The Issue of Subjectivity in Authentic Social Studies Assessment.

Nickell, Pat

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ERIC Number: EJ617122

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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The Issue of Subjectivity in Authentic Social Studies Assessment.

Nickell, Pat

Social Education, v63 n6 p353-55 Oct 1999

Suggests that scoring criteria should be used in order to reduce teacher subjectivity in scoring classroom assessments. Describes scoring criteria as specific expectations made clear in task instructions used to evaluate student work. Provides an example assessment task for high school geography and addresses three common teacher errors. (CMK)

Descriptors: Criteria, Educational Practices, Geography Instruction, High Schools, Scoring, Scoring Rubrics, Social Studies, Student Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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