JoinUsing Natural History Interpretation as an Authentic Assessment Tool
Natural history interpretation offers college science instructors an educationally challenging alternative or complement to traditional evaluation methods, such as multiple-choice testing. Because it asks students to draw connections among varied concepts and apply them to a real-life setting, natural history interpretation shows students that course content has relevance outside of the college classroom. These are some of the qualities that make natural history interpretation an example of authentic assessment; a trend being increasingly promoted at all levels of educational institutions.