formative = ก่อเป็นรูป (K̀x pĕn rūp)

What is the difference between formative and summative evaluation?

Some synonyms for the word formative are determinative, malleable, pliant, susceptible, developmental and impressible. The word formative is an adjective and it means influential and impressionable.

In their formative years, young people don't always know which direction to take with their education.

Formative assessment is a category that is different from summative assessment. Formative assessment includes all the work that one has done up to the summative assessment (tests or quizzes). They can include homework or labs.