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What is Alternative Assessment

Chapter 21
Handbook of Research on Language Teacher Identity
A performance-based assessment by which learners demonstrate their learning in place of more traditional forms assessment such as examinations and tests.
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Using Alternative Assessments to Teach and Assess for Proficiency in the Experience Age
Julie A. Sellers (Benedictine College, USA)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7275-0.ch021
Abstract
The experience age is changing both the way we teach world languages and the way we assess second language learners. In intermediate and advanced proficiency-level content classes taught in the target language, alternative assessments effectively interweave proficiency and content outcomes, and they place communication in the target language at the forefront. This chapter describes a variety of alternative assessments for second language (L2) learners of intermediate and advanced proficiency, their alignment with course outcomes, and how those assessments impact the selection of active discussion instructional activities by backward design. It offers practical tips for creating and implementing alternative assessments.
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Chapter 3
Online Formative Assessment via the E-Portfolio: Attitudes of Greek and Russian EFL University Students
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Chapter 12
Beyond High-Stakes Assessment
A broad category of non-traditional evaluation of learning options designed to provide a more accurate picture of specific skills (e.g., portfolio, open book tests, cooperative projects, peer reviews).
Published in Chapter: Beyond High-Stakes Assessment; From: Handbook of Research on Future of Work and Education: Implications for Curriculum Delivery and Work Design
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Chapter 10
Assessing Student Learning
Assessments that are different in form than traditional (e.g., quiz) assessments.
Published in Chapter: Assessing Student Learning; From: Preparing Agriculture and Agriscience Educators for the Classroom
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Chapter 15
Alternative Evaluation as a Means of Inclusion: The Case of the Public Greek Educational System
A concept concerning a holistic, multifaced and ability-focused practice gathering information about an assessee. Alternative evaluation focuses on the quality of information resulting from the evaluative practice, in order to provide the proper feedback to the stakeholders and to permit accurate decisions.
Published in Chapter: Alternative Evaluation as a Means of Inclusion: The Case of the Public Greek Educational System; From: Handbook of Research on Policies and Practices for Assessing Inclusive Teaching and Learning
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Chapter 3
Artistic Biotechnology: A Design Thinking Platform for STEAM Praxis
Non-traditional approaches to understand student mastery of a topic.
Published in Chapter: Artistic Biotechnology: A Design Thinking Platform for STEAM Praxis; From: Challenges and Opportunities for Transforming From STEM to STEAM Education
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Chapter 15
Assessment of Complex Learning Outcomes in Online Learning Environments
Also referred to as authentic assessment, these measures often require direct examination of student performance using “real-world” tasks requiring complex thinking processes.
Published in Chapter: Assessment of Complex Learning Outcomes in Online Learning Environments; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 2
Traditional Versus Digital Assessment Methods: Faculty Development
Alternative assessment is a holistic approach for student assessment with a different form of grading where students are enabled to provide their own responses or work by progressive demonstration of material learned over a given time period.
Published in Chapter: Traditional Versus Digital Assessment Methods: Faculty Development; From: Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Strategies in Global Higher Education
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Chapter 7
A Qualitative Case Study on Changes in a Five-Year One-To-One Laptop Initiative
Alternative assessment is any type of assessment in which students create a response to a question or task, rather than choosing a response from a given list as in traditional assessments.
Published in Chapter: A Qualitative Case Study on Changes in a Five-Year One-To-One Laptop Initiative; From: Handbook of Research on Individual Differences in Computer-Assisted Language Learning
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Chapter 18
Building Teacher Expertise Through the Design of a Task-Based and CLIL- Oriented English Course for Wine Tourism Postgraduates
Non-traditional type of assessment that allows students to demonstrate their ability to apply knowledge in different ways.
Published in Chapter: Building Teacher Expertise Through the Design of a Task-Based and CLIL- Oriented English Course for Wine Tourism Postgraduates; From: Handbook of Research on Language Teacher Identity
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Chapter 268
Rubrics as an Assessment Tool in Distance Education
Activities developed by an instructor to assist the student identify the processes and products of learning beyond the “one right answer” approach, and where the scoring or rating criteria are distributed at the same time as the assignment directions.
Published in Chapter: Rubrics as an Assessment Tool in Distance Education; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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