CAAS: a practical assessment tool

Assessment of practical work has traditionally been very subjective, often inaccurate and lacking validity. This paper addresses practical assessment and introduces an assessment tool for these issues, namely Computer Assisted Assessment System (CAAS). Practical assessment (the assessment of the practical component of competency) may be by observation, by demonstration, or project-based, or by simulation. These tried and proven methods by themselves will not guarantee validity or results that are comparable. To evaluate assessment methods and assessment tools, we have to examine the needs of a ... Show more

Authors: Kerwood, B.

Published: Adelaide, South Australia, NCVER, c1993

Resource type: Conference paper

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