CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Authentic assessment is a course evaluation method where the students apply their knowledge to unique real-life contexts or situations. Jon Mueller describes it as a form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Guide to Types of Assessment: Diagnostic, Formative, Interim, and Summative.

Detailed explanation-3: -For these educators, authentic assessments are performance assessments using real-world or authentic tasks or contexts. Since we should not typically ask students to perform work that is not authentic in nature, I choose to treat these two terms synonymously.

Detailed explanation-4: -Performance assessment: Assessments that allow students to demonstrate their understandings and skills (to a teacher or an outsider) as they perform a certain activity. They are evaluated by a teacher or an outsider on the quality of their ability to perform specific tasks and the products they create in the process.

Detailed explanation-5: -Authentic assessment is based on students’ abilities to perform meaningful tasks they may have to do in the “real world.” In other words, this form of assessment determines students’ learning in a manner that goes beyond multiple choice tests and quizzes.