Authentic Assessment in Science Education

Abstract

Authentic assessment as an alternative way of evaluation is considered to be one of the most effective ways to assess a child's ability in science. It provides students with situations that engage their science process and inquiry abilities and employ their science understandings. Teachers can use authentic assessment as a way to collect information about their students and their ability to implement their knowledge in new situations about science topics. In this research that is a literature review about authentic assessment in science education, focusing on teacher perspective, concerning only journal articles published the last fifteen years (2008-2023). The methodology uses PRISMA as tool in order to clarify the articles that finally will be included. The results of this review concern research's identity, results about methodology, and contribution about authentic assessment in science education. From the review, interesting conclusions are elicited about various dimensions concerning use of authentic assessment in science education from teacher's perspective.