TY - CHAP
T1 - Authentic Assessment in Higher Education
T2 - Fostering Meaningful Learning
AU - Gono, Sinfree
PY - 2024/8/9
Y1 - 2024/8/9
N2 - A call for further research on authentic assessment in higher education has gained pace demanding learners have critical thinking, complex problem solving, creativity, and innovation skills. Yet the mechanisms of assessing learners to shape and harness these critical skills and desired pedagogical outcomes remain contested and under-theorised. Premised on being practical in application, offering opportunities for work, fostering best practices, and reducing risk of contract cheating, the adoption of authentic assessments is inevitable. Authentic assessments enable students to tackle real-world issues. By drawing from fine-grained research and contextualised understanding of authentic assessments, this study hopes to provide building blocks helpful in developing key considerations for institutions to use. The aim of this study is to contribute to existing research repertoire on the subject that seems to be at the intersection of pedagogy and the demands of the workplace.
AB - A call for further research on authentic assessment in higher education has gained pace demanding learners have critical thinking, complex problem solving, creativity, and innovation skills. Yet the mechanisms of assessing learners to shape and harness these critical skills and desired pedagogical outcomes remain contested and under-theorised. Premised on being practical in application, offering opportunities for work, fostering best practices, and reducing risk of contract cheating, the adoption of authentic assessments is inevitable. Authentic assessments enable students to tackle real-world issues. By drawing from fine-grained research and contextualised understanding of authentic assessments, this study hopes to provide building blocks helpful in developing key considerations for institutions to use. The aim of this study is to contribute to existing research repertoire on the subject that seems to be at the intersection of pedagogy and the demands of the workplace.
KW - Assessment in Higher Education,
KW - authentic assessment
KW - Formative Assessment Practices
KW - Rubrics Design
U2 - 10.4018/979-8-3693-1001-4.ch001
DO - 10.4018/979-8-3693-1001-4.ch001
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9798369310014
SP - 1
EP - 16
BT - Cases on Authentic Assessment in Higher Education
A2 - Marron, Linda
PB - IGI Global Publishing
ER -