Renovation of Assessment on Teaching and Learning Quality Based on the Orientation of Student’s Competence Development  

Oleh:

Nhuong, Dinh Van ; Be, Nguyen Van ; Nhon, Ngo Van

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: 12th ANQ Congress in Singapore, 5-8 Agustus 2014, page 1-6.
Topik: Quality assessment; traditional assessment; authentic assessment; competency-based syllabus design; task-based assessment
Fulltext: ED1-1.6-P0284.pdf (238.14KB)

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Human resource is one of the factors affecting the success of the country’s industrialization and modernization. To develop high-qualified human resource, it is necessary to renovate education in general and make comprehensive changes in tertiary education in particular in which how to renovate the students’ quality assessment for the better is really essential. In addition to traditional assessment (TA), authentic assessment (AA) is being widely applied in education. The paper mentions the advantages and disadvantages of traditional assessment and authentic assessment. The advantage of authentic assessment is that it is possible to assess and orient the design and implementation of the syllabus. Besides, it is possible to measure the thinking capability and problem solving skills of learners through learning situations and authentic learning tasks. On the basis of theory and practice of authentic assessment, the paper suggests three methods of authentic assessment which are competency-based syllabus design, task-based assessment, combination of traditional basement and authentic assessment. Competency-based syllabus design focuses on detailedly determining the course objectives, designing learning topics and lesson plans, integrating assessment in learning and teaching process. Task-based assessment assesses students’ scientific knowledge, intelligence, social and professional skills, moral behavior. The criterion assesses the learners’ competence levels ranging from average to good level. Despite many advantages of authentic assessment, the combination of both TA and AA is a good suggestion in assessment

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