Essays about: "authentic assessments"

Found 4 essays containing the words authentic assessments.

  1. 1. Adaptive Comparative Judgement in Practice : A case study of the formative use of ACJ in a collaborative open-ended design project between Swedish upper primary schools under authentic classroom conditions

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Camilla Björn; Ida Lundin; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital Assessment; Adaptive Comparative Judgement; RM Compare; Feedback; Peer Assessment; Formative Assessment; Teaching Material; STEM; Digital bedömning; Adaptiv Komparativ Bedömning; RM Compare; Återkoppling; Kamratbedömning; Formativ bedömning; Undervisningsmaterial; STEM;

    Abstract : Digital assessment has the potential to increase equity in the assessment by facilitating a smother collaboration between teachers. It also allows peer assessment between students from different classes or even schools, which allows the students to view a potentially larger and more varied set of examples of the same assignment. READ MORE

  2. 2. Authentic Texts in English Language Teaching : An empirical study on the use of and attitudes towards authentic texts in the Swedish EFL upper elementary classroom

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Pedagogiskt arbete

    Author : Debra Wikström; [2016]
    Keywords : authentic texts; textbooks; teaching methods; English as a foreign language EFL ; Swedish upper elementary education; teacher attitudes; student attitudes;

    Abstract : International assessments indicate that Swedish students achieve high results in reading, writing and understanding English. However, this does not mean that the students display oral proficiency, despite an emphasis on functional and communicative language skills in the current English Syllabus. READ MORE

  3. 3. Exploring (Self-)Perceptions and Assessments Among Actors Within the Sustainable Consumption Scene

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Jasmin Oldag; [2015]
    Keywords : sustainable consumption; sustainability; classifications; ethics of nature; culture of consumption; assessments; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The major objective of this thesis is to explore (self-)perceptions and assessments of manufacturers and employees within the realms of sustainable consumption. In order to investigate what people themselves believe to know and perceive to be sustainable, a field research was carried out among participants within the German sustainability platform Heldenmarkt by making use of participant observations, interviews, questionnaires, websites and literature analysis. READ MORE

  4. 4. Alternative assessment in primary years of international baccalaureate education

    University essay from Pedagogiska institutionen

    Author : Nermina Wikström; [2008]
    Keywords : alternative assessment; authentic assessment; International Baccalau¬reate Organisation; IBO programme; international education; International School in Nacka; ISN; performance assessment; primary school students; primary school teachers; portfolio; Primary Years Programme; PYP; self-assessment; traditional testing;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to determine what alternative forms of assessments are being practiced in a public school with an international programme and to explore the teachers` attitudes towards the use of alternative assessment procedures. Various assessment models and strategies have been investigated and discussed, as pre¬senting a part of the educational practice in the primary classrooms that engage the International Baccalaureate/ Primary Years Programme at the elementary school level (age range 6-11) in the years 0-5. READ MORE