The Art of Assessment: Using Game Based Assessments to Disrupt, Innovate, Reform and Transform Testing

The Art of Assessment: Using Game Based Assessments to Disrupt, Innovate, Reform and Transform Testing

Authors

  • David Seelow
     Department of English, The College of Saint Rose & Revolutionary Learning, Marcelle Hall, Albany, New York 12203, USA

Keywords:

Artistic Assessments, Creative Assessments, Diverse Assessments, Future of Assessments, Formative and Summative Assessments, Game-based Assessments, Humanistic Criticism, Limits of Measurement

Abstract

Game and Simulation-Based Assessments have emerged as a disruptive challenge to traditional assessment. This introduction outlines the nature, purpose and practice of game-based assessments in the context of 21st century learning and technology. It provides a critique of traditional assessment methods and proposes practical alternatives with a theoretical justification for their implementation.

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Published

2019-05-08

How to Cite

Seelow, D. (2019). The Art of Assessment: Using Game Based Assessments to Disrupt, Innovate, Reform and Transform Testing. Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 20(S1), 1–16. Retrieved from http://jattjournal.net/index.php/atp/article/view/142698

Issue

Volume 20, Special Issue 1[Game Based Assessment], 2019

Section

Articles

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