CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

TYPES OF ASSESSMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Authentic or Not:A teacher assigns a task for students to hypothetically write a letter to their local congress person about a local problem pertaining to recycling.
A
Authentic Assessment
B
NOT an Authentic Assessment
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An example is a middle school social studies class where students try to solve a problem in the local community. Exhibitions-Exhibitions are a type of authentic assessment where students showcase their learning by creating a project, solving a problem, or other cumulative work that they exhibit to others.

Detailed explanation-2: -Educators define authentic assessment as an approach to measure student performance in a direct, relevant way to see if the learning objectives were met. Educators might use projects such as reports, journals, speeches, videos and interviews with the students to measure their understanding of the subject material.

Detailed explanation-3: -Often, teachers use a mix of traditional and authentic assessments to serve different purposes. This section, then, attempts to explain why teachers might choose authentic assessments for certain types of judgments and why authentic assessments have become more popular in recent years.

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