Which term describes strategies for acquiring and applying knowledge, skills, and work habits through meaningful tasks?

• A. Performance Based Assessment
• B. Authentic Assessment
• C. Language Competence
• D. Passive terms

Answer: (A)

Performance-based assessment describes strategies for acquiring and applying knowledge, skills, and work habits through meaningful tasks. This approach evaluates what a student can do by actually performing tasks that require integrating and using what they’ve learned, such as projects, presentations, or hands-on demonstrations. The emphasis is on applying learning in real or realistic contexts, not just recalling information, which is why it’s especially suited to showing how knowledge and skills come together in practice. While authentic assessment also centers on real-world tasks, the focus here is on the demonstration of ability through a performance, rather than simply the nature of the task itself. Language competence relates to proficiency in language use, not the assessment method, and passive terms isn’t a recognized concept in this context.