TAKING A STEP-BY-STEP

APPROACH TO DESIGNING
MORE AUTHENTIC
ASSESSMENTS
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 Step 1: Learning Outcomes Matters

The learning outcomes clear the statements

indicating what students should know, do, and
be able to demonstrate after completing a
course or program.
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 What is Constructive Alignment?
A pedagogical approach that ensures alignment
between the intended learning outcomes,
teaching methods, and assessment strategies
within a course or educational program.
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 Key Components of the Constructive Alignment

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

ILOs specify what students should know, understand, and
be able to do by the end of the course or program.
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Teaching Methods
Educators must design instructional activities and
learning experiences that effectively support students in
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acquiring the knowledge, skills, and competencies
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outlined in the ILOs.
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 Key Components of the Constructive Alignment

Assessment Strategies
The assessments should be designed to evaluate
students'
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the knowledge and
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in the ILOs and provide feedback to support their
learning journey.
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 What are the issues
with Current
Learning Outcomes?
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 The issues with current learning outcomes include
issues such as:

Lack of clarity
Overly prescriptive language
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Limited relevance to students' goals
Inadequate differentiation between proficiency levels
Insufficient alignment with course content and teaching
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 Why do we need to move
from formulaic
approaches and introduce
VASCULAR learning
outcomes?
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 What are the
characteristics of
VASCULAR Learning
Outcomes?
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 Verifiable: Can we tell when they’ve been achieved? And can students?
Action-orientated: Do they lead to real and useful activity?
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Constructively aligned: Must have a clear alignment between what
students need to be able to know and do.
Understandable: i.e. using language that is meaningful to all
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Level-appropriate: Suitable and differentiable between 1st year, 2nd
year, 3rd year, Masters, other PG?
Affective-inclusive: i.e. not just covering actions but capabilities in the
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Regularly reviewed: Not just frozen at a particular point in time and
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always fit-for-purpose
 SOCIAL STUDIES example and not an example:
Example
Identify the 3 branches of the Philippine Government
Not-Example
At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:
Identify the branches of the Philippines Government.
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 STEP 2:Turning the verbs from
the learning outcomes into
active assessment tasks
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 DEFINITION & EXAMPLES
Identify-establish or indicate who or what is; recognize
the following verbs used in the sentence.
Investigate- To make a systematic examination; analyze
the themes presented in the short story title "All Summer
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in a Day"
Select- Carefully choose and being the best or most;
identify the meaning of the following terminologies below
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Prepare - make something ready for use or consideration;
construct 500 words essay about the importance of
Education.
Research - investigation or experimentation aimed at the
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discovery and interpretation of facts; examine the given
literary piece.
Develop - to come or bring to a later or more advanced or
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the following characteristics
of Research.
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Draft- a preliminary version of a piece of writing; write a
short process about the process of planting.
Illustrate- explain or make (something) clear by using
examples, charts, pictures, etc.; draw an elephant that with
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three men beside it.
Prioritise - designate or treat (something) as more
important than other things.
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Example: Make the students list their goals for this year,
2024.
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Outline - a line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the
shape of an object in a sketch or diagram.
Example: Give a list of words to the students and make
them arrange it, according to its part of speech.
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Evaluate - form an idea of the amount, number, or value
of; assess.
Example: Make the students write a reflection about the
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learnings they had after reading them a story.
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Provide - make available for use; supply.
Example: Make the students bring their most favorite
thing at their house and let them share the reason how it
become their favorite one. 2018
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Demonstrate- clearly show the existence or truth of
(something) by giving proof or evidence; perform a role
play that shows eating outside the house.
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Reflect- think deeply or carefully about; write your
realizations after experiencing a heartbreak.
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