Alternative Assessment

1. Alternative Assessment-
Presentation
PRESENTED TO: NAUREEN ZAMAN
PRESENTED BY: RABIA ALI (F2021-643)

2. Presentations
• A means of communication that can be adapted to
various speaking situations in a real world, such as
talking to a group, addressing a meeting or briefing a
team.
What is an oral presentation?
• Enable students to use the speaking skills to express
their knowledge and understanding of a topic by
addressing an audience on a particular topic.
Definition

3. Types of
Presentations
A common format is in-class presentations on a
prepared topic, often supported by visual aids in the
form of PowerPoint slides OR prezi
Presentations are often combined with other modes of
assessment; for example presentation of a project
report, presentation of a poster, presenting a practical
exercise, etc.

4. Design &
Criteria
 Design format
 It is important to provide opportunities to discuss
expectations and practice for example by building
short presentation activities with discussion and
feedback into class time.
 Criteria
 it is important to ensure that the students are clear
about what they expected to do and understand the
criteria that will be used to asses them. (See Ginkel
et al, 2017 for a useful case study.)

5. What can oral
presentations
assess
 The key questions to consider include:
 what will be assessed?
 who will be assessing?

6. Assessment
Preparation
Procedure
Presentation assessments require the learner to
Research a particular topic
Prepare the topic
Deliver the presentation on the topic.
This form of assessment places the emphasis on
students’ capacity to arrange and present information
in a clear, coherent and effective way’ rather than on
their capacity to find relevant information and sources.
However, as discussed above, it could be used to
assess both.
Some presentations are completed in a small group
and require teamwork.

7. Assessment
Criteria
Presentations, depending on the task set, can be
particularly useful in assessing:
 knowledge skills and critical analysis
 applied problem-solving abilities
 ability to research and prepare persuasive arguments
 ability to generate and synthesise ideas
 ability to communicate effectively
 ability to present information clearly and concisely
 ability to present information to an audience with
appropriate use of visual and technical aids
 time management
 interpersonal and group skills.

8. Group
Presentation
Assessment
 In the case of group presentation, teacher might
also assess:
 level of contribution to the group
 ability to contribute without dominating
 ability to maintain a clear role within the group

9. Advantages
 Students learn how to speak in front a group, a
broadly applicable professional skill.
 They learn how to prepare material for public
presentation, and practice (especially with feedback)
improves their speaking skills.
 Enable the learners to nurture their researching
skills and prepare persuasive arguments.
 Through the process of preparing for presentation,
students can develop their ability to critically
analyze the topic, apply problem solving abilities
and synthesize information.

10. Advantages
 It develops the students’ capacity to arrange and
present information in a clear, coherent and
effective way.
 It develops time-management skills and enable the
learner to use realistic timeframes for preparation.
 It refines their ability to collaborate between
students and develop their interpersonal skills.
 From a teacher’s point of view, presentations are
generally assessed on the spot and feedback is
immediate, which reduces marking time.
 ability to present information to an audience with
appropriate use of visual and technical aids

11. Challenges
 anxiety - this might impact on their performance
 time – it can be time consuming both in terms of
student preparation and performance
 time - to develop skill in designing slides if they are
required or a poster which also require careful
design.
 lack of anonymity and potential bias on the part of
markers.
 Workload

12. Questions?