Abstract
The paper advocates the use of authentic assessment techniques, delivered in extra
and co-curricular activities (ECCAs), to augment and improve student performance
on academic law degree programmes. A combination of formative and summative
methods in ECCA assessment provides the optimum environment to measure and
improve the crucial critical reasoning skill – the key transferable skill to academic
degree success. This skill, when developed in students, is also highly prized by
prospective employers, and therefore, the use of authentic assessment improves
graduate employability rates.
and co-curricular activities (ECCAs), to augment and improve student performance
on academic law degree programmes. A combination of formative and summative
methods in ECCA assessment provides the optimum environment to measure and
improve the crucial critical reasoning skill – the key transferable skill to academic
degree success. This skill, when developed in students, is also highly prized by
prospective employers, and therefore, the use of authentic assessment improves
graduate employability rates.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 428-439 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | The Law Teacher |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 1 Sept 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Oct 2017 |
Keywords
- Student Employability
- Authentic assessment
- student performance
- legal eduction
- summative and formative assessment