Verbal assessments can reduce stress, improve grades and protect academic integrity, according to new research reported by Educator Online.
The benefits:
- A more authentic and personalized assessment experience enables students to display their subject matter understanding in a less formal setting.
- A verbal assessment is an authentic conversation between an assessor and a student.
- It fosters a deeper subject understanding while alleviating stress associated with written exams.
- The one-on-one format allows assessors to gauge the depth of a student’s knowledge through less confronting circumstances.
- Teachers can ask unseen follow up questions to engage students on what they’ve learned and support their best performance.
- Students respond well to the conversational format and feel more confident in their performance because the assessment feels more natural than an exam.
- With generative AI creating essays and exam responses in seconds, the real-time interactive assessment format protects academic integrity.
The Educator Online
