Our Interview Notes
Description of Authentic Assessment
- Based from our interview with the Chemistry teacher, Mrs. Maria Theresa Fajardo, she defines authentic
assessment as nontraditional way of evaluating what the students have learned. Unlike the traditional
assessment that relies on indirect assessment of students’ outcome which is the usual paper and pencil test,
authentic assessment directly assess students’ performance that will give the teacher an idea of what the
students have learned because it requires students to perform the skills and concepts they have learned.
According to the teacher, authentic assessment is very effective in assessing learning if there are no
limitations of instructional time that a teacher could make some innovations of the lesson for the students to
deepen their understanding. On the other hand, if there is a limited time for example in college authentic
assessment is not applicable.
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How was authentic assessment used? Was it used to measure learning through the product? Explain.
- According to the teacher’s experience in teaching Chemistry, there is a difficulty in using authentic
assessment because students are struggling on the concepts and lessons in Chemistry. They find it difficult
to perform and produce product and process that would give the teacher an idea how far they have
learned. Instead, the students would prefer the teacher to give all the information they need about Chemistry.
But in other instance when the teacher taught high school before, she had tried using authentic assessment.
She used authentic assessment to assess students’ learning through both process and product.
- In measuring learning through product, the teacher gives activities to her students such as writing or
composing an essay and role play that gives the teacher an indicator how far the students have learned and
it measures students’ learning through the product which is the outcome of the activities given.
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Or focuses on the process?
- Authentic assessment focuses on the process when there is an interaction among the teacher and the
students in measuring and evaluating learning. For instance in the classroom setting, the teacher would ask
the student to tell about the concept of the lesson. Another example is during oral recitation wherein the
teacher asks the student to recite something. As you could see there is an interaction between the teacher
and the student while the teacher evaluates what the students have learned based on their performance.
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