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What is Authentic Assessment

Chapter 17
Handbook of Research on Transnational Higher Education
Tools or tasks used to assess student knowledge and/or performance which mirror real-life situations or contexts, in particular those related to career or workplace. Reflects educational goals that prepare students for future career or workplace needs.
Published in Chapter:
Evaluation of Course Curriculum and Teaching: Guidelines for Higher Education Instructors
James P. Coyle (University of Windsor, Canada), Irene Carter (University of Windsor, Canada), Derek Campbell (University of Windsor, Canada), and Ori Talor (University of Windsor, Canada)
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4458-8.ch017
Abstract
In order to be effective teachers, higher education instructors must do more than evaluate the content of their courses. They need to assess curriculum design and methods used for teaching and assessing student learning. This can be challenging since instructors may receive little training in effective methods for teaching adult learners. This chapter explains the reasons why instructors should evaluate their courses and describes the characteristics of effective course curricula, teaching methods, and procedures for assessing student learning. A Curriculum Evaluation Checklist is proposed as a useful tool that has practical benefits for instructors who evaluate their curricula and teaching.
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Chapter 8
Reframing Assessments: Designing Authentic Assessments in the Age of Generative AI
An evaluation method that requires students to apply their knowledge and skills in real-world, meaningful contexts, reflecting actual tasks they might encounter in their professional or personal lives.
Published in Chapter: Reframing Assessments: Designing Authentic Assessments in the Age of Generative AI; From: Academic Integrity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Chapter 2
Redesigning Assessment: Transitioning From Measuring Immediate Knowledge to True Learning
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Chapter 9
Assessing Outcomes in a Technical Communication Capstone
A form of assessment that requires students to demonstrate performance of skills and abilities
Published in Chapter: Assessing Outcomes in a Technical Communication Capstone; From: Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods, and Applications in Higher Education
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Chapter 17
Assessment, Academic Integrity, and Community Online
Authentic assessments are application activities that provide real-world challenges to learners that encourage them to apply skills learned and knowledge gained in a course.
Published in Chapter: Assessment, Academic Integrity, and Community Online; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 20
Implementing the EU Key Competences for Active Citizenship Teaching Latin-Italian Literature and Assessing Students
Authentic or performance or alternative assessment ask students to perform meaningful contextualized tasks that replicate real world challenges, to see if students are capable of doing so and therefore competent. The tasks are either replicas of or analogous to the kinds of problems faced by adult citizens and consumers or professionals in the field. Authentic assessment provides a more direct and reliable evidence to assess a competence.
Published in Chapter: Implementing the EU Key Competences for Active Citizenship Teaching Latin-Italian Literature and Assessing Students; From: Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements
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Chapter 9
Mathematics Teacher Education and edTPA: Complex Assessing
An assessment that is created to mimic, as closely as possible, what teachers do.
Published in Chapter: Mathematics Teacher Education and edTPA: Complex Assessing; From: Handbook of Research on Professional Development for Quality Teaching and Learning
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Chapter 87
Learning Through Projects: Comonalities Among the Project Method, Project Based Instruction and the Project Approach
A type of evaluation that closely mirrors the standards and conditions that will be encountered when competencies are applied outside of the formal educational system
Published in Chapter: Learning Through Projects: Comonalities Among the Project Method, Project Based Instruction and the Project Approach; From: Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
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Chapter 247
The Professional Learning Model (PLM™)
Assessment of learning using evidence directly produced by the application of the knowledge to be learned.
Published in Chapter: The Professional Learning Model (PLM™); From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 7
The Next-Generation CBE Architecture: A Learning-Centric Standards-Based Approach
Assessments given in a real-world context, requiring performance that demonstrates mastery of skills and knowledge learned. Examples of authentic assessments could include projects, portfolios, and simulations.
Published in Chapter: The Next-Generation CBE Architecture: A Learning-Centric Standards-Based Approach; From: Handbook of Research on Competency-Based Education in University Settings
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Chapter 15
Using Technology to Assess Real-World Professional Skills: A Case Study
A test that has greater fidelity to how tasks would be performed in the real world.
Published in Chapter: Using Technology to Assess Real-World Professional Skills: A Case Study; From: Handbook of Research on Technology Tools for Real-World Skill Development
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Chapter 8
Instructor-Learner Partnership in Preparing Teacher Candidates to Teach Secondary School Students: A Learner-Centered Educational Psychology Course
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Chapter 13
A Case Study of Authentic Assessment
Sometimes defined to be synonymous with performance testing. Here we use it explicitly to mean a subjective judgment resulting from direct observation of performance by an expert.
Published in Chapter: A Case Study of Authentic Assessment; From: Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods, and Applications in Higher Education
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Chapter 2
An Integration of Virtual Reality Into the Design of Authentic Assessments for STEM Learning
Authentic assessment consists of tasks that replicate the genuine intellectual challenges and performance standards that experts or professionals typically face in the field (e.g., engineers, scientists, mathematics, architects).
Published in Chapter: An Integration of Virtual Reality Into the Design of Authentic Assessments for STEM Learning; From: Handbook of Research on Transformative and Innovative Pedagogies in Education
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Chapter 2
Collaborative Instructional Design Strategies in an Online Health Systems Pharmacy Degree Program
Authentic assessments focus on allowing students to apply what they’ve learned, so they are situated at the Application Level or above in terms of the Cognitive Domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy. These types of assessments not only focus on learning-by-doing, but also on creating assignments that reflect real-world application of course concepts so students directly understand the relevance and practicality of what they’re learning.
Published in Chapter: Collaborative Instructional Design Strategies in an Online Health Systems Pharmacy Degree Program; From: Cases on Instructional Design and Performance Outcomes in Medical Education
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Chapter 2
Assessment Types and Methods in Distance Learning
Alternative assessment which provides assessment methods appropriate for transferring learners’ gained knowledge and skills to real world practices.
Published in Chapter: Assessment Types and Methods in Distance Learning; From: Handbook of Research on Determining the Reliability of Online Assessment and Distance Learning
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Chapter 16
Assessment Tasks in Online Courses
A form of assessment that requires students to demonstrate knowledge and skills in performing real-world tasks.
Published in Chapter: Assessment Tasks in Online Courses; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 34
Self-Assessment in Building Online Communities of Learning
Is considered to be a real-life, problem-solving task used to demonstrate student’s mastery.
Published in Chapter: Self-Assessment in Building Online Communities of Learning; From: Handbook of Research on E-Learning Applications for Career and Technical Education: Technologies for Vocational Training
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Chapter 1
Strategic Leadership Development in Research-Intensive Higher Education Contexts: The Scholarship of Educational Leadership
A broad and long perspective pertaining to relevant data/evidence to gather on an educational leader’s practice.
Published in Chapter: Strategic Leadership Development in Research-Intensive Higher Education Contexts: The Scholarship of Educational Leadership; From: Handbook of Research on Administration, Policy, and Leadership in Higher Education
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Chapter 5
Lights! Cameras! Action!: Achieving Widescreen Learning in Synchronous and Asynchronous Virtual Environments
A style of assessment that allows students to engage in activities that are typically experienced by those working in professions related to the course discipline. The assessment also often incorporates collaborate learning elements structured rubrics outlining areas of achievement and metrics of success and the opportunity for students to engage in reflective self and peer evaluation.
Published in Chapter: Lights! Cameras! Action!: Achieving Widescreen Learning in Synchronous and Asynchronous Virtual Environments; From: Ensuring Adult and Non-Traditional Learners’ Success With Technology, Design, and Structure
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Chapter 8
Healthcare Education: Integrating Simulation Technologies
An examination that determines the learners’ ability and readiness to apply the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to be a competent practitioner before encountering situations in real professional life.
Published in Chapter: Healthcare Education: Integrating Simulation Technologies; From: Handbook of Research on Human Development in the Digital Age
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Chapter 13
Our Place: Connecting Young Children to Their Communities
A system to learn about a child’s abilities through real world tools such as observations, work samples, or photographs that document learning and thinking.
Published in Chapter: Our Place: Connecting Young Children to Their Communities; From: Handbook of Research on Empowering Early Childhood Educators With Technology
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Chapter 5
Australia's National Work-Integrated Learning Strategy in University Education: Challenges and Opportunities
Assessment activities that require students to demonstrate their ability to apply theoretical knowledge and skills to the performance of real work tasks.
Published in Chapter: Australia's National Work-Integrated Learning Strategy in University Education: Challenges and Opportunities; From: Global Perspectives on Work-Based Learning Initiatives
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Chapter 17
FLEX Path: Capella University's Innovative Pathway to a Degree
An activity or assignment that resembles a real-world work product and is used to measure the demonstration of competency.
Published in Chapter: FLEX Path: Capella University's Innovative Pathway to a Degree; From: Handbook of Research on Competency-Based Education in University Settings
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Chapter 9
Designing Digital Assessment Strategies in Teacher Preparation: A Case Study
This form of assessment uses creative learning experiences to test students' skills and knowledge in realistic situations.
Published in Chapter: Designing Digital Assessment Strategies in Teacher Preparation: A Case Study; From: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Integrate Technology in K-12 Classrooms: Standards and Best Practices
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Chapter 20
Web 2.0 Technologies and Science Education
Students solving real-life problems using that will indicate mastery of concepts and skills.
Published in Chapter: Web 2.0 Technologies and Science Education; From: Handbook of Research on New Media Literacy at the K-12 Level: Issues and Challenges
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Chapter 8
The Chemistry Clinic: Collaborative Teamwork to Achieve Innovative Solutions
Authentic assessment is the idea of using creative learning experiences to test students' skills and knowledge in realistic situations.
Published in Chapter: The Chemistry Clinic: Collaborative Teamwork to Achieve Innovative Solutions; From: Perspectives on Enhancing Student Transition Into Higher Education and Beyond
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Chapter 8
Exploring Electronic Portfolio Assessment With Secondary Emergent Bi/Multilingual Students
A form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-life tasks that demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills.
Published in Chapter: Exploring Electronic Portfolio Assessment With Secondary Emergent Bi/Multilingual Students; From: CALL Theory Applications for Online TESOL Education
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Chapter 15
Measure It, Monitor It: Tools for Monitoring Implementation of Text-to-Speech Software
Assessment that uses direct measurement to test the students’ ability to demonstrate mastery of the outcome objectives of the targeted instructional indicators.
Published in Chapter: Measure It, Monitor It: Tools for Monitoring Implementation of Text-to-Speech Software; From: Handbook of Research on Human Cognition and Assistive Technology: Design, Accessibility and Transdisciplinary Perspectives
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Chapter 4
Developing a Positive Culture in the Online Classroom
Summative assessments where the students create or construct their learning for the teacher or other viewer. It often allows for creativity and shows relevance to the students’ lives.
Published in Chapter: Developing a Positive Culture in the Online Classroom; From: Pedagogy, Presence, and Motivation in Online Education
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Chapter 8
Changing Gears in the Assessment Cycle: Preparing for Gradual yet Substantial Shifts
The process or tool used to measure, evaluate, and record student achievement with real-world tasks in real-world situations, and ideally using based in context personally relevant to the students.
Published in Chapter: Changing Gears in the Assessment Cycle: Preparing for Gradual yet Substantial Shifts; From: Handbook of Research on Policies and Practices for Assessing Inclusive Teaching and Learning
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Chapter 13
Authentic Assessment as a Tool to Enhance Student Learning in a Higher Education Institution: Implication for Student Competency
A type of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills.
Published in Chapter: Authentic Assessment as a Tool to Enhance Student Learning in a Higher Education Institution: Implication for Student Competency; From: Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Strategies in Global Higher Education
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Chapter 16
Some Problems in Advancing Academic Inclusion: A Call for Critical Thinking
An ongoing process of measurement that directly examines student performance on worthy intellectual tasks such as self-regulatory skills and higher order thinking. This is based on the reality that in true learning, the path of action cannot be fully specified in advance and there may be a degree of ambiguity and uncertainty with tasks and the assessment, since everything that bears on the task is not known at the outset.
Published in Chapter: Some Problems in Advancing Academic Inclusion: A Call for Critical Thinking; From: Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
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Chapter 12
Strategies for Online Course Development to Promote Student Success
A form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills ( Lombardi, 2007a ).
Published in Chapter: Strategies for Online Course Development to Promote Student Success; From: Handbook of Research on Education and Technology in a Changing Society
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Chapter 8
Assessment for an Unprecedented Education
An approach that is centered on transition from assessment of learning to assessment for learning.
Published in Chapter: Assessment for an Unprecedented Education; From: Basic Communication and Assessment Prerequisites for the New Normal of Education
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Chapter 14
Best Practices for Authentic Assessments in Learner-Centered Classrooms
An assessment which requires the student to show they have learned the content and can use the content in such a way as they will use the content in the real world (often the workplace).
Published in Chapter: Best Practices for Authentic Assessments in Learner-Centered Classrooms; From: Handbook of Research on Learner-Centered Pedagogy in Teacher Education and Professional Development
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Chapter 2
A Re-Evaluation of Backward Design in Goal Setting, Assessment and Instruction Planning in International Baccalaureate
An assessment composed of performance tasks and activities designed to simulate or replicate important real-world challenges. GRASPS tips can be used to construct an assessment item in Backward design.
Published in Chapter: A Re-Evaluation of Backward Design in Goal Setting, Assessment and Instruction Planning in International Baccalaureate; From: Educational Reform and International Baccalaureate in the Asia-Pacific
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Chapter 4
Fostering Students' Critical Thinking Through the Implementation of Project-Based Learning
An evaluation method that measures students' abilities to apply their knowledge and skills in meaningful, real-world contexts. It goes beyond traditional tests and exams, focusing on performance-based tasks, portfolios, and demonstrations of understanding, providing a more comprehensive picture of students' critical thinking abilities.
Published in Chapter: Fostering Students' Critical Thinking Through the Implementation of Project-Based Learning; From: Cutting-Edge Innovations in Teaching, Leadership, Technology, and Assessment
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