Enhancing student performance and employability through the use of authentic assessment techniques in extra and co-curricular activities (ECCAs)

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Berger, D. and Wild, Charles 2016. Enhancing student performance and employability through the use of authentic assessment techniques in extra and co-curricular activities (ECCAs). The Law Teacher. 51 (4), pp. 428-439. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2016.1201745
AuthorsBerger, D. and Wild, Charles
Abstract

The paper advocates the use of authentic assessment techniques, delivered in extra and co-curricular activities (ECCAs), to augment and improve student performance on academic law degree programmes. A combination of formative and summative methods in ECCA assessment provides the optimum environment to measure and improve the crucial critical reasoning skill – the key transferable skill to academic degree success. This skill, when developed in students, is also highly prized by prospective employers, and therefore, the use of authentic assessment improves graduate employability rates.

KeywordsAuthentic assessment; student performance; student employability; legal education; summative and formative assessment
JournalThe Law Teacher
Journal citation51 (4), pp. 428-439
ISSN1943-0353
0306-9400
Year2016
PublisherTaylor & Francis for Association of Law Teachers
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2016.1201745
Web address (URL)https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2016.1201745
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Print01 Sep 2016
Publication process dates
Deposited26 Jan 2017
Accepted12 Jun 2016
Accepted12 Jun 2016
Copyright information© 2016 The Association of Law Teachers.
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