Description
Book SynopsisThis book offers an overview of five categories of alternative assessments used by established and emerging faculty throughout Malaysian institutions of higher education, namely peer and self-assessment, group-based assessment, performance-based assessment, portfolio, and technology-based assessment. It features 29 innovative case studies of alternative assessments, serving as both inspiration and practical guide for educators planning to design and implement alternative assessments in their own classes. Each chapter showcases viable examples of authentic, holistic, meaningful and effective assessments as practiced by educators in major universities throughout Malaysia. This book also provides readers a greater appreciation of the varied forms of alternative assessments that are possible, limited only by the individual’s innovation and motivation.
Table of Contents1. An Alternative Way in Assessing Portfolios Based on Saaty’s Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).- 2. Collaborative Assessment Survey: A Measure of Group Teamwork.- 3. Cartoon Strips: Can they be used as assessment?.- 4. SOLO-Based Task to Diagnose Adult Learners’ Statistical Literacy in the 21st Century.- 5. Implementation of Group Based Assessment in Project Based Learning for Hubungan Etnik Module at Taylor’s University.- 6. An adaptive Self-Assessment Approach for Improving Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Performance.- 7. A System for Managing and Accounting for Learning Outcomes.- 8. Redesigning Formative Assessments for Land Law using AR.- 9. The Assessment of E-Project-based Learning in Developing Skill-based Courses for Massive Open Online Course: "MOOC in MOOC" Technique.- 10. Assessment-for-Learning and Mobile Supervision via WhatsApp: A Multimodal and Archivable Format for Formative Assessment of Student Research Projects and Drafts.
