Definition of "summatively" []

• In a summative manner. (adverb)
• By means of summative assessments, aiming to summarize earlier knowledge with periodic tests. (adverb)

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• "Taken summatively (the witness said he pulled the trigger, the ballistics report shows that the bullet came from a gun he owned, he was overheard saying he would "get" the victim, etc.) these different reasons may provide a strong (but not conclusive) conductive argument for this conclusion."
• "OTJ is not an assessment task - there is no National Standards test An OTJ is only one of many judgments teachers make about student achievement It can be used both summatively (summarises information from a certain time period) and formatively (used to inform teaching and learning strategies)"
• "- Assessment: Atomised approaches to assessing learning at module level and narrow, summatively-driven assessment practices that focus on what is known will inhibit creativity."