A consideration of culture is important when using a teaching and assessment approach
developed using the cultural norms of one society with students of another culture. Formative
assessment may be considered a sociocultural practice because it is ‘a purposeful,
intentional activity involving meaning making; an integral part of teaching and learning; a
situated and contextualized activity; a partnership between teacher and students; and involving
the use of language to communicate meaning.’(Bell and Cowie 2001a, p. 114).