Elements of Authentic learning:
Authentic assessment
Alignment among task, assessment and policy
The effect of setting an
authentic and engaging task can be destroyed by inappropriate
assessment. You can use the elements of the task to also guide the
creation of authentic assessment. But institutional policies must
sometimes also be negotiated.
Video: 4:59 minutes
More Reading:
- Herrington, J., & Herrington, A. (2006). Authentic conditions for authentic assessment: Aligning task and assessment.
In A. Bunker & I. Vardi (Eds.), Research and Development in Higher
Education Volume 29, (pp. 146-151). Milperra, NSW: HERDSA.
- Cumming, J.J., & Maxwell, G.S. (1999). Contextualising authentic assessment. Assessment in Education, 6(2), 177-194.