Types of Authentic Assessment: Performance-Based Assessment

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What is the primary purpose of performance-based assessment?

  • To measure students' understanding and application of learned skills and knowledge (correct)
  • To test students' ability to write essays
  • To assess students' ability to memorize facts
  • To evaluate students' ability to solve mathematical problems

In performance-based assessments, what type of skills are students required to use?

  • Lower-order thinking skills
  • Higher-order thinking skills (correct)
  • Memory recall skills
  • Listening comprehension skills

What is a common characteristic of performance-based assessments?

  • Multiple-choice questions only
  • Simple factual recall tasks
  • Complex and open-ended tasks (correct)
  • Brief and superficial tasks

Which of the following best describes the tasks in performance-based assessments?

<p>Challenges students to create products or complete processes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes the most genuine assessments from other assessments?

<p>They mirror professional responsibilities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do performance-based assessments differ from traditional assessments like multiple-choice tests?

<p>Performance-based assessments measure application of knowledge (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the first step teachers should take to create performance-based assessments for their students?

<p>Identify goals of the performance-based assessment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did the teacher want students to exhibit less codependence and more individuality in the assessment?

<p>To encourage critical thinking and problem-solving skills (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was missing from the current student worksheets that led to the decision to create a performance-based assessment?

<p>Real-world application (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In designing the scenario for the performance-based assessment, what were the five key components included?

<p>Setting, Role, Audience, Time frame, Product (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of statistics were used to create documents for the performance-based assessment?

<p>Government agency statistics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why was it important for the teacher to review assessments and identify learning gaps?

<p>To enhance student learning by addressing missing elements (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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