Title: Building authentic assessment criteria in teaching Mathematics in the direction of competence development for primary students

Authors: Nguyen Thi Thu Trang; Vu Dinh Phuong

Addresses: Faculty of Education, Thu Dau Mot University, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam ' Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, Vietnam

Abstract: Authentic assessment is an assessment form that can assist teachers in conducting the assessment as well as improving student learning. Criteria are considered one of the necessary tools for authentic assessment. In what ways do various contextual circumstances influence the creation of credible assessment standards? How does one actually go about creating valid assessment criteria? This article aims at stating the research findings about the influence degrees of several factors on the authentic assessment criteria building process and authentic assessment criteria building procedure in teaching Mathematics in the direction of competence development. Through studies of several authors, this article analyses the role of learning outcomes, standards, and several particular factors in authentic assessment for authentic assessment criteria. The authentic assessment procedure is proposed and consulted by several education experts based on the experimenting process. In addition, the proposed procedure is analysed and clarified through an assessment task used in Mathematics for class 5th students.

Keywords: authentic assessment; criteria assessment; competency assessment; assessment task; teaching mathematics; primary students.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2025.145082

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 2025 Vol.18 No.2, pp.134 - 153

Received: 08 Nov 2022
Accepted: 20 Apr 2023
Published online: 19 Mar 2025 *

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