Authentic Assessment in Teaching and Learning
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Focusing on higher order cognition skills</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important to use authentic assessment according to the text?

    <p>To help students develop attributes needed in unknown future work scenarios</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of skill is NOT considered a twenty-first-century skill?

    <p>Following instructions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a way of thinking skill included in the twenty-first-century skills?

    <p>Collaboration (teamwork)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which skill is NOT included in the 'Living in the world' category of twenty-first-century skills?

    <p>Critical thinking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When planning for authentic assessment, what is the main aspect that needs to be linked to course learning outcomes and activities?

    <p>Authentic learning activities and resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of authentic assessment, where does the continuum of different task types range from?

    <p>Non-academic settings to university-based</p> Signup and view all the answers

    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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    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.

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