The
public examinations in Malaysia such as UPSR, PMR, SPM and STPM involve tests
which give pressures to the students as well as the teachers in school.
Moreover, this exam-oriented education does not give a significant impact for
the students in what they have learnt in school. A good test-taker might do
well in examination but once they have completed the test, they might not be
able to apply what they have learnt in daily lives. Therefore, there is the
need to shift from traditional assessment to performance-based assessment in
school in order to let the students to know on their abilities without using
paper examination. Performance-based assessment is used in measuring the
performances of the students when they are assigned by their teacher to do a
project. It is essential to let the students to experience on what they do
because teachers cannot spoon-feed the students all the time. Hence, the
teacher acts as a facilitator in assisting the students in doing project. Student
is considered to be competence in certain subject areas when the student is
able to explain on what he or she has read to another person. Project-based
assessment emphasises on the process of learning rather than the product of
learning. Hence, it is important for students to experience the learning
process as they tend to remember the most on what they have experience and can
apply the skills in daily lives.
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