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What is a key characteristic of authentic assessment?
What is a key characteristic of authentic assessment?
- Challenging learners to demonstrate real-world knowledge and skills (correct)
- Measuring outcomes that are simple and easy to accomplish
- Focusing on hypothetical scenarios unrelated to real life
- Assessing students based on memorization tasks
In authentic assessment, what is the goal for students?
In authentic assessment, what is the goal for students?
- To transfer classroom knowledge to real-life scenarios (correct)
- To demonstrate classroom knowledge only
- To rely solely on theoretical knowledge
- To avoid practical applications of learning
How has higher education assessment culture shifted?
How has higher education assessment culture shifted?
- Towards decreasing the focus on higher-order cognition skills
- Towards encouraging students to be responsible for their learning (correct)
- Towards limiting assessment formats
- Towards emphasizing memorization tasks
What is a key focus of authentic assessment formats?
What is a key focus of authentic assessment formats?
Why is it important to use authentic assessment according to the text?
Why is it important to use authentic assessment according to the text?
Which type of skill is NOT considered a twenty-first-century skill?
Which type of skill is NOT considered a twenty-first-century skill?
Which of the following is NOT a way of thinking skill included in the twenty-first-century skills?
Which of the following is NOT a way of thinking skill included in the twenty-first-century skills?
Which skill is NOT included in the 'Living in the world' category of twenty-first-century skills?
Which skill is NOT included in the 'Living in the world' category of twenty-first-century skills?
When planning for authentic assessment, what is the main aspect that needs to be linked to course learning outcomes and activities?
When planning for authentic assessment, what is the main aspect that needs to be linked to course learning outcomes and activities?
In the context of authentic assessment, where does the continuum of different task types range from?
In the context of authentic assessment, where does the continuum of different task types range from?
Study Notes
Authentic Assessment
- Authentic assessment represents meaningful and significant forms of accomplishment, demonstrating mastery of skills and knowledge needed in real-life settings.
- It involves applying learned knowledge to real-life scenarios, demonstrating mastery by transferring classroom knowledge to outside world situations.
Shift in Higher Education Assessment
- Shift from objective and standardized testing culture to one that encourages:
- Student responsibility for their own learning
- Interpretation, performance, and collaboration
- Use of higher-order cognition skills
- Various assessment formats
- Formative and summative purposes
- Focus on learning and competence development (Gulikers et al., 2004)
Importance of Authentic Assessment
- Helps students become lifelong learners
- Develops soft skills and 21st-century skills, including:
- Ways of thinking (creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision making)
- Ways of working (communication, collaboration)
- Tools for working (information literacy, ICT literacy)
- Living in the world (citizenship, life and career, personal and social responsibility) (Binkley et al., 2012)
Planning for Authentic Assessment
- Adopt an active learning and student-centered approach to teaching and learning
- Link authentic assessment to course learning outcomes and authentic learning activities and resources
- Consider a continuum of task types, from university-based to workplace-based activities
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Description
Explore the concept of authentic assessment in teaching and learning, focusing on the importance of measuring meaningful and significant outcomes that demonstrate real-life mastery. Learn how authentic assessments challenge learners to apply knowledge and skills in practical settings.
