performing this the complex task and they are already used in most of the dutch classrooms in primary education to support math eduction.