Social Studies Teachers' Authentic Assessment Practices, Tools and Challenges in Assessing Students' Learning Outcomes
Table 3.
Challenges teachers encounter in their practice of authenticassessment
|
| Variable |
Mean |
Std. Deviation |
|
|
| The school assessment system makes it difficult to use authentic assessment. |
3.16 |
0.73 |
|
|
| Lack of funds to embark on some activities and projects. |
3.58 |
0.64 |
|
|
| Lack of support from school authorities in terms of logistics and facilities. |
3.36 |
0.64 |
|
|
| Lack of motivation from school authorities. |
2.90 |
0.86 |
|
|
| Developing an authentic assessment task is difficult. |
2.25 |
0.98 |
|
|
| Inadequate time allotted on the timetable for various subjects does not permit the use of authentic assessment. |
3.47 |
0.72 |
|
|
| The large class size makes it difficult to assess students using authentic assessment. |
3.24 |
0.87 |
|
|
| Some topics are difficult to assess students using authentic assessment. |
3.17 |
0.82 |
|
|
| Grand mean |
3.14 |
0.36 |
|
|
|
|
