AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INFLUENCE OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT ON STUDENTS’ SATISFACTION TOWARDS ONLINE COURSES Le Thi Hoang Ha, Nguyen Phuong Vy (Faculty of Quality Management, VNU University of Education) Thanh Anh Minh (VNU University of Education) Abstract This study was conducted to explore formative assessment practice in a number of online courses of undergraduate programs at a university in Hanoi during a social distance period due to the Covid 19 pandemic The study’s focus was on assessmen[.]